OKCBiz.com http://okc.biz/oklahoma/ <![CDATA[Doomed Dome?]]> Owner David Box weighs options and encourages input for future of iconic Gold Dome The Gold Dome has served as a historic landmark for Oklahoma City residents the past 50 years, but the love affair may end soon.]]> <![CDATA[Expert Q&A]]>
]]> <![CDATA[Annie, get your purse]]> Female business leaders in Oklahoma work to raise funds for children’s programs at National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum As the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum has become an international attraction, the children’s museum on the grounds has not kept pace. Many might be unaware the museum even has a children’s building, but that is changing with the commitment of a growing group of female business, civic and philanthropic leaders around the state.]]> <![CDATA[Appointment Book]]>
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]]> <![CDATA[Magnificent trio]]> To help the Oklahoma City Philharmonic continue to make beautiful music, its fundraising arm showcases beautiful houses There will be no Symphony Showhouse this year. Instead, there will be three of them.]]> <![CDATA[Arm your business for storm season]]>
]]> <![CDATA[Commercial Real Estate]]> Mid-South Redevelopers LLC purchased a 195,702-square-foot office building at 315 N. Robinson for $16.3 million from GPT Properties Trust. It was built in 1992 and is leased to the Internal Revenue Service. American Eagle Title Group handled the closing.]]> <![CDATA[TIF Tally]]> With continued success of Downtown TIF, more funds headed to development projects A local team of developers and investors is one step closer to converting a Bricktown warehouse into affordable apartments with help from funds designated to improve blighted areas. While Bricktown is hardly an area of blight, it once was; but along with Downtown, it has benefited from tax increment finance dollars.]]> <![CDATA[Bacon bits]]> As bacon shows up in unusual places, businesses provide unique offerings If you’ve noticed a bacon craze, you’re not alone. What used to be a food item served nestled against eggs at breakfast is now gourmet fare for those willing to neglect their waistlines and cholesterol levels for a greasy strip of seasoned pork.]]> <![CDATA[Doomed Dome?]]> Owner David Box weighs options and encourages input for future of iconic Gold Dome The Gold Dome has served as a historic landmark for Oklahoma City residents the past 50 years, but the love affair may end soon.]]> <![CDATA[Compass]]>

DEEP DEUCE

Richard McKown, developer of the Level apartments, is again working with Wade Scaramucci, an architect with London-based Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, to bring a new, multifamily project to vacant land just west of Level. The project is dubbed Mosaic.

]]> <![CDATA[Cutting it]]> Cusack Meats celebrates its 80th anniversary being a family-owned business in Oklahoma City For 80 years, the Cusack family has been in the meat business in Oklahoma City.]]> <![CDATA[Market makeover]]> OKC Public Farmers Market receives help from area businesses to define its future

Midtown. Downtown. Bricktown. Deep Deuce. The Paseo. The Asian District.

All are recognizable sections of Oklahoma City that have had their story told, and all have a road map of where they’re going.

]]> <![CDATA[Eateries on the way]]> A side dish paired with Restaurant Round-up
]]> <![CDATA[Restaurant round-up]]> More eateries opening Downtown, surrounding area With much of the metro’s business and leisure focus shifting to Downtown, restaurateurs are moving quickly to capitalize on new opportunities in the Downtown and MidTown areas. For the most part, old spaces are being re-envisioned as new concepts, but some are building on the area’s increasingly limited space. okcBIZ has compiled a smattering of offerings, some already in place, some still in the works.]]> <![CDATA[Brick by brick]]> Two 1930s high school football stadiums in Oklahoma City soon will receive their first major update in decades, while preserving original facades At a community meeting concerning the planned renovation of Taft Stadium, Gary Armbruster began by telling attendees that, despite rumors to the contrary, the historic rock wall on the 1930s stadium was not coming down. With that said, the place began to empty out.]]> <![CDATA[Senior class]]> Boomers looking for more out of retirement living When it comes to retirement, there’s an idea that a comfortable easy chair parked in front of the television is the way to go. But for the baby boomers, a generation that set the bar in everything from music to race relations, retirement means something more — a lot more.]]> <![CDATA[Day in the Life]]> Brian Davis
Broadcaster
Oklahoma City Thunder
March 13, 2013]]> <![CDATA[On the Scene]]>
]]> <![CDATA[Executive Homes]]> Yong Ki Hong and Woo Jung Hong purchased a 4,106-square-foot home at 1205 Glenwood Ave., Nichols Hills, for $1.08 million from Robert W. and Paula Sinclair Allen. It was built in 1934.]]> <![CDATA[New & Expanding]]> Scholastic Inc., dba Scholastic Book Fairs, leased a 50,000-square-foot industrial building at 8200 S.W. 44th from Admiral Square Inc. Kris Davis and Bill Beichler with Grubb & Ellis | Levy Beffort represented the tenant in the transaction.]]>