Oklahoma's First Market Business Incubator in The Heart of OKC
About us
Sailor & The Dock is the dock where entrepreneurs & creative concepts (Sailors) come to embark on their journey. We are the first certified creative/retail Business Incubator in the state of Oklahoma, which means participating tenants can get up to 10-years of state income tax waived! Additionally, we were recognized by the Urban Land Institute as top 3 projects in the state for our impact in Sustainability for having built more than a third of the interior from repurposed materials.
The Concept
Sailor & The Dock is a local market, bar, arts and events venue in an eco-conscious conversion of a 1920s urban warehouse. It is a central place to fill your vitality cup by shopping, eating well, and building community among a collective of mission driven creators, artists, and local retailers fostering a new movement of powerful projects and missions in the city.
Core values
As the creative vision for this project became clear, the core values of Sustainability, Creativity, Community, and Wellness were born - guiding Hamid’s direction for the adaptive-reuse conversion / development of this 14,000 square foot downtown warehouse into a creative community space, as well as the founding characteristics of Sailor and The Dock.
Community
When joined as a community, everyone can dream bigger, learn, and grow together to make a bigger impact. At Sailor & The Dock, we provide a place for the community to connect, be creative, celebrate, and build on the journey of growth!
Sustainability
Every corner of the Sailor & The Dock space is created with sustainability in mind… From repurposed pipes as decorative entryways to walls made from recycled wine-bottles, more than 1/3 of the interior is made of fully repurposed materials. As a centerpiece of sustainability, a formerly abandoned sailboat on its way to the landfill was saved and repurposed to a floating bar – the Dock Bar.
Creativity
We embody creativity by standing behind entrepreneurship, arts, and social impact. Sailor & The Dock is the creative space for unique mission-driven ideas to bloom and thrive.
Wellness Focused
We seek to promote wellness for all patrons by incorporating nature-focused design elements and a variety of lifestyle concepts that promote well-being for all. Amongst those concepts, Chrome Pole & Aerial is an example, with the goal to empower and help its guests grow both physically and mentally, within a welcoming community.
Meet the founder
Sailor & The Dock launched with Hamid’s vision to repurpose a 100 year old urban warehouse into a unique hub for arts and entrepreneurial experiences that align with his core values as a creative. Hamid’s love for preserving nature from unsustainable development and construction led him to to create a space that inspires other humans to love nature and each other.
Hamid Pezeshkian / Concept Founder & Operator
It's in the name
With Hamid’s new-found respect for sailing, which he considers a super power and amongst the most sustainable form of traveling the world, the name Sailor & The Dock was born. Sailor and the Dock represents the Dock where explorers and risk takers - creative artists and entrepreneurs - come together to embark on their journey!
Meet the Co-Director of Operations
From a young age, Willa had a fascination with the art of collaboration and human interaction. Sailor & The Dock presented an opportunity to play a role in helping grow an ecosystem of community driven concepts, while connecting The Dock's core values to the city through wellness programming for both the body and mind. Willa is excited to bring her knowledge from the theatre and film world to provide fulfilling experiences for artists and non-artists alike.
Willa Darian / Co-Director of Operations