OKCBiz.com - Real Estate

American Fidelity plans to buy OPUBCO property -

Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 EDT

American Fidelity Assurance Company plans to buy the northwest Oklahoma City campus of The Oklahoma Publishing Company. It includes a 12-story tower, manufacturing plant, parking garage, day care center and about 150 acres near Britton Road and the Broadway Extension.

Long lonesome, Sherman Iron Works building sells -

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT

After years on the market, and multiple brokers attached to the building at one time or another, the Sherman Iron Works Building in Bricktown finally sold April 30 for $897,500.

Reviving residential - Despite a national housing slump, metro-area prices have remained flat – and even increased – as builders pulled back

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT

While the housing market nationwide has taken a roller-coaster ride in recent years, often with more plunges than ascents in many areas, Oklahoma City consistently has held its own.

Village at Quail Springs fetches $21.45 million -

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT

A northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex completed just more than a year ago sold on April 5 for $21.45 million.

Edmond economics - Officials report good year for commercial and residential permits in 2011

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Edmond finished 2011 strong, and city officials hope to continue that momentum this year.

Accounting for growth - Oklahoma County Assessor’s Office sees spike in new accounts after a few lean years

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EDT

The Oklahoma County Assessor’s Office has seen a near 200% jump in the number of plats filed and property accounts created in the county last year.

Nefarious newcomers not welcome at MidTown project -

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EDT

Neighbors in the Heritage Hills and Mesta Park neighborhoods want to ensure that many of the businesses to their north on N.W. 23rd Street don’t end up to their south. As long as there are no establishments to give blood, worship, buy adult videos, pawn a television, or get a tattoo, neighbors seem willing to see a multifamily development with retail on Walker Avenue, that isn’t even in either neighborhood, to move forward.

March Commercial Real Estate -

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

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Texas company plans senior center in Norman -

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

StoneGate Senior Living, based in Lewisville, Texas, purchased 6.7 acres of land in the ever-expanding NRH Medical Park West in Norman for $1.9 million.

Tim Strange and team win Tanenbaum leasing duties -

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST

Richard Tanenbaum, CEO of Gardner Tanenbaum Group, has awarded leasing of his office and industrial properties in Oklahoma City and Tulsa to Sperry Van Ness/William T. Strange & Associates.

NAI Global acquired by Texas-based company -

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

NAI Global, a network of independent commercial real estate firms around the world, including an office in Oklahoma City, has been acquired by C-III Capital Partners LLC for an undisclosed amount.

Top deals -

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST

Oklahoma City metro-area commercial real estate market finished 2011 fairly healthy with several top-dollar deals in multifamily, office, retail and industrial.

Homeowner headaches - After storms pounded the state over the past two years, some have experienced insurance-rate increases or have been dropped altogether.

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST

It would be bad enough if the Oklahoma weather only huffed, puffed and blew houses down.

Apt findings - A report confirms rental residential units Downtown are in demand, as developers work to give the people what they want.

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST

Richard McKown is not psychic; he does not gaze into a crystal ball or read tea leaves, but he was on target when he began work on an upscale apartment community Downtown months before a study showed that his product was exactly what potential tenants wanted.

Crown jewel - Norman builder teams with OKC architects to bring back ‘one of the most famous Art Deco buildings in Oklahoma City’

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EDT

One of Crown Heights’ crown jewels was well on its way to a date with the wrecking ball until it was purchased in May by a Norman builder. Looking to do his first project in Oklahoma City, and his first condo project, Brent Swift paid $350,000 for an Art Deco fourplex with a garage and a neighboring duplex, all of which had fallen into disrepair.

Downsizing? - A portion of Fairview Farm is filling with smaller homes, but with all the high-end amenities as the larger ones.

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

At Fairview Farm, a neighborhood where many houses easily top $1 million, the developer and a local homebuilder are taking a big chance with the last 10 acres.

Tanenbaum purchases Lincoln Plaza hotel for $2.6 million - "It's a work in progress," the new owner says.

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The shuttered Lincoln Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, 4345 N. Lincoln Blvd., has a new owner who also happens to be a neighbor. The Gardner Tanenbaum Group, led by Richard Tanenbaum, purchased the property for $2.6 million with plans for a residential project.

ACM@UCO purchases Bricktown building - The largest transaction for 2011 in Bricktown so far was completed Aug. 15 with the sale of the Oklahoma Hardware Building, 25 E. California, for $6.5 million.

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EDT

The 62,500-square-foot building was purchased by the University of Central Oklahoma from Bricktown Wire Co. UCO’s Academy of Contemporary Music occupies the building on its top three floors. It has four stories in addition to a lower level along the Bricktown Canal. The ACM opened in the building in 2009.

Uptown developments - NW 23 Street is home to several new restaurant concepts, with more planned as the area is revitalized

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

As restaurants continue to pop up along NW 23 Street from around Hudson Avenue to just west of Classen Boulevard, several have found successful concepts, leading to incremental growth and redevelopment of the area.

Going to market - OKCBiz looks at four new grocery concepts entering the metro area, and others that were shelved

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EDT

After years of the same predictable grocery stores throughout the metro area, four stores are headed to Central Oklahoma, each offering a variety of gourmet and organic goods.