It's starting!!
The construction site of One Place-Phase II on Thursday. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World
By BRIAN BARBER World Staff Writer
Published: 9/22/2011 10:44 AM
Last Modified: 9/22/2011 10:44 AM
Leaders of the $100 million One Place development across from the BOK Center took Thursday morning's rain as a good omen as they broke ground on the second phase.
"Well, they say rain is good on wedding days," One Place LLC principal Hank Pellegrini quipped. "So maybe with the mayor here he can oversee a marriage of landlord and tenant."
The tenant Pellegrini referred to is Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, which will occupy two floors of a new five-story building east of Denver Avenue between Second and Third streets.
The building also will have restaurants and retail.
This was the second groundbreaking for One Place, which is planned to encompass the entire square block.
In June, work was begun on the 18-story One Place Tower, which will house Cimarex Energy and have commercial space.
Future third and fourth phases will include a hotel, residential and public courtyard components. The development will have multiple levels of underground parking.
The Northwestern Mutual building will be done by August 2012, while the tower will be completed in early 2013.
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