Williams Tower, No BOk Tower, No wait..

[sgrizzle]

The Williams Tower, that was rebranded the BOk Tower, is now bipolar. The building now has BOk AND Williams logos, depending on which side you look at.

Why would BOk make a big deal out of renaming the building, putting up their logo, keep the city from putting a sign on city hall, and then suddenly allow giant Williams signs?

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

The Williams Tower, that was rebranded the BOk Tower, is now bipolar. The building now has BOk AND Williams logos, depending on which side you look at.

Why would BOk make a big deal out of renaming the building, putting up their logo, keep the city from putting a sign on city hall, and then suddenly allow giant Williams signs?

Well, for one thing, Williams owns the building. BOk is just a tenant.

[PonderInc]

The BOK sign on the Williams tower has always confused people.  "It's at the Williams Tower, which says BOK on the top.  The address is One Williams Center...enter from 1st, 2nd or 3rd and Boston...even though the intersection of 2nd and Boston no longer exists..."

[Oil Capital]

quote:Originally posted by swake

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

The Williams Tower, that was rebranded the BOk Tower, is now bipolar. The building now has BOk AND Williams logos, depending on which side you look at.

Why would BOk make a big deal out of renaming the building, putting up their logo, keep the city from putting a sign on city hall, and then suddenly allow giant Williams signs?

Well, for one thing, Williams owns the building. BOk is just a tenant.

. . . and the city owns One Technology Center.

[inteller]

it is all about the terms you buy it under and the city didn't buy it under the right terms.

any sign on that building would look tacky anyways.

[Renaissance]

Well, it's the terms under which we allow BOK to run the master lease.  The city gets a good deal of financial protection through that agreement but we gave up too much control.  I haven't looked at the document to see what a breach on the city's party would look like, but it's worth consideration--we're the damn landlord, after all.

[T Badd]

Not to be confused with Williams Center Tower One and Two (AKA Samson Plaza). Yeah, some of these buildings definitely come across as bipolar.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by T Badd

Not to be confused with Williams Center Tower One and Two (AKA Samson Plaza). Yeah, some of these buildings definitely come across as bipolar.

you mean Benham....haha would that make it tri polar?