Boulder Towers is a large commercial building complex in

Tulsa Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the U.S. state, state of Oklahoma and List of United States cities by population, 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

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. The complex consists of two twin high-rise buildings, Boulder Towers East Tower and Boulder Towers West Tower, which both rise 253 feet (77 m). Each building contains 15 floors. The complex was originally constructed in 1960, consisting of only the West Tower; the East Tower was constructed in 1980. The Boulder Towers currently stand as the tallest twin towers in Tulsa and the state of Oklahoma. In addition, as of October, 2018, they are tied as the 18th-tallest buildings in Tulsa. The Boulder Towers are the 6th-tallest

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s in the city, behind the Cityplex Tower, the

First Place Tower First Place Tower is a skyscraper located at 15 East Fifth in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was completed in 1973 and has 41 stories. At in height, it is the third tallest building in Tulsa behind BOK Tower and Cityplex Towers, and the fourth ta ...

, the University Club Tower, Cityplex West Tower and the Liberty Towers complex. Boulder Towers in uptown Tulsa

The first tower was built in 1959 (and completed in 1960) for

Skelly Oil Company Skelly Oil Company was a medium-sized oil company founded in 1919 by William Grove (Bill) Skelly, Chesley Coleman Herndon and Frederick A. Pielsticker in Tulsa, Oklahoma. J. Paul Getty acquired control of the company during the 1930s. It b ...

, serving as Skelly's corporate headquarters. The company became defunct in 1974 when it was absorbed by

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. The building was then known as the Getty Building, until

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acquired Getty Oil in 1984. Getty built the twin second tower in 1980.Simon, Dana. "Boulder Towers updated." ''Tulsa World''. March 2, 1999.
Accessed October 27, 2018. In May, 1997, the K/B Fund IV, a Delaware general partnership located in Newport, California bought the Texaco complex for $7.25 million. CB Richard Ellis Inc acquired the property through a merger with the investment fund. The new owner renamed the property Boulder Towers, reflecting its twin architectural design. Ellis then spent 22 months and approximately $3.0 million renovating the complex. According to the Tulsa World, the occupancy rose from 35 percent before the Ellis acquisition to about 75 percent after the renovations.

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