Oklahoma City Developments, Real Estates and Updates

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                    The Ellison

     Oklahoma's first Tribute Hotel coming to Classen Curve area:  https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=655-Oklahoma-s-first-Tribute-Hotel-coming-to-Classen-Curve-area




The boutique hotel will feature 120 rooms with a high level of service, a rooftop swimming pool and bar, meeting space, a lounge, and a restaurant operated by Chris Lower (Pizzeria Gusto) and Joseph Royer (Saturn Grill).







                                        Pics and story link via OKCTalk.com


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Future of Oklahoma City's Historic Gold Dome



Gold Dome may become music venue

Historic Gold Dome in Oklahoma City - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swTbcNh5MH0

OKCTalk.com news: Gold Dome https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=728-Gold-Dome-may-become-music-venue


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OU Health Science Center Complex, Oklahoma City

Trauma One Center, at both OU Medical Center and The Children's Hospital, was designated as Oklahoma's only Level 1 Trauma Center,
                                            the highest national ranking a trauma center can receive.

The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center in USA!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkGLd66zkeQ

A Journey for Miles-The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osb1nRVg-yg

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Oklahoma City's BancFirst Tower



Pic via OKCTalk.com (North side of Tower)

                             A look inside the newly-renovated BancFirst Tower - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt--aXJmpuY&t=98s

                                      Work has started silmulateously on the exterior east and west sides of the Tower.

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New Oklahoma City film studio one step closer to full production inside old convention center

                  "This is California meets Oklahoma. That's what Prairie Surf is all about," said Prairie Surf, Co-CEO Rachel Cannon.

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - https://kfor.com/news/local/new-oklahoma-city-film-studio-one-step-closer-to-full-production-inside-old-convention-center/

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TOUR: New Oklahoma medical facility opens during global pandemic https://kfor.com/digital-first/tour-new-oklahoma-medical-facility-opens-during-global-pandemic/

It includes more than 140 additional beds and the latest in medical technology.

At more than 450,000 square feet, the North Tower is the largest hospital expansion project in Oklahoma history...  ..."There will be two floors dedicated to cancer to support our Stephenson Cancer Center, a surgical oncology floor and then a floor for hematology-oncology patients and bone marrow transplant, stem cell therapy, and then there will be the medical ICU floor, that is Covid at this point in time, and we will have a cardiovascular institute," said Gose. "So those will be all of our growth areas, but it also allows us to then take other service lines like neurosciences, orthopedics, geriatric trauma and grow and expand them in our current tower, our South Tower."

Over the past decade more than $400 million has been committed to support the development of the Stephenson Cancer Center, making it the largest public-private biomedical partnership in state history.

                   OU Medical Center Patient Tower Project cost:  $364 million

Eight stories make up the new addition, with the ability to build four more in the future. The facility's fruition comes right in the middle of a global pandemic.


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Noun Hotel, Norman

University of Oklahoma Campus

Plans for the Noun Hotel, led by developer Scott Lambert, include a 75,000 square-foot building that will be built at 542 S. University Boulevard will feature a 4 story 92 guest room boutique hotel.   The project is estimated to cost $25 million.  An official groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m., April 22.

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New seats being installed at OKC Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark








  Pics via OKCTalk.com

City of Oklahoma City spent $1.583 million to replace all the seats at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark including those underneath the advertising tarps.

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Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena's naming rights to be terminated early.


Chesapeake Energy Arena


Ford Center

The 'Peake, as it affectionately is called, was initially christened the Ford Center when Oklahoma City cut the ribbon and opened the arena for public use in June 2003 through an agreement reached between SMG, the contractor hired to run the facility, and the automotive giant.


Chesapeake, which recently emerged from bankruptcy, had a 12-year agreement worth $34 million for the naming rights beginning in 2011.

There will be a new name on the building where the Oklahoma City Thunder play their home games, but it's not clear what that name will be or when the change will take place.

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Oklahoma City metro would gain legislative seats under redistricting proposal

Proposed redistricting maps for Oklahoma's 149 legislative districts that GOP state lawmakers unveiled Wednesday show the Oklahoma City metro area gaining one Senate seat and one House seat.

In the past 10 years, population in Oklahoma, Cleveland and Canadian counties grew by about 140,000 people, said Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting.

Redistricting occurs every decade following the Census. Oklahoma's constitution requires state lawmakers to pass new legislative districts by the end of the 2021 legislative session, which must conclude by 5 p.m. on May 28.

