Yeah, Tulsa's core is really coming along. The container shipping project is really nice. I was surprised. And I finally was able to stop by thePrairie Brewpub last week and it's really well done. Lastly, Tulsa's renovated Central Library is just stunning. Very sleek, modern, high tech, and accessible.

At one time about 15 years ago Tulsa was going to build a new downtown library. Instead they decided to renovate the old one and it turned out really nice. I know either renovating or replacing the Belcher Federal Building next to the library (from the same Brutalist era) has been discussed as well. Unlike the Central Library I wouldn't mind seeing that building torn down, it creates a divide between the library/Aloft, the convention center and the BOK Center that could be greatly improved without a federal fortress er building right there. It would actually make a great place for a new convention hotel to complement the Doubletree.

And yet another magnificent announcement for a pending development. We'll now have our own "OKSEA!"
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Developer Using Shipping Containers To Create Tulsa's Next Hot Spot
Meagan Farley, News On 6

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"It's a development trend growing in big cities and internationally, and soon it will come to Tulsa.

What is now an empty lot downtown will soon be a place to shop, eat and listen to live music; and most of the buildings will be made out of shipping containers.

The 14,000-square foot lot near 3rd and Frankfort isn't serving much of a purpose now, but it sits in the middle of a block that is booming with construction and is directly next door to the popular Fur Shop bar.

Developer Casey Stowe said had a vision for the area after a recent trip to London.

"This would be the perfect thing for Tulsa. London, Tulsa, there is one in Dubai I believe," he said.

Now his vision is turning into a reality as The Boxyard, a mix of shops, restaurants and outdoor space made from old shipping containers, is coming to Tulsa."

Source: Developer Using Shipping Containers To Create Tulsa's Next Hot S - NewsOn6.com - Tulsa, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports - KOTV.com | (http://www.newson6.com/story/29281546/developer-using-shipping-containers-to-create-tulsas-next-hot-spot)
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The Boxyard is now open.

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A new project, Block 44 by the Ross Group, has been approved by the TDA. This is on Elgin across the street from Oneok Field. Phase I is this five story office building with first floor retail. The building is already half leased and construction could start by the end of the year finishing by the end of 2018. Phase II would be a parking garage and Phase II would be mixed use.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/realestate/tulsa-development-authority-oks-ross-group-s-mixed-used-proposal/article_e772896b-1fa8-5a40-9746-239e279dff7d.html?_dc=899590679017.6793

The Ross Group is doing some cool stuff.

Here's the full proposal from Ross, with some updates on their other projects as well:
http://www.tulsadevelopmentauthority.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Ross-Group-for-TDA-Block-44.pdf

The Flats on Archer are due to start this spring, it's a five story $11 million 62 unit apartment building at Boston and Archer next to Hey Mambo in the Brady District.
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Updates on residential projects downtown:

The Palace Building Lofts and the YMCA Lofts projects are now both completed and open. They have a combined 140 new residences.

The Meridia and First Street Lofts are both nearing completion with a combined 93 units.

A new construction residential building called Archer Flats is now under construction. This is five story, $11 million project with 61 units on the small lot behind Hey Mambo on Archer near Main in the Brady District.

Santa Fe Square has started construction on the west end of the site where the hotel is going. This project will eventually have 105 hotel rooms and 290 residential units.

Projects that are currently under construction have a combined 760 units.

Upcoming projects include The Cosmopolitan, located at Denver and Riverside (280 units) and The View at Greenwood (203 units) both have filed building permits and should start here in the spring.

I can't wait to get back to Tulsa and see all these developments. I saw that Jeff Speck recently said he's never seen a city with such great districts that are connected so poorly. I agree. It's going to be interesting to see how Tulsa can continue to bridge the gaps between Brady -> Blue Dome -> 3rd Street - > Pearl Street -> Cherry Street. It reminds me a lot of Bricktown -> Deep Deuce -> Automobile Alley -> Midtown. Except OKC's districts are connected far better.

