The City: Oklahoma City, OK
The Entertainment Distict: Bricktown
The city’s goal with the property acquisition: make it easier for people to get into Bricktown
The land the city needs to get to this goal of easy access: A U-Haul Parking Lot
Is UHaul agreeable: Yes to the project. No to the city offered compensation.
What was the business response: An open letter to the City that makes these points:
- The city is asking us to rebuild and eat $4 Million in the cost of new permits and construction
- Uhaul is ” totally agreeable” to work with the city and resolve this situation for everyone
- The summary of the business argument given to the public: “”Essentially asking a business to spend its own money – let alone almost $4 million – to accommodate a city-requested project that would hurt business and inconvenience U-Haul customers is mindboggling. And wrong,”
- Uhaul started a change.org petition on the eminent domain filing by the city
KOKH | U-Haul of Bricktown fighting against OKC’s eminent domain case
News 9 KWTV | U-Haul Says City’s Offer For Parking Lot Is Short By Millions
KFOR | City leaders file for eminent domain for U-Haul property in downtown Oklahoma City