Tulsa Club Building

[Townsend]

I heard Steve Kitchell purchased it from the owner.....

He'd hire bouncers to kill anyone that breaks into it.

[Breadburner]

Lol...I was pulling your leg.....

[Conan71]

He'd hire bouncers to kill anyone that breaks into it.

Or he'd spit on 'em.

[SXSW]

Art Deco Museum on the first and second floors and loft apartments above with a killer penthouse where the actual Tulsa Club used to be...

[TheArtist]

This just in from the Tulsa World

"Depositions nearly done in litigation over building"

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100218_11_A14_Deposi486266

[Townsend]

http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/former-tulsa-club-building-owner-in-court

TULSA - An ongoing battle between the city of Tulsa and the owner of a vacant downtown building could be closer to the end.

The owner of the building best known as the old Tulsa Club building faces more than $300,000 in code violation fines according to code enforcement officials.
The city took him to court and was awarded that payment, but attorneys for the building owner filed a motion to set that decision aside.
Attorneys presented closing arguments on that issue Wednesday and a judge will decide September 1st.

"The building has been vacant since 1997, and since that time we have had numerous violations involving the building being continually unsecured. It's being maintained in violation of fire standards," said Harold Adair, City of Tulsa Code Enforcement Inspector.

The building owner did not return calls from 2NEWS Wednesday. City leaders say he is working with a developer on possible plans to renovate.

[SXSW]

City leaders say he is working with a developer on possible plans to renovate.

That is encouraging.  The Petroleum Club maybe?

[Townsend]

City leaders say he is working with a developer on possible plans to renovate.

That is encouraging.  The Petroleum Club maybe?

With his other property down the street sitting dead and empty, I believe the "plans to renovate" is a lie.

[swake]

With his other property down the street sitting dead and empty, I believe the "plans to renovate" is a lie.

The Sinclair building isn't empty, just the storefront is. The office space is occupied, unless something has changed.

[sgrizzle]

Yeah, he is working with Wil Wilkins, who occasionally shows it to people.

[Townsend]

The Sinclair building isn't empty, just the storefront is. The office space is occupied, unless something has changed.

I apologize.  I was under the impression it was empty.

[Conan71]

cannon_fodder and I spotted this last week when we were at the opening of the Courtyard at the Atlas Bldg.

[dioscorides]

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100929_11_0_Agemna532052
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Sale agreement reached on downtown Tulsa Club building

City has struggled for three years to get the current owner of the building, C.J. Morony of California, to address code violations at the vacant building.

By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
Published: 9/29/2010  11:46 AM
Last Modified: 9/29/2010  12:08 PM

An agreement has been reached to sell the Tulsa Club building at 115 E. Fifth St.


The contract, signed earlier this month, calls for Jeffrey Scott, of Scott Realty Co. in Tulsa, to pay $1.1 million for the dilapidated building. Scott has paid $20,000 in earnest money, according to the contract.

City officials have struggled for three years to get the current owner of the building, C.J. Morony of California, to address code violations at the vacant building.

The city filed a nuisance abatement petition before Tulsa County District Judge Deborah Shallcross, who awarded a $331,815 default judgment to the city.

The decision allowed the city to file for foreclosure. That action is pending before Tulsa County District Judge Rebecca Nightingale.

Morony then filed a petition to vacate Shallcross' award on the default judgment, arguing that he wasn't properly served.

Shallcross' decision could come as early as today.

Morony's attorney, Jasen Corns, said Wednesday that he and his client "have worked hard for a year and a half to find a solution that would be fair to all parties and that would be a win for downtown.

"We hope that this deal serves that purpose."

Neither Scott nor an official from the city was available for comment Wednesday morning.

[Rico]

I say we throw Mister Scott a party!

Thank You Mister Scott wherever you may be!

[PonderInc]

So, I have a lot of questions that the article doesn't answer:

Does Moroney still have to pay the city for all the code violations?  
Can he sign the contract/sell the property while this is being disputed in court?
Who's this Jeffrey Scott guy?  From his website, it looks like he only deals with extremely suburban, car-centric, commercial properties & greenfield development.
http://www.scottrealty.net/index.asp

I guess I'm sterotyping suburban commercial developers, but it doesn't give me the warm fuzzy I'd like to have when considering the future of one of Tulsa's most significant architectural and historic buildings in downtown.  (I guess almost anything is better than Moroney...the only good thing I can say about him is that he didn't raze the building for parking...)  

Oh well, I've got my fingers crossed!  Let's hope for an end to the Moroney impasse, and a bright new future for the Tulsa Club Building.