Chris Nikel 11th & Lewis

[titan43112]

Drove by 11th and Lewis this afternoon and was pleasantly suprised to see a renovation of sorts happening to the old Chris Nikel dealership. I saw some big Airgas tanks in the back of the building and what looked to be like large red exhaust stacks on the roof. Anyone know whats going in there?

[sgrizzle]

Wondered the same thing, have no insight.

[patric]

Noticed the new paint and some shielded lighting, but beyond that...

[Conan71]

Red Castle Gun Club supposedly was building a range near there, but they wouldn't need airgas tanks or I would assume furnaces or autoclaves.  Just guessing, but it's likely related to aircraft manufacturing with that sort of equipment.

[Bones013]

Tulsa Welding School expansion

http://www.tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=51399

[sgrizzle]

Red Castle Gun Club supposedly was building a range near there, but they wouldn't need airgas tanks or I would assume furnaces or autoclaves. 

That's for the "extreme" course.

[sgrizzle]

Tulsa Welding School expansion

http://www.tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=51399

Cool

[Hawkins]

Makes sense. More blue-collar colleges.

Chris Nikel couldn't possibly be expanding in this economy. Who is buying new cars right now? I'll bet their sales numbers vs. 1-2 years ago are horrifying to look at.

[swake]

Makes sense. More blue-collar colleges.

Chris Nikel couldn't possibly be expanding in this economy. Who is buying new cars right now? I'll bet their sales numbers vs. 1-2 years ago are horrifying to look at.

Chris Nikel moved to BA years ago, these are just the buildings that used to house the dealership.

[sgrizzle]

Makes sense. More blue-collar colleges.

Chris Nikel couldn't possibly be expanding in this economy. Who is buying new cars right now? I'll bet their sales numbers vs. 1-2 years ago are horrifying to look at.

I believe Tulsa Welding School is considered one of the best in the nation. Almost on par with going to wyotech for automotive or embry-riddle for aviation. There are likely people who once went to TWS earning 6 figures in a down economy. Not bad for "blue-collar"

Also, I don't know anyone who has resisted buying a car for economic reasons.

[Red Arrow]

Also, I don't know anyone who has resisted buying a car for economic reasons.

Look at more expensive cars.