I read it very carefully, they knew then what that building was and is. You were in the business, you know. The truth is you don’t know anything except the sunny disertation that Suzette Hatfield wrote. Obviously, if everyone viewed it like she did the building would be saved, but other than her enthusiastic views of old buildings and her great work in Automobile Alley, her credentials are lacking.

you are correct, I worded that whole thing badly. Of course any space Devon is renting will be on the market. The point I was trying to make was that their building that they Own/Occupy won’t be hitting the rental market (which is where the Occupancy rates come from).

Matt, read the artcile carefully it stated:

“The partners also were hinting, but not saying, that they had no intention to rush into renovating or preserving the old India Temple Building (privately they were saying the same things being said now by SandRidge).”

No declarative statement that they were going to tear it down, just that they weren’t in a rush to renovate/preserve it (last on the list), instead of what will probably be the first on the list for demolition.

Other people thought the building was capable of being renovated. Now we will never know, because once the building is gone, it is gone.

Obviously, the remaining parties that are interested in the Devon space may be interested in the SandRidge space instead.

By the way, no matter how much sf it is (800,000 or 1M) it isn’t going to “hit the market” as it is currently an owner occupied set of properties and it is Devon’s desire that they remain so. That means it will not have any effect on current or future occupancy rates.

As for the question, it is very much a LOADED QUESTION. That is exactly the phrase I was looking for that just couldn’t think of off the top of my head..something about a 2nd grade reading level I suppose. The reason it is a loaded question is because even if I were behind the scenes wheeling deals for downtown, I still wouldn’t name my interested parties until the envelope is sealed.

So now your turn. Who would you see as a realistic potential tenant for their tower?

Please don’t cop out the way she did. I mean if you want one of the cities strongest employers to leave the city, I would hope you have a plan to fill their shoes.

Also what you said was insisting that Tracy name one interested party to move downtown. That’s not just comabative and defeatist, what you said was also wrong and over the top.

Gotta love it when people pull a “Uh I didn’t quite say THAT.” In so many words, you did. It’s in the record now, and apparently you stand by your doubtfulness that potential new downtown owners do exist. You stand by inferring that we are desperate, basically.

I don’t happen to remember this “interest” in the India temple 4 years ago. Might you go into more detail or are you gonna continue to be vague and passive aggressive?