Here are some projects going on in and around downtown.....
The Centennial on the Canal...
This condo project was announced at the end of last year for Bricktown. The building is in a prime site next to the movie theater and across the canal from the Centennial Fountain. New details have been released about the project.
28 units of the total 30 are already sold, and some of the retail space is leased. A 10-lane upscale bowling lounge and lounge and a Starbucks will be the anchor retail tenants. Two levels of retail will be constructed- canal level and second level walkway, similar to upper Bricktown designs. The remaining three levels will be the 30 residential units, and underground parking will be provided for tenants. It's a small but nice project, and the bowling lounge is very nice to add another activity to Bricktown's menagerie.
Construction began May 1 2006 and the project will be complete by winter 2007.
Hampton Inn & Suites
9 story hotel planned for Bricktown right behind the left field of the Bricktown Ballpark. The Previous rendering I put on here was not used and they downgraded with a glass facade to this.... but its still ok i think.
original plan
current plan
OverHolser Greens
Plan selected from two different super-block proposals for The Old Mercy Hospital Site.
- 109 Condos ($340-742k)
- three 4-story buildings, one 8-story building
- 220 underground spaces
- $60 million ($1 million TIF)
OU Cancer Research Istitute
New OU Cancer Research addition on the northeast side of downtown:
A $165 million primo cancer facility that will be one of the tops in the nation. There will be parking and a skywalk over 10th Street, and the facility should open by 2009. The 140,000-square-foot center is funded in part ($90 million) by the tobacco tax increase approved by voters in Nov. 2004. The rest will come from appropriations that come OU's way, and private donations. It will serve a region of the US that includes Dallas, Little Rock, Tulsa, and Wichita, as well as Central Oklahoma.
OU Children's Hospital
The Children's Hospital is actually adding a new 290,800 sq. ft. addition that will house the ambulatory care unit. The atrium, which will be 6 stories tall, will also be attached to a below-grade parking complex with 1,000 spaces. Connected to the north end is a new building that will house offices for doctors and staff.
http://www.okmet.org/cover/