Oklahoma City Developments, Real Estates and Updates

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The 460,000-square-foot, 12-story structure was designed in the shape of an X; built in 1991 to house 1,250 inmates.

Oklahoma County's public safety employees will receive roughly $5,000 in bonuses through the end of the year after officials agreed to spend $5 million in "hero pay" for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oklahoma County Jail employees will be receiving $1,000 bonus payments each month through the end of the year. PHOTO: [DAVE MORRIS/THE OKLAHOMAN


CARES Act, the federal COVID-19 relief package Congress passed in the spring awarded Oklahoma $47 million in CARES Act funding which were approved to be applied to the Oklahoma County Jail. 

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SandRidge Center & Commons update...

Former Kerr McGee Tower currently referred as 'SandRidge Commons' which includes some smaller structures is reported to undergo a name change.  The Tower will be called 'Oklahoma Commons,'  its tenants will include many state agencies.

Sandridge Energy invested $100 million in renovations to the tower, that was later obtained for slightly over $35 million.

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Oklahoma City Tinker AFB receives first KC-46 Pegasus tanker

Civilian maintenance crews watch as a KC-46 Pegasus arrives for its first maintenance check at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City on Thursday. The historic arrival of the Air Force's next-generation air refueling tanker for its first maintenance check marks the beginning of the future workload at Tinker. [CHRIS LANDSBERGER PHOTO/THE OKLAHOMAN]

1,300 jobs, a total of 14 maintenance hangars will be constructed.

Construction progress of the maintenance facility at Tinker Air Force Base that will support the Air Force's new tanker, the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus [Photos by The Oklahoman].

The maintenance hangars will be set up to help sustain air-to-air refueling mission recently awarded to Tinker AFB.  Maintenance involves everything from routine aircraft inspections in the field to bringing an aircraft to a maintenance center where it undergoes a thorough examination to look for potential issues before they become a problem; sustainment activities will involve performance corrosion control, painting and fueling.

It can also accommodate a mixed load of passengers, aero medical evacuation and the KC-46 can carry up to 65,000 pounds of cargo.

The hangars are designed to support Tinker's long-term depot maintenance of the new aircraft that will be housed in the Oklahoma City-Midwest City complex, an estimated 1,300 jobs on base will result from the construction of fourteen hangers.

The area that now houses the KC-46A Pegasus campus was once an abandoned rail yard purchased from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company.  The joint venture was a coordinated effort by the U. S. Air Force, City of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma County for $44 million.

The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex remains the Air Force's largest depot and, with the addition of the KC-46A  Pegasus added to increasing legacy system requirements, it will continue to remain the Air Force's largest depot for the foreseeable future, the potential for expansion has been taken into consideration with renewed discussion on the possibility of the Air Force moving forward with plans to introduce the KC-Y and KC-Z.

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Oklahoma City to consider conversion of Cox Convention Center for movie, TV production


The Cox Convention Center could be converted into a movie and television production studio as part of an agreement being considered Tuesday by the Oklahoma City Council.



The agreement, which is to be followed by lease negotiations, calls for creation of five sound stages in the convention center to be marketed and operated by Prairie Surf Media led by filmmaker Matt Payne and actress Rachel Cannon (born in Tulsa, OK, as Rachel Wells.)  Video: https://youtu.be/8hC8sp-QH6M

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Oklahoma City Council approves marketing Cox Convention Center as a film studio

Prairie Surf Media founders Matt Payne and Rachel Cannon still have to finalize a lease with the city for the convention center, which is to be replaced by the new Oklahoma City Convention Center later this year.  Lease terms are still to be negotiated with a final agreement expected to be voted on in December.

Producers are now "scrambling" to find available sound stages, Cannon said. Oklahoma City can be competitive due to lower costs of living, efforts taken by the city to keep COVID-19 rates under control, the state's film tax credit program and a growing film community.--Oklahoman, September 15, 2020

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Vibrant Oklahoma City Wheeler District






Oklahoma City's newest housing district; just west of Wheeler Park inside what was once the OKC Airpark used for private air planes continues to enjoy growth.

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Oklahoma City's Boulevard Place

Boulevard Place will feature 253 residential units with over 14,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor level with patio seating available to a potential restaurant facing the new Oklahoma City Boulevard.  Construction has been revised from the timetable that originally anticipated a start this month with completion now estimated for late 2022.

The eight-story Boulevard Place is a mixed-use development to be constructed at the southwest corner of Shields and Oklahoma City Boulevards, adjacent to the Omni Hotel.  

The units include studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments, it will include parking levels attached to each floor of the apartment tower. The 1,100-space convention center garage south of Boulevard Place will be opening at the same time.  The Fairfield Inn, a five story hotel opened in January 2020 just south of the garage.  Boulevard Place will stand at the southeast corner of E.K. Gaylord, a gateway to the area that also includes Scissortail Park and is now being referred to as Park Union.

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Lariat Landing getting attention as national marketing begins...
By Molly M. Fleming / Development / September 21, 2020



Link:  https://www.velocityokc.com/blog/development/lariat-landing-getting-attention-as-national-marketing-begins/\

Oklahoma City has made the Lariat Landing site more attractive by moving a road completed in June 2017 where the city spent millions of dollars realigning Portland Avenue from a two-lane asphalt road to an enhanced four-lane concrete roadway.   Those enhancements included construction of water drainage infrastructure, landscaping, irrigation, signaled intersections, sidewalks, decorate street lighting with upgrades on curb and gutter roadways.  

The new facility will be located at the Will Rogers World Airport, presumably making Oklahoma City one of the destinations in the Amazon Prime Air network that is headquartered at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).

Above graphics via OKCTalk.com

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Oklahoma State Capitol Building's $245 million Restoration Project





Renovations in 2016 to the Oklahoma Capitol building totaled $245 million with restoration scheduled to be completed in 2022.

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Oklahoma City's BancFirst Tower Update pic


BancFirst Tower is undergoing $70 million in exterior & interior upgrades
Pic via OKCTalk.com

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Pedestrian Skybridge



Pedestrian Bridge from the new OKC Convention Center to the Convention Center Garage

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Oklahoma City Construction Junction I-235/I-44 update


The interchange between I-235 and I-44 in north Oklahoma City will be reconstructed as a four-level interchange as part of a $105 million contract awarded by the OTC.
Pic via OKCTalk.com
Youtube video:  https://youtu.be/qfEVeeQ-ndU

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First National Center's Renovation pic update


Progress on Oklahoma City's First National Center's $275 million renovation project.
News 9 Video  https://www.news9.com/story/5ed0564cbd37b00bb37ba055/watch:-inside-look-at-progress-of-first-national-center-in-okc
Pic via OKCTalk.com

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Oklahoma City Retail website

http://okcretail.com/news/2020/09/09/news/new-convention-center-on-schedule-under-budget/


Stockyards City



OKC Outlet Mall

Chisholm Creek, a 280-apartment community developed by Cornerstone Development.

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Oklahoma City's Broadway Park

The five story mixed use structure has been completed at 1122 N. Broadway in the historic Automobile Alley District offers a great view to the downtown skyline. 

The new structure features space for a restaurant with outdoor seating on the fourth floor as well as an area on the rooftop that can be equipped for outdoor entertainment, parties and receptions.