Tax agent disputes county increases on multiple Old Castle industrial sites, cites building quality and land allocations

At a May 2025 special hearing of the Oklahoma County Board of Equalization, a tax agent representing Old Castle properties urged the board to lower assessments on several industrial parcels, arguing the county’s new valuation model overstated value by treating metal-shell manufacturing and storage buildings as higher-quality assets.

The agent (representing Pivotal Tax Solutions and identified in the hearing packet as the tax representative) presented evidence for multiple properties including a Sunny Lane site (listed in the record at roughly $3.96 million by the assessor, agent sought about $2.3 million), a South Broadway property (assessor’s income indicated value near $3.2 million; agent sought a lower value), an Old Castle site in Harrah (assessor reduced a $1.4 million-plus figure to $1.22 million; the agent asked the board to set fair market value around $700,000), and…