LIFE. EVAN. AND JUST THIS IS THE PLOT OF LAND WHERE THAT TOWER COULD BE BUILT. NOW, IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS OVER ON THIS SIDE, THERE’S NO HEIGHT LIMIT FOR A BUILDING. SO CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO GET RID OF THE LIMIT OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE TRACKS. MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD. AND THIS IS THE MOMENT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. IT HAS ARRIVED TO SEE HOW TALL WE CAN GET OKC CITY COUNCIL SAID YES TO REZONING THIS PLOT OF LAND WHERE THE NATION’S TALLEST TOWER COULD STAND IN A FEW YEARS. BOARDWALK AT BRICKTOWN PROJECT IS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING UNDEVELOPED PIECES OF PROPERTY IN LOWER BRICKTOWN. KENTON SEWELL WITH THE ALLIANCE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SAYS THIS VOTE ONLY IMPACTS THESE FOUR ACRES WHERE THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD GO. THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BUILD HIGH RISE APARTMENTS INTO HOTEL. HOW THAT DOES IN THE MARKET. YOU KNOW HOW THOSE APARTMENTS ABSORB IN THE MARKET WILL REALLY DETERMINE WHAT THEY DO. THEN THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE FOR THE TALLEST TOWER, WHICH WOULD LOOK LIKE THIS AND STAND AT JUST OVER 1900 FEET TALL, BUT IS THE PROJECT REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN? SO I THINK WE’RE READY FOR IT, SEWELL SAYS. IT’S ON TRACK, TOO, AND WITH THE HELP OF CITY COUNCIL, THE PROJECT HAS THE GREEN LIGHT TO BUILD SKYSCRAPERS WITH NO HEIGHT LIMIT. I MEAN, SKY’S THE LIMIT, NO PUN INTENDED. I THINK A PROJECT LIKE THIS REALLY JUST RAISES THE LEVEL, RAISES THE EXPECTATION, RAISES EXCITEMENT. NOW, SUDOL SAYS THAT THE TOWER’S CURRENT TIMELINE LINES UP WITH THE TIMELINE OF THE NEW ARENA HERE IN DOWNTOWN, AS BOTH SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS OR SO, HE SAYS THAT THAT MAKES THIS PROJECT MORE
Tallest building in U.S. on track in OKC after council vote
The tallest building in the U.S. is one step closer to reality after the Oklahoma City Council approved rezoning the project so there’s no height limit.
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Updated: 5:33 PM CDT Jun 5, 2024
The tallest building in the U.S. is one step closer to reality after the Oklahoma City Council approved rezoning the project so there’s no height limit.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.“This is the is the moment we’ve all been waiting for – to see how tall we can get,” said councilmember Nikki Nice. “Sky’s the limit – no pun intended” The proposed project is set to be built in an undeveloped area of Bricktown. “This is one of the last undeveloped pieces of property in lower Bricktown,” said Kenton Tsoodle with the Alliance for Economic Development OKC.Tsoodle said the vote only impacts the four acres where the property is set to be developed and that the first phase would be high-rise apartments and a hotel.>> Download the KOCO 5 App“How that does in the market, how those apartments absorb in the market, will really determine what they do,” Tsoodle said.The next phase would include building the tower, which is set to stand at just over 1,900 feet. “I think we’re ready for it,” Tsoodle said. “A project like raises the level, raises the expectation, raises excitement.”Tsoodle said the tower’s current timeline would line up with the city’s new arena, expected to be completed in about five years and that it adds to the desirability of the project.Top Headlines Suspect arrested after shooting leads to wrong-way chase down Broadway Extension Bridge begins to crumble after heavy overnight rain in Moore Moore streets flood, causing vehicles to stall out as rain falls Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder How internet addiction may affect your teen’s brain, according to a new study
OKLAHOMA CITY — The tallest building in the U.S. is one step closer to reality after the Oklahoma City Council approved rezoning the project so there’s no height limit.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
“This is the is the moment we’ve all been waiting for – to see how tall we can get,” said councilmember Nikki Nice. “Sky’s the limit – no pun intended”
The proposed project is set to be built in an undeveloped area of Bricktown.
“This is one of the last undeveloped pieces of property in lower Bricktown,” said Kenton Tsoodle with the Alliance for Economic Development OKC.
Tsoodle said the vote only impacts the four acres where the property is set to be developed and that the first phase would be high-rise apartments and a hotel.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
“How that does in the market, how those apartments absorb in the market, will really determine what they do,” Tsoodle said.
The next phase would include building the tower, which is set to stand at just over 1,900 feet.
“I think we’re ready for it,” Tsoodle said. “A project like raises the level, raises the expectation, raises excitement.”
Tsoodle said the tower’s current timeline would line up with the city’s new arena, expected to be completed in about five years and that it adds to the desirability of the project.
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