Oklahoma City may get America's tallest skyscraper

"Everything's up to date in Oklahoma City..."

Nah, doesn't have the same ring to it.

Gross, that phallic thing will basically become the city's new skyline. These things are supposed to be in proportion and the height of the skyscrapers increased gradually over the decades.

Mmmm, I’d be really nervous to work in a tall building in OKC given its, shall we say, terrible history with insane people blowing shit up there.

Perfect for another domestic terrorist like Timothy McVeigh to bring it crashing down.

If a tornado hit, there would be a lot of broken glass all over the place.

There’s not enough demand for that monster.

It would take 20 years to fill.

There's no need for skyscrapers. This is getting absurd. NY is sinking because of them.

Are there tornadoes in Oklahoma?

Earlier thread on this.

Also, doesn't Oklahoma have earthquakes now, thanks to fracking? If I was working in this building, I'd ask for a seat belt at my desk.

It makes perfect sense.

Downtown OK City has ~13mm sqft of office space. The proposed office has 5mm sqft.

Enjoy destroying commercial real estate values, driving down commercial real estate lease prices, and the huge white elephant - all of which will inevitably affect real estate prices in the area and the state economy overall.

I hope their egos push this through. Couldn't happen to a nicer city or state.

see related thread

I'm sure there will be proper regulations to ensure that the building standards will be up to earthquake and tornado codes.

BWAHAHAHA-Oklahoma is a red state shithole. They think having building codes are communism. Good luck when this thing collapses.

[quote] I'm sure there will be proper regulations to ensure that the building standards will be up to earthquake and tornado codes.

I think that would make it cost-prohibitive. To make it resistant to natural disasters and terrorist attacks -- like One World Trade center -- would cost too much and not be profitable for the developer.

as someone upthread so aptly called it : Whie Elephant.

This sounds like a vanity project by some filthy rich oil money Oklahoman with more $ than sense. Same thing happened a few years back in Tulsa when Anal Bob (oral Roberts) built a ridiculous and not needed high rise medical center. And yup, it's mostly vacant now. These guys are always in a 'my dick is bigger than yours' contest

Hopefully they build it in close proximity to their existing tallest, Devon Energy Center, which looks so lonesome on the skyline.

It’s not even attractive.

Won’t happen. Its just “Oaky” talk and who cares a shit about Oklahoma-What have they done that matters-white trash trumpers