OKLAHOMA CITY — Progress on the Bricktown development that includes plans for the tallest building in the U.S. has been slow since the City Council lifted a height restriction in June allowing the proposed 1,907-foot Legends Tower.
“We are planning on starting construction first quarter 2025,” developer Scot Matteson said in a text Thursday. He did not say what steps needed to be completed before construction can begin. Previously, Matteson said that grading and infrastructure work would begin by late summer 2024 on the $1.
6 billion Boardwalk at Bricktown project. Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a public notice Aug. 15 noting the proposed tower “exceeds obstruction standards.
” It said the FAA is conducting a study relevant to the effect the structure would have on existing and planned airspace use, air navigation facilities, airports, aircraft operations, procedures and minimum flight altitudes, and the air traffic control system. Director of Airports Jeff Mulder pointed out several concerns the Oklahoma City Airport Trust has regarding the tower at the proposed height. In a letter to the FAA, Mulder noted it would increase the minimum altitude for approaches and departures from OKC Will Rogers International Airport, increasing travel time for passengers and disrupting standard departures procedures.
The letter also noted the structure would create flight safety issues in the Oklahoma City metro area and would cancel instrument approach procedu.