Brickhugger buys former downtown YMCA

[spartanokc]

This gets more awesome each week. Is Tori Snyder no longer involved in Brickhugger, because the article completely omitted it despite naming all of TOCH's partners.

I wonder if they plan to change the facade much, or pretty much leave it the way it looks now. There was a group last year that was advocating for some kind of adaptive reuse. These mid-century modern buildings like the City Hall site and the old YMCA can actually be extremely cool if restored and given a fresh coat of paint.



This is the Aloft in DT Dallas mentioned in the article. A little more historic than the Tulsa properties, but I think these latest Brickhugger projects could have a very similar feel as the Mercantile Bldg, also in DT Dallas, which they did a mixed-use renovation and some really sleek colored lighting. Sometimes though it is kind of hard to see the potential of mid-century buildings in bad condition, especially for some people who still have a 1980s definition of "historic."



There's a photo slideshow here..
http://www.mercdallas.com/building.aspx

I'm excited to see what they will do with the terra cotta street level of the old Y.

[RecycleMichael]

The Snyder family is still involved. The daughter just got married recently and changed her name.

[custosnox]

Macy has pretty much been the face of Brickhugger.  She now goes by the name of Amatucci.  Tori seems to be more in the background making things happen.

[SXSW]

Macy has pretty much been the face of Brickhugger.  She now goes by the name of Amatucci.  Tori seems to be more in the background making things happen.

And behind Tori is her husband John, the President of Tulsa-based Manhattan Construction.  I wouldn't doubt that the Rooney family, which owns Manhattan, is also involved.