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A Little over 100 Miles over the Red River you will find the Oklahoma City Metro.







Suburbs Include Norman, Moore, Edmond, Yukon, Midwest City, Mustang, and Choctaw


This will be dedicated to sharing Urban Development (residential, commercial, attractions coming to the Oklahoma City Metro Area.

Oklahoma City is getting a Fogo de Chao




It will be in this building and will be located at 13810 N Pennsylvania Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73134. when you click on the building in google maps it already displays Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse. It will be off of the Killpatrick Turnpike

Oklahoma City is getting a Mesero

It is coming to the OAK Development near N Penn Ave. and NW Expressway


https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=988-Mesero-coming-to-OKC

I appreciate the thread and updates. I like knowing what our neighbors to the north are up to.

We regret to inform you that our neighbors to the south (HOK's Houston office anyway) have ripped your skyline off:

https://www.hok.com/projects/view/pif-tower-cma-riyadh/

New $1 billion development in Norman, OK









The Plans Include

A New Sports Venue

A Outlet Mall

Single Family and Multi Family Development

Senior Living Facility

Hotels

The National Weather Museum is Also Planning a New Building in the Development. It will be a massive Upgrade from their current facility




They are saying Approximately 80% of the plan’s $1 billion cost would be paid through private investment. The remaining 20% would be paid through public sources. None of the funds would come from the city or county general funds.


It would be up to voters in Norman at a later date. that date is unknow at this time.


Sources:
https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=984-OU-basketball-moving-to-new-1-billion-devlopment

https://www.normantranscript.com/news/director-outlines-proposed-weather-museum-part-of-1-billion-entertainment-district/article_df8eee7a-5411-11ee-beb1-d72c3fd0cd0d.html

Norman has 189 square miles and they're going to put SFH next to I-35. Seems a little off the mark. Otherwise, interesting development. I'd like to see more people focus on the general campus area and old downtown-ish Main St./Gray St. area. Sure, they are all off the fly-by track of the interstate, but, are more interesting areas one could say. I guess I could add in HWY 9 as another area to continue to develop instead of relying on I-35 so much. City has an insane amount of available space.

I don't know but would imagine that there are plans to someday run Kickapoo Turnpike toll road all the way south to or past OK Hwy 9

I45Tex wrote:I don't know but would imagine that there are plans to someday run Kickapoo Turnpike toll road all the way south to or past OK Hwy 9

That is at a standstill Right now. State Highway 37 along SW 134th St / S 4th St in the OKC/Moore Area had its destination removed. possible sign that the East West Connector will have that destination.

CTroyMathis wrote:Norman has 189 square miles and they're going to put SFH next to I-35. Seems a little off the mark. Otherwise, interesting development. I'd like to see more people focus on the general campus area and old downtown-ish Main St./Gray St. area. Sure, they are all off the fly-by track of the interstate, but, are more interesting areas one could say. I guess I could add in HWY 9 as another area to continue to develop instead of relying on I-35 so much. City has an insane amount of available space.

The Only Reason that isn't happening is because he the people in the east like the county feel

I45Tex wrote:I don't know but would imagine that there are plans to someday run Kickapoo Turnpike toll road all the way south to or past OK Hwy 9

i am sure they said the East - West Connector would come first. i thing growth will happen faster then when the Kilpatrick Turnpike was built. but not as fast as the Dallas North Tollway.

Reuters photo 2022

Riyadh's KAFD skyline includes aspects very imitative of Dallas' RepublicBank rocketship beacon (1.)
Oklahoma City's triangular/hexagonal Devon Energy Center (2.),
...and Houston's own 609 Main at Texas (3.)

Ramsay's Kitchen is opening in North Oklahoma City on October 26th, 2023 at 1336 W. Memorial Road,











Source: https://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=990-Ramsay-s-Kitchen-to-open

That water looks like raw sewage.

Tnexster wrote:That water looks like raw sewage.

Unclear if you don't know, but it's from their red dirt (port) and high iron content. Similar color is in parts of east Texas. Half the state is stained red. It gets everywhere, on you, cars, clothes, inside buildings, everywhere.

Good for OKC, they need some investment. (My family loves visiting the Brickyard in downtown OKC.)

The Oklahoma City Andy Bs Location Opens today at 11917 N. Penn.
















the hours are as of such, Starting on November 3rd 2023

Sun–Thur: 11am-11pm
Fri–Sat: 11am-12am

Could this be real, second tallest skyscraper in the USA.
https://www.oklahoman.com/picture-galle ... 944622007/

Devon Tower was originally floated as ~100 stories tall, so there's that. Secondly, I see the name "DREAM" on the hotel tower--based on local experience, what can we all surmise from that?

Please build it. OKC skyline looks like a fist with one giant finger sticking up in the middle as you approach from any direction. Instead of the "bird" as a welcome symbol, perhaps with two outsized tall buildings it will look like a peace sign instead.

Finally, a 100+ storey building in the heart of tornado alley. What could possibly go wrong?

OK let's C

This strikes me as a "vanity project" along the same lines as the supertall projects in Arabia and China. There is no reason for a 100 story building in OKC.

Reminds me of this blue-sky impossibility:
Officials Have Second Thoughts About World's Tallest Building

Developer’s planned Oklahoma City skyscraper now going for tallest in the U.S.
The company is seeking zoning to build the tower more than 1,900 feet.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/rea ... in-the-us/

The East West Connector from I44 to Air Depot Blvd/24th Ave NE is under the Active Design Phase. also several developments are planned for the area

Might as well put this right here for Legends Tower:
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/se ... 1391&row=0

Dream Tower:
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/se ... 576&row=95

Ruby Tower:
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/se ... 493&row=97

Emerald Tower:
https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/se ... 613&row=96

Additional +50 ft antenna requests on each of the latter three as well.

Looks like the 6-story Hard Rock Hotel at the Lake Texoma Pointe Vista area is interim status at 90 feet which I can't imagine being an issue beyond standard formalities. https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/se ... 80&row=193