Comments on: More on Uncommon Grounds http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/ The Oklahoman's Steve Lackmeyer covers downtown OKC brick by brick. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 By: Steven http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 Steven Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:33:16 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1314 I feel much better now hearing both sides of the story. At first I was wrong and thought this was another greedy Bricktown property owner. Sounds like the man is fair and an tries to come up with a solution. If only we could get this out of the other Bricktown property owners.

]]> By: slackmeyer http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1311 slackmeyer Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:39:27 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1311 I think the answer to whether this was the right or wrong move will be apparent one year from now.

]]> By: Jess M. http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1312 Jess M. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:42:54 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1312 Sounds fair that he wanted to redo the lease. However, it also shows that Bricktown is way overrated right now.

]]> By: Uncommon Grounds to close in December - OKCTalk http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Uncommon Grounds to close in December - OKCTalk Sun, 23 Nov 2008 16:50:53 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1313 [...] Re: Uncommon Grounds to close in December Yeah I think the latest on Steve’s blog debunks the idea that the landlord is at fault here. It sounds like Uncommon Grounds’ lease hadn’t been updated since they opened, and they were getting a steal. More on Uncommon Grounds [...]

]]> By: mike http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 mike Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:26:39 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1310 Perhaps Steve would like to share his thoughts about what Gary said? I think he seemed to vindicate himself pretty well here.

]]> By: Jason http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1309 Jason Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:18:12 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1309 Sounds like a good landlord indeed.

Sorry to see Uncommon Grounds go, but I imagine the only way they could stay in business was with that really cheap, outdated lease term.

]]> By: sroberts24 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1308 sroberts24 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:09:47 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1308 i take back my previous statement

]]> By: Eddie http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 Eddie Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:27:44 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1304 Gary sounds like a stand up owner/lanlord. Why does everybody want to blame high rent as the only reason for a failed business in Bricktown?

]]> By: mike http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 mike Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:17:17 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1305 Gary seems to be making some good points. Obviously the 15 year lease was out of date and probably didn’t reflect some of the new costs. What I care most about is getting something else nice in that place. Gary seemed confident that he could do that.

]]> By: Shane http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 Shane Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:12:46 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/okccentral/2008/11/21/619/#comment-1307 So are we able to discern the per square foot rental rate for Uncommon Grounds?

I’m sure Gary is a good landlord and if the lease hasn’t been changed in 15 years it probably does need some tweaking.

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