State lawmakers will undertake congressional redistricting in a special session likely in October. The Census Bureau said redistricting data will be delivered to states by September 30.

The Oklahoma City metro area is slated to gain Senate District 18 and House District 36 as a result of population gains.

Senate District 18, which currently covers parts of Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Tulsa and Wagoner counties, is currently represented by Senate Majority Leader Kim David, who will be term limited out of office in 2022.

The House plan retains a majority Hispanic district in Oklahoma City and three majority African American districts, two of which are in Oklahoma City and one in Tulsa.

Legislative district maps will have to be approved through the typical legislative process. Maps will be introduced next week in the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting and the House State and Federal Redistricting Committee.

Excerpts from the Oklahoman, April 21, 2021.

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Omni Oklahoma City




Omni Oklahoma City Hotel & Convention Center https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/oklahoma-city




Oklahoma City Convention Center

   
                                                                                  $288 million Oklahoma City Convention Center

                                                  $236 million Omni Oklahoma City Hotel  & Convention Center

                                                  $  24 million Convention Center & Hotel Parking Garage 1,100

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Oklahoma City's First National Center Garage Update


Part of FNC $275 million renovation development

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Oklahoma City Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine & Basilica


The structure can be seen from I-35 south at the vicinity of 89the right before you enter Moore.  

Upon completion of construction, the Basilica will be the largest Roman Catholic Church in Oklahoma with pews to accommode 2,000.





Bessed Stanley Rother Museum and Pilgrim Center


Soon to be named--Basilica

Project construction cost:  $40 million

What's left of Blessed Stanley Rother's remains will be moved for Resurrection Memorial Cemetery to its final resting place on the grounds of the Basilica.

The martyred priest's body was then placed in a new casket with golden vestments, along with a document signed by those in attendance. A ribbon was wrapped around the casket, sealed with the archdiocese's seal in wax.

The Salve Regina was sung as the casket was re-interred, and a prayer service followed.

"It was a holy day. Father Rother's presence was felt by many, and we are blessed as the Catholic Church in Oklahoma to present Father Rother's life to the world," Archbishop Coakley commented.

A temporary sign now marks Fr. Rother's original gravesite in Okarche, located about 40 miles northwest of Oklahoma City, where the original vault and casket have been re-buried, and a permanent memorial marker is planned.

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First Americans Museum (FAM), Oklahoma City


Pic via OKCTalk.com

Oklahoma soon to dedicate the  Indigenous art in new $175 million First Americans Museum.

More than 25 years in the planning, First Americans Museum will open in September 2021 with new commissions and objects from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American. Indian.
     
    $  9 million - City of Oklahoma City
    $31 million - Private Donations
    $25 million Bonds - State of Oklahoma
    $65 million of dedicated funds

    $  2 million - annual operation losses for 7 years - Chickasaw Tribe will cover.
    $ 65 million will be underwritten as a portion of the completing construction.


The FAM will tell the stories of Oklahoma's 39 tribal nations through song, dance and art; through food; through the latest in interactive exhibits; and through its very location, at the spot where cultures come together.

The museum is located in Oklahoma City - 659 First Americans Boulevard (Off South Eastern Avenue/Crossing Oklahoma River), the confluence on Interstates 35, 40, 235 and 44 will make it accessible as a tourist attraction.


WINIKO: LIFE OF AN OBJECT - Mezzanine Gallery

This exhibit will feature approximately 140 objects on a long-term loan from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Many of these objects were collected in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from tribes in Oklahoma. The material culture of all 39 tribal nations in Oklahoma will be represented in this exhibition.

Each one of these cultural items has a unique story to tell. Many of these objects will be reunited with descendent family members of their original makers.

The First Americans Museum will be massive, with more than 175,000 square feet for exhibits, a theater, a gift shop and other interactive amenities including an adult and kids climbing room modeled after a pop-up storybook.

Chickasaw Nation closed on the acquisition of more than 100 acres of the undeveloped land surrounding the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City.  The parties' completing the real estate transaction pursuant to their agreement of August 2017 marks an important step forward in construction of the First Americans Museum.

The 100 acres of undeveloped land was apart of the agreement between the Chickasaw Tribe and City of Oklahoma City to finish the museum.

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Oklahoma City's Unique Districts & Character.

Paseo Arts District




Midtown District




Plaza 16th Street District





Asian District




Stockyard City (Packingtown)



 
 NW 39th Street LGBiT District