I can't wait to get back to Tulsa and see all these developments. I saw that Jeff Speck recently said he's never seen a city with such great districts that are connected so poorly. I agree. It's going to be interesting to see how Tulsa can continue to bridge the gaps between Brady -> Blue Dome -> 3rd Street - > Pearl Street -> Cherry Street. It reminds me a lot of Bricktown -> Deep Deuce -> Automobile Alley -> Midtown. Except OKC's districts are connected far better.

Having a big freaking highway between them doesn't help, that's for sure.

Having a big freaking highway between them doesn't help, that's for sure.
It helps the region, that's for sure.

Having a big freaking highway between them doesn't help, that's for sure.

Yeah, highways are always deterrents to continuity, but I think Tulsa could overcome it was some planning. I would love to see the 3rd street bridge add retail on each side like was done in Columbus, Ohio. 6th street has potential to add development on the east side of the overpass to make the connection stronger.

Yeah, highways are always deterrents to continuity, but I think Tulsa could overcome it was some planning. I would love to see the 3rd street bridge add retail on each side like was done in Columbus, Ohio. 6th street has potential to add development on the east side of the overpass to make the connection stronger.

I'm afraid 6th street will have a 3 block gap for some time to come just east of the overpass. Park on the south (which ain't moving), and the Indian Health Center and VFW on the north. Just don't see those moving any time soon. To boot, I think a church is about to be constructed west of Kenosha on the south side of 6th. After that, the half way decent street wall between Kenosha and Lansing will be completely bottled in by non-active areas most days of the week.

I'm afraid 6th street will have a 3 block gap for some time to come just east of the overpass. Park on the south (which ain't moving), and the Indian Health Center and VFW on the north. Just don't see those moving any time soon. To boot, I think a church is about to be constructed west of Kenosha on the south side of 6th. After that, the half way decent street wall between Kenosha and Lansing will be completely bottled in by non-active areas most days of the week.

There is the NORDAM redevelopment that has potential to transform that area along 6th between Frankfort and Lansing. It was bought last year by Brickhugger LLC the same developers as the Mayo Hotel, Aloft, Detroit Lofts and Y Lofts. They haven't released any plans but have said it will be mixed-use preserving some of the old buildings and building new ones.

The church is All Souls Unitarian and they just voted to proceed with their move from Brookside to downtown and build a new church building on the vacant lot on 6th between Frankfort and Kenosha.

Once both of those projects are complete that makes that street wall of storefronts between Kenosha and Lansing a lot less isolated. And on the east side of the highway while the VFW and Indian Health buildings aren't moving anytime soon the block between Madison and Norfolk could easily be redeveloped. A streetscape would go a long way toward tying the area together as well.

The $32 million Cosmopolitan apartments off of Riverside is expected to break ground this month. I foresee these having no issues finding tenants as The Gathering Place will be well within walking distance.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/realestate/cosmopolitan-apartments-to-begin-construction-this-month-along-riverside-drive/article_97075e01-804e-5100-a957-b0dd74d52104.html

The "Gateway Bridge" is the chosen winner.
Construction will begin in 2018.

More information and renderings:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/gateway-bridge-is-design-winner-of-new-arkansas-river-pedestrian/article_030c2681-1487-5961-be5d-68fb40f0f426.html

One of Tulsa's greatest buildings is being renovated. The classic Adams Building (formerly the Adams Hotel) has been emptied of tenants and is being converted to 50 apartments.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/downtown/building-on-tulsa-s-past-the-historic-adams-hotel-will/article_9f952129-ca67-5138-8bfc-577278ac5084.html

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One of Tulsa's greatest buildings is being renovated. The classic Adams Building (formerly the Adams Hotel) has been emptied of tenants and is being converted to 50 apartments.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/downtown/building-on-tulsa-s-past-the-historic-adams-hotel-will/article_9f952129-ca67-5138-8bfc-577278ac5084.html

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What stunning detail! She's a beaut. Congrats to Tulsa on another historic renovation of an Art Deco midrise.

