Topic: Focus
News Article - 01.24.2009
Redeveloping OKC\'s historic First National Center
In May 2006, California-based Milbank Real Estate embraced several ongoing projects, including converting the historic Roosevelt office building in downtown Los Angeles into 222 luxury residential lofts and building Sky Las Vegas, a new, 47-story, residential high-rise project on the Las Vegas Strip. But when one of the firm\'s partners learned of an Oklahoma City historical landmark being on the selling block, Milbank\'s CEO, M. Aaron Yashouafar, says all the cards fell into place. Read more
News Article - 02.24.2009
Oklahoma City professionals twittering on success
At roughly the same time Oklahoma City chef Ryan Parrott was home sick in bed, Saxum PR representative Lindsay Laird was wrapping up a call to a client extolling the virtues of social media, commercial photographer and brewery owner J.D. Merryweather was making plans for his new business venture, and business consultant Shelley Cadamy was asking for help lining up a glass shop to fix her vandalized windshield. Read more
News Article - 07.22.2010
Private jet travel increases as commercial flying becomes more cumbersome
Booking a private flight saves not only valuable time, but in some cases, money. Read more
News Article - 04.22.2009
Idle energy industry awaits pumped-up prices
by Randall Turk
Times are tough in the oil and gas business these days, but the scenario is nothing new. Oil, natural gas and all other commodities are traditionally at the forefront of seesawing supply-and-demand cycles. An abnormally warm winter and a deep recession have teamed to abbreviate demand for petroleum products. Oil and gas supplies glut the market and, earlier this year, prices plummeted to record lows. There was joy in the oil patch just last year, when West Texas intermediate crude topped $100 a barrel. Today, the same crude is averaging around $50, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts the price might struggle toward $60 sometime this year. Read more
News Article - 05.27.2009
Downtown residential spaces piling up in OKC
As the undisputed development king of Lower Bricktown, Randy Hogan has plenty of which to be proud. With seven buildings in Lower Bricktown - most notably the Sonic corporate headquarters, Harkins Bricktown Cinemas and Bass Pro Shops - he has indelibly left his mark. Read more
News Article - 11.24.2009
What\'s being proposed with MAPS 3, how much would it cost, exactly what is the plan?
City voters will be asked Dec. 8 to decide yea or nay on a proposed $777 million series of projects known as MAPS 3. Read more
News Article - 12.24.2008
U.S. businesses foot the bill for obesity
As the federal government rang in a new year trying to figure out how best to dole out a $700 billion safety net, American businesses were embroiled in an ongoing bailout of their own. In a super-sized nation where nearly 70% of the population is overweight - 35% obesely so - U.S. businesses are picking up the tab when it comes to being fat. The financial costs of obesity are drawing streams of research with one of the most recent coming last September, and showing that businesses can fight back. Read more
News Article - 05.25.2010
Oklahoma City preps to host U.S. Conference of Mayors for first time
Mayor Mick Cornett will host his counterparts from approximately 300 other cities June 11-15 at the conference, which is usually held on the East or West Coast. Read more
News Article - 10.14.2008
Chesapeake announces CEO sells company stock, investor meeting
Oklahoma City\'s Chesapeake Energy announced Oct. 10 its CEO was forced to sell his company stock. Because of margin loan calls, McClendon involuntarily sold substantially all of his common-stock shares late last week. Read more
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