Representatives of Health Care Service Corp. and its division Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Oklahoma said they are “honored” to have played a role in influencing one of 15 health information exchanges that the White House staff expects to “achieve meaningful and measurable improvements in health care quality, safety and efficiency.” Blue Cross & [...]

SemGroup Corp. has announced a realignment of its organization resulting in two of its U.S. business segments coming under common leadership. SemGroup has also announced the establishment of a new corporate leadership position. The U.S. midstream natural gas (SemGas LP) and natural gas liquids (SemStream LP) business segments are being brought under the leadership of [...]

A large group of Oklahoma industrial properties is set to trade hands. The Gardner Tanenbaum Group announced last week it retained Dallas firm Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP to sell a nearly 2 million-SF industrial real estate portfolio that spans Tulsa, Oklahoma City and Ardmore. According to an executive summary of the offering, the group anchored [...]

River City Development, the developers of Tulsa’s first downtown luxury apartments at the Philtower in 2004, will announce today downtown Tulsa’s first condo developments for sale. RCD has been working with experts out of Portland, Ore., which is nationally recognized for its successful downtown regeneration, to identify downtown Tulsa’s needs and develop an action plan. [...]

On June 23, the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Tulsa’s Young Professionals will open The Forge, an entrepreneurial incubator five years in the making. “It started with a lunch meeting,” said Amie Roberg, founder and owner of CastleCom, who has been at the project’s helm since its inception. The meeting was with Nordam’s Bailey Siegfried, [...]

The Bob Moore Auto Group, a longtime, family-owned company based in Oklahoma City, moved into the Tulsa new car market with the opening of Bob Moore Nissan of Tulsa. Formerly Riverside Nissan, the dealership at 8190 E. Skelly Drive was purchased by the Bob Moore Auto Group and is the company’s first new dealership outside [...]

Although the newly expanded Tulsa Convention Center officially opened in January, it might be a few more years before it sees a significant increase in demand as a result. The TCC plans to host 143 events this year — 32 more than last — and 219 next year, but Assistant General Manager Janet Rockefeller said [...]

Courtyard by Marriott is rolling out its new lobby and room designs in Tulsa. Scheduled to open May 5, this is the first Courtyard in the area featuring the “refreshing business” makeover. Located at 9041 E. 71st St., the 138-room hotel will operate as a Marriott franchise, owned and managed by Leisure Hospitality Inc. of [...]

Several Tulsa advertising agencies, production companies and photographers were honored recently at the American Advertising Federation’s 10th District Awards in Amarillo, Texas. The district represents 28 local professional clubs throughout Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Tulsa forwarded 96 pieces from the local awards into the district competition, bringing the total to just more than 1,000 [...]

Opening a high-end hotel has its share of challenges, and as the owners and management company of Tulsa’s renewed Mayo Hotel have found, it often comes down to fine tuning its quality of service. The Mayo Hotel, just now in its eighth month of operation, has had its share of changeover in personnel, and the [...]