Here are some renderings of the final design for this project that was presented to the PAC trust yesterday by the developer and Reasors. Reasors is now fully on board with opening a 32,000 square feet downtown location as part of this project. The PAC trust still has to vote to approve the design. This design includes 240 apartments in a 12 story building and a garage with more than 600 parking spaces with 300 of them available for PAC events. If the PAC trust approves the project the plan will then go to the city council to ask for TIF funding.

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http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/retail/pac-trust-board-to-discuss-plans-for-downtown-reasor-s/article_950a9ecc-fd8b-5d25-b0d6-b6b0460705f0.html

The project, now called "The Annex" got final approval today. Once the city approves a TIF construction is slated to start next summer.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/performing-arts-center-trust-agrees-to-sell-parking-lot-for/article_389b980a-5c3c-568f-9e55-656d3dd89395.html

Bomasada Group’s new apartments on Riverside are now called The Cosmopolitan. It will include 280 apartments with structured parking at Riverside and Denver Ave. The project is going before the planning commission next week.

http://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/09/80910803-9dd7-5055-b4dd-0edf4a5d499d/54fa5156bf0b8.image.jpg

This project is now under construction. Here's current rendering
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Nice!

This will really improve the 2nd St corridor especially once Santa Fe Square goes up east of Elgin. Fingers crossed Reasor's is able to work out a deal for an urban store here, that would indeed be a game changer for downtown.

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'We’re incredibly excited': Proposed Jenks outlet mall sign says stores to open in 2020

The development would be south of the Creek Turnpike near aquarium

By Rhett Morgan Tulsa World

Jenks Chamber President Josh Driskell said in a statement that “this project will bring construction jobs, retail jobs and tax revenue to the area.” Courtesy John Wyatt

JENKS — After being placed on the back burner for years, plans for an outlet mall in Jenks could be heating up again.

A new sign erected near the site of the proposed Tulsa Premium Outlets, across the Creek Turnpike from the Oklahoma Aquarium, indicates that the 80-retailer mall is coming in 2020. A representative from the Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group couldn’t immediately be reached, and while Jenks officials declined to speak specifically about the project’s timeline, they seemed to acknowledge its viability.

“The Simon team has done a great job of keeping us informed and up to date,” Jenks Mayor Josh Wedman said in a statement. “We have a very good relationship. We’re incredibly excited about this project and what it will mean for Jenks.”

Jenks Chamber President Josh Driskell said in a statement that “this project will bring construction jobs, retail jobs and tax revenue to the area.”

When the Jenks City Council rezoned the land, Simon said it would break ground in 2016 and open in the summer of 2017. But the groundbreaking never happened.

An executive developing a proposed rival outlet mall in the Tulsa area told the Tulsa World in September that a soft retail market had worked to delay his project and the Simon venture. Stephen Coslik is chairman of the Fort Worth, Texas-based Woodmont Co., which is partnering with Cherokee Nation Businesses to bring the Cherokee Outlets to Catoosa.

He couldn’t be immediately reached for comment Tuesday.

Easing anticipated traffic concerns, about $20 million in Creek Turnpike interchange improvements were completed near the proposed Simon project in 2017.

In 2013, municipal voters approved a bond initiative that devoted $7.5 million to develop and upgrade the interchanges at the Creek Turnpike and Jenks intersections. The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority appropriated an additional $10,588,000 to expand the interchange at the Creek Turnpike and Elm Street.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/realestate/whetting-an-appetite-developer-plans-food-hall-concept-for-greenwood/article_57494e1b-0785-5a3d-82e8-63d104de6f63.html

Whetting an appetite: Developer plans food hall concept for Greenwood development

By Rhett Morgan Tulsa World 4 hrs ago

Meal time is a special time for Shaun Bhow.

“From a purely selfish perspective, I want to eat,” he said. “I want to eat great food. When I’m out in other cities, I always think to myself, ‘Why can’t Tulsa have this in terms of different kinds of cuisines?’

“I don’t want to have to leave the state to go get great soup dumplings.”

Bhow is working to satisfy some of the cravings.

He is planning a 11,500-square-foot, micro food hall concept called Greenwood Social in the Bhow family’s newest enterprise on the corner of First Street and Greenwood Avenue. To be located on the ground floor of the mixed-used development 111 Greenwood, formerly called Hartford Crossing, the space is intended to house six to eight independent food vendors.

“We were weighing our options on what would be the right fit in this area,” Bhow said. “I’ve always been passionate about developing spaces and places that people interact with. This was a really unique opportunity for us to do something for ourselves on the ground floor.

“This will perfectly suit a big demand for high quality, chef-driven, fast-casual options.”

He and his father, Neal Bhow, are developing 111 Greenwood, as well as the roughly $7 million refurbishing of the next-door Hartford Building (110 S. Hartford Ave.) into a 74,000-square-foot office building.

The top four floors of 111 Greenwood will be 55 apartment units ranging from about 565 to 810 square feet, Shaun Bhow said.

The building was recently one of two affordable housing projects to be awarded $500,000 in low-interest loans from the Tulsa Development authority.

Total investment for the five-story development, which could break ground in November and open in early 2020, is about $11 million, with about $2.5 million devoted to Greenwood Social, he said.

“I don’t think everyone has an hour-plus to devote to lunch,” Bhow said. “People shouldn’t have to compromise because they are strapped on time. This will be something to offer to them.

“A large group of co-workers or friends who are indecisive and don’t want to choose one specific type of food, they can all come here and each person can get what they want and still eat together.”

Tulsa’s convention center to get an overhaul

By: Molly M. Fleming The Journal Record May 29, 2018

TULSA – The Cox Business Center is getting a $55 million update, which was part of the city’s Vision 2025 sales tax project list.

The renovations will start July 13, with demolition inside the building. The 24,000-square-foot arena is being removed. With other renovations, there will be 40,000 square feet of newly designed space in the building.

With the extra meeting space, there will be a larger lobby to provide an area for pre-function events. The entrance is being redone, with a grander, all-glass curtain wall, providing a view of the city. Landscaping is being added as well.

“It’s always been a problem that people didn’t know where the entrance is,” said Kerry Painter, general manager. “Now it will be evidently clear.”

Painter said the updates were needed because some annual convention and meeting clients have outgrown the space. If Tulsa didn’t update the center, then those clients would have to find a new location, taking their tourism dollars with them.

Tulsa Convention and Visitors Bureau President Ray Hoyt said those imported tax dollars – meaning money spent by tourists in the city – are important in terms of supporting city services such as police and fire departments.

Other cities are fighting for those imported tax dollars as well. Oklahoma City will break ground on its new convention center on June 15. Smaller cities such as Enid, Edmond, Ardmore, and Broken Arrow are trying to get events as well, though they’re aiming for regional or statewide organizations.

Across the U.S., Lexington, Kentucky is trying to build a convention center. Nashville, Tennessee opened the Music City Center in 2013 and it is slated to get $20 million in upgrades.

Nationally, in 2016, the meetings and conventions industry generated $325 billion in direct spending and $845 billion in business sales, according to a study by the Events Industry Council, the Meetings Mean Business Coalition, and Oxford Economics. From 2009 to 2016, direct spending on meetings increased 23 percent.

Hoyt said his office stays up to date with what’s happening in the meeting and convention industry. It’s taken three years to get to the point where work could start on the Cox Business Center, with one year to get the issue ready for the ballot. The tax was approved in 2016.

“(The update) is about retention and reclaiming current large events,” he said. “As they grow, we don’t want them to grow out. We want them to grow into the space. The world of conventions and conferences is a competitive marketplace.”

The updates are part of the first phase of a larger plan for the entire arena district, he said. Ohio-based MKSK Consultants is working with the city on how to best update the district. The area spans 30 blocks, with Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad on the north, Boulder Avenue on the east, and 11th and Seventh streets on the south.

The city is two months into working with the consulting team. It’s a six- to eight-month process.

“This area has a purpose of its own,” he said. “In the long term, we have some county, state, and federal buildings in the area. We want to see what their futures look like and how they can play into that area.”

Painter said people considering having an event at the Cox Business Center should not be dismayed by the construction. The loud demolition work is starting after the center’s largest events. For the next two years, the work will be halted if an event needs to use the space.

“We did stop booking some spaces in advance,” she said. “But we worked around all our annual, larger clients.”

She said having the updates planned has helped some clients not take Tulsa completely off their radars. One event that doesn’t meet annually will be back in 2020. But there’s still the concern of which events will move permanently and not return.

“People are a lot more willing to work their way through one year knowing the updates are coming,” she said.

Goods news that both Tulsa & OKC continue to recognize the impact of the influx of money generated by the convention industry which includes revenue from trade shows and horse related events.

The competitiveness between the state's two largest cities will become more intense once OKC unveils its new convention center around 2020. Tulsa's Vision 2025 & OKC's MAPS initiatives have enabled both cities to pay for much needed infrastructure to maintain upkeep and replacement of facilities. OKC has a pay-as-you build these debt-free facilities upon completion.

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Great news for Tulsa, they have done an outstanding job with the Cox Convention Center formerly the Tulsa Civic Assembly Center.

This actual development may have already been mentioned, but this is a new announcement of tennents.

Valley National Bank moving headquarters downtown @ Tulsa World (http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/valley-national-bank-moving-headquarters-downtown/article_3dda241e-821c-588c-a3f8-c404790e5da2.html)


Valley National Bank and In the Raw are among the tenants set for a new multistory building going up just west of ONEOK Field.

Groundbreaking at 110 N. Elgin Ave. is set for Friday, and the building is expected to open next year.

Valley National Bank’s new downtown branch and executive offices will occupy nearly 22,500 square feet of the 100,000-square-foot, six-story building.

Each floor will have a terrace with a ballpark view.

Valley National Bank, which opened in 1982, has locations in Tulsa, Bixby, Catoosa, Collinsville, Ketchum, Langley, Oologah and Owasso. Its main office is now in south Tulsa.

“The Biolchini family and Valley’s management and Board are very excited about the announcement of our new location on Friday at 10 a.m. next to the ballpark, with all the details and how the 100,000-square-foot facility fits into our strategic plan of Valley’s multigenerational commitment to Tulsa and making banking ‘surprisingly easy,’ ” said Valley National Bank Chairman Tom Biolchini in a statement.

In the Raw will operate a rooftop restaurant at the new building. The sushi bar has locations in Brookside, south Tulsa, Broken Arrow and Oklahoma City.

Other tenants will include BKD CPAs and Advisors and Summit Financial Group.

The building was designed by Tulsa-based KKT Architects.

The new mixed-use building by the Ross Group is part of $75 million worth of redevelopment that is planned or underway near the stadium.

Among the projects are a 388-space parking garage that will serve the stadium area and an American Residential Group-backed, 200-unit multifamily complex called The View at 420 E. Archer St.

Already under construction at Archer Street between Detroit and Elgin avenues is a Holiday Inn Express, on which Ross Group is partnering with Promise Hotels.


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Another view from ONEOK Field
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This apartment project is planned for the lot directly south of the ballpark
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Another view from ONEOK Field
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This apartment project is planned for the lot directly south of the ballpark
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This hotel is also being built south of the ballpark across the street to the east of those apartments. It's currently topped out and maybe 50% complete?

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Some great infill apartments are also mostly complete in the former Brady District too.

A got a tour of the Tulsa development scene from someone in the know and, if everything comes to fruition, the infill in Tulsa's core is really going to transform their downtown area into a much more cohesive, dense, and vibrant area. Most projects I heard about are known, but there are a few that I hadn't heard elsewhere (of course, I could have just missed it).

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Some great infill apartments are also mostly complete in the former Brady District too.

A got a tour of the Tulsa development scene from someone in the know and, if everything comes to fruition, the infill in Tulsa's core is really going to transform their downtown area into a much more cohesive, dense, and vibrant area. Most projects I heard about are known, but there are a few that I hadn't heard elsewhere (of course, I could have just missed it).

In the area around the ballpark The Valley National Bank building just started construction, that hotel is half built, the apartment complex site is cleared and construction is supposed to start next month. Phase II of The Valley National Bank building project is a multi-use building with residential next door and a parking garage behind that hotel. Phase II of Green Arch is an office building on the other side of Greenwood Ave which is also supposed to start this year. The Oklahoma Pop Museum is due to start construction this fall by The Cain’s. The Archer Lofts are nearing completion over near Main and The Kaiser Foundation has bought another large warehouse building by the IDL for renovation into lofts that should start before long. The Hanson Brothers bought a lot across the street from Prairie Brewpub where they are going to build their brewery with a bar and recording studio. That will bring the count of breweries/brewpubs in or near downtown to 14. Also, WPX Energy bought the old Spaghetti Warehouse and a warehouse next to that, they haven’t announced plans yet but something is coming there. And that’s just in the Arts District/Greenwood area. These projects will largely complete the northeast side of downtown as there really just isn’t much space left.

Yep, that's pretty much what I heard, but the only additions I have are that (1) I heard that the Hanson project has grown to be a larger mixed use project and, while disconnected by the highway, (2) there are plans for housing further north on Main Street. There is so much land north of the highway and there is a hope that it will bridge north Tulsa, particularly the black community, with the Arts District.

Yep, that's pretty much what I heard, but the only additions I have are that (1) I heard that the Hanson project has grown to be a larger mixed use project and, while disconnected by the highway, (2) there are plans for housing further north on Main Street. There is so much land north of the highway and there is a hope that it will bridge north Tulsa, particularly the black community, with the Arts District.

A lot of that land is owned/controlled by OSU. And they have been extremely slow in developing it and TDA is now trying to get it back.

The impression I received was that TDA was already moving forward with plans... maybe that was just optimism talking though...

Glad to see Tulsa gaining momentum.

New rendering of the Santa Fe office anchor building: http://commercialoklahoma.com/commercial/santa-fe-square-1st-greenwood-ave-tulsa/

It's now 10-12 stories, but more of a generic cold design with too much emphasis on the parking garage... same old story I guess. On one hand though, it takes out an empty parking lot. On the other, it's perhaps the most prime real estate downtown being across from the blue dome in arguably the most hopping Tulsa entertainment district. Better have some good retail/food spaces on the bottom at least.


Also, Bob Dylan Archives building plan is taking shape. I don't care for the apparent industrial design, but having the museum will be cool: http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/artsandentertainment/bob-dylan-center-taking-shape-in-tulsa-with-location-opening/article_ed84af43-8115-5bb7-9d28-d562b2cff543.html

New rendering of the Santa Fe office anchor building: http://commercialoklahoma.com/commercial/santa-fe-square-1st-greenwood-ave-tulsa/

It's now 10-12 stories, but more of a generic cold design with too much emphasis on the parking garage... same old story I guess. On one hand though, it takes out an empty parking lot. On the other, it's perhaps the most prime real estate downtown being across from the blue dome in arguably the most hopping Tulsa entertainment district. Better have some good retail/food spaces on the bottom at least.


Also, Bob Dylan Archives building plan is taking shape. I don't care for the apparent industrial design, but having the museum will be cool: http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/artsandentertainment/bob-dylan-center-taking-shape-in-tulsa-with-location-opening/article_ed84af43-8115-5bb7-9d28-d562b2cff543.html

That rendering shows 1st & Greenwood, isn't the anchor office building at 2nd & Elgin? Looks like there are two office buildings planned for Santa Fe Square:

http://images2.loopnet.com/i2/gn0BanwCXgl54mICcE3vuZ81XZTeNbPIFkfXkfuhq0o/112