(PROJECT) One Place Tower

[ZYX]

From my understanding, the 18 story Cimarex Tower is going on the NE corner of the block, Northwestern Mutual is going on the NW corner (lol), the hotel on the SE corner and the parking garage w/ retail down 2nd. 3rd

[Townsend]

My car's there now (2nd/Denver) and we've not recieved any notice to move. 

I consider American Parking an evil entity.  I have my doubts they'd really care to notify anyone they'll need to make other parking arrangements until they have to.

They won't risk losing income just to be nice.

On topic, I'm excited to see that there's activity on the property.

[TheArtist]

From my understanding, the 18 story Cimarex Tower is going on the NE corner of the block, Northwestern Mutual is going on the NW corner (lol), the hotel on the SE corner and the parking garage w/ retail down 2nd. 3rd

Does anyone know the actual number of stories and more importantly the height?  Would love to finally be able to put something up on SkyscraperPage forums in the "Highrise Construction" category.  The minimum height has to be 200' to be in the highrise category, then a minimum of about 980' to be in the "Supertall Construction" category.   

[ZYX]

Does anyone know the actual number of stories and more importantly the height?  Would love to finally be able to put something up on SkyscraperPage forums in the "Highrise Construction" category.  The minimum height has to be 200' to be in the highrise category, then a minimum of about 980' to be in the "Supertall Construction" category.  

SXSW said that it would be 18 stories. Using 10.83 as the average floor height, the tower would be 194.94 feet tall. But since it will have several floors of parking, which will likely be less than that, and I think most new construction has taller office/average use floors, I would bet that this tower will be over 200 feet tall.


But you never really know with this project. It has changed so many times already.

[we vs us]

Does anyone know the actual number of stories and more importantly the height?  Would love to finally be able to put something up on SkyscraperPage forums in the "Highrise Construction" category.  The minimum height has to be 200' to be in the highrise category, then a minimum of about 980' to be in the "Supertall Construction" category.   

I just met with some folks at Cimarex.  The total number of stories is currently 17 (that's with parking), though they themselves think it could change.  And yes, the project has changed a lot.

[ZYX]

I just met with some folks at Cimarex.  The total number of stories is currently 17 (that's with parking), though they themselves think it could change.  And yes, the project has changed a lot.

I think my strategy will be to wait until they have declared the building complete, and count.

[SXSW]

It's a design/build project so they could be working on the foundation and the actual building could still be changing.  The integral parking garage (adding 6+ floors to the base) is a fairly recent change.  They were originally going to arrange to park in the City-owned garage at 2nd & Cheyenne and looked into building a new one on the BOK property to the north but decided they liked having parking in their own building a lot better.  

I would hold off on announcing anything as 'official' with this project until they release renderings, and that may not be until the parking garage is well under construction..

17-18 stories seems about right though from all that I've heard, which includes a lobby/streetfront retail level, parking, office and mechanical floors.  A typical commercial floor to floor height is 15 ft., while it can be much less for parking levels and much more for lobby/retail space and mechanical space.  The Devon Tower has a 20 ft. floor to floor height to accomodate raised flooring.  So let's just say they stick to 15 ft. for the office/mechanical floors/lobby and 10 ft. for the parking levels.  With 1 level of lobby, 6 levels of parking, and 10 levels of office that would be 225 ft. which is a very conservative estimate..

[RecycleMichael]

I plan to attend the ceremony tomorrow. If there are plans available, I will try to post them here.

[ZYX]

I plan to attend the ceremony tomorrow. If there are plans available, I will try to post them here.

I would assume that they will have renderings tomorrow at the ceremony. I bet Tulsa World will also post them online, if they are available.

Thanks for the info SXSW. I can't wait to see renderings for this project.

[we vs us]

I plan to attend the ceremony tomorrow. If there are plans available, I will try to post them here.

See you there!

[Conan71]

Anyone know if the parking will be exclusively for the building tenants or will there be an overage for general paid parking?  What about evening parking for BOK events?

[Jeff P]

Anyone know if the parking will be exclusively for the building tenants or will there be an overage for general paid parking?  What about evening parking for BOK events?

I can't imagine they would pass up the extra revenue by not making it available for BOK and other events downtown.

My guess is it will work like the Williams North and South garages... they will have a certain number of spots for tenants/monthly users and a certain number of "public" spots available also for visitors and events.

[RecycleMichael]

I went to the groundbreaking today.

There were 20 people with gold shovels who scooped a little dirt all together for the cameras. Then they quit.

At that rate, it is going to take forever to build.

[Hoss]

I went to the groundbreaking today.

There were 20 people with gold shovels who scooped a little dirt all together for the cameras. Then they quit.

At that rate, it is going to take forever to build.

Didn't the BOK Center ground-breaking look the same?

[ZYX]

I went to the groundbreaking today.

There were 20 people with gold shovels who scooped a little dirt all together for the cameras. Then they quit.

At that rate, it is going to take forever to build.

Typical groundbreaking. Hopefully by Monday we'll have some real construction underway. It is extremely exciting that this project has officially begun now.

Did you see any renderings RM?