The Battle To Build America’s Tallest New Skyscraper - Legend's Tower

Legends tower is planned to be built in Oklahoma city, once completed it will be the largest skyscraper in America. Why are they building this mega skyscraper in Oklahoma and why is this city embarking on such an expensive mega project?

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[blastme]

I just want to see any city outside of NYC and Chicago finally get a super tall. The cities in the south are the main ones growing the most like Atlanta, Houston, Austin, Charlotte, Tampa, Dallas, OKC and Raleigh.

[jcarp]

As an architect, I can tell you that a lot of our plans (buildings and urban developments) don't get past the design/idea phase. Also, the more radical the idea, the less of a chance it will be to see the light of day. This came out in December of '23... I will give it until the end of the year before more sane heads prevail. I do not see this happening at this grand level.

[alexohagan]

This is a good idea okc is expanding to far out like 30 plus miles and traffic gets worse every year . We need high density housing and this is a huge step in the right direction.

[alexohagan]

Dang people are meat riding on the hate train for okc when almost none of you live or have ever been to okc

[RobertWalsh-zg]

At the young age of 17, I traveled by Greyhound bus from Boston to LA & was impressed by OK City & Tulsa, that I wrote a letter to the Governor. I haven't been back since - I still love New England. Not sure if OKC is best choice but someone must. Best of luvk!

[MaxTooney]

Wow, in the Spring you'll see the tornadoes before radar does! And on Summer days, you'll have an unparalled view of heat shimmer.

[DarrellWilliamsprosperwithme]

The super tall will not happen. Just a concept. The other 3 towers are probably a go.

[patrickrancourt]

I receive just good vibe's whit this project

Oklahoma City desserve this peacefully but gigantic project

Thanx God for this really good looking skyscrapper

100% approuved

[-OAK-]

All the people in these comments have no idea on what they are talking about. Oklahoma is one of the fastest growing states, and the majority of those residents go to Oklahoma. The whole point of this tower it to being even more residents to Oklahoma City. It will bring more skyscrapers and fill out Oklahoma City. The same thing happened to Dubai, and it will happen to Oklahoma City if the plans go through. Also tornados never hit OKC, and even then skyscrapers are built to withstand tornados. The demand is definitely there, the majority of people moving to OKC are form cali, and New York. People used to living in skyscrapers, so this will definitely draw in the big city residents.

[paulsukhu]

How much class AAA office sq ft will this add? What is the current demand for this type of space in OKC? What is the current class AAA occupancy for OKC? These are the most important facts you left out if thinking critically about this project.

[demetriuscarter]

I don't blame them for trying. Building from the basketball 🏀 teams hype. It happened in Miami's downtown 20 years ago during the early years of the arena being built. Bold move. Huge gamble. The assumption is that all the risk have been dissected and analyzed...let's see if the city commissioners support it or not...

[mayachico]

People can't afford anything and that will NOT be solved by building a funky tower.

[frontiercitythrills]

The architecture (AO) and the City has to wait for the FAA to get the approval first for the height requirement. And from the latest interview from OETA, that process is already underway. The 3 other towers will begin construction this summer.

[BBQ_turtle]

as a person who lives less than 300 miles from okc, this is an absolute win!

[stevemarton]

Did you cite Austin as a midwestern city with Cleveland? 😂

[Bomooney]

Everyone is talking crap but if you want to grow has a city you got to take risks. Americans used to be ambitious and build great things now we’ve gotten lazy don’t take risk.

[pattonmaynard]

You should do one on Fort Worth’s Panther Island Project

[MZ]

They tried to do this in Denver and it was rejected by the city! Maybe they need to vote on it too.

[patrickdolce]

"If you build it they will come." Is the one real aim of this project. And as a OKC resident, I say go for it. Let the market and inflation alone stand in their way. I hope the city approves it. Who knows if completed, it could be very successful.

[watchthe]

A big gamble to put something productive in a city center parking lot that is marginally productive. A building that big is going to require a LOT of revenue to maintain. It looks like they are installing a new neighborhood and hoping to attract some folks fleeing from the big city with a familiar feeling neighborhood. With that kind of height, you could probably dedicate a floor or two to datacenter and cell tower electronics too and pull down a lot of those steel girders with guide lines down too. If the building was able to take 300 mph tornado winds, that would make sure the infrastructure would hold up better, communications would survive better.