Topic: oklahoma city
Construction - 08.29.2011
Deep-fried revenue
Additional renovations to State Fair Park have been moved toward the front of the MAPS 3 timeline
Deep-fried butter won’t be the only new thing at the Oklahoma State
Fair this year. State Fair Park President and CEO Tim O’Toole says that
since 2005, the park has undergone $70 million in renovations designed
to attract and retain business year-round. Read more
Sales & Marketing - 08.29.2011
Not his hobby
Local developer carves out new use for vacant big box ... literally.
Nick Preftakes hopes he has found the cure for his big-box blues in south Oklahoma City. Read more
On The Move - 09.01.2011
Hematology-oncology specialist joins Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer Center
by OKCBiz Staff
Mohamad Cherry, M.D., a hematology-oncology specialist, has established
his medical practice with the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Cancer
Center. He has also been named an assistant professor with the
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Hematologist-oncologists diagnose and treat patients with cancer and blood diseases. Read more
Retail - 09.14.2011
Bricktown committee continues canal front retail, parking project
Chris Johnson strolled out of the Miller Jackson
building in Bricktown Sept. 14 and walked across a bridge over the canal. He
looked out at two parcels of vacant land, while, in hand were a pair of renderings on
poster board of the House of Bedlam, a retail, restaurant and parking project
he hopes to build on the site. He was discouraged having just come from a
Bricktown Urban Design Committee meeting where his plans once again were put on
hold. Read more
Economy - 09.22.2011
6 Oklahomans make Forbes' wealthy list
Two crack the top 40; Hobby Lobby and Chesapeake heads also make the cut.
Bill Gates is the richest person in the
United States with a net worth of $59 billion, according to Forbes magazine. But six from Oklahoma also made the list of the magazine’s 400 richest people in the
country as of September 2011. Read more
Nonprofits - 09.23.2011
Oklahoma City Community Foundation Awards doles out grants
$63,375 dealt to five area nonprofits.
Energy - 09.27.2011
SandRidge to sell East Texas assets
SandRidge Energy Chairman and CEO Tom Ward announced Sept. 27 the company
plans to sell certain East Texas natural gas properties to NFR Energy LLC for
$231 million. It is a step toward SandRidge’s move from being an oil and
natural gas company to focusing solely on oil. Read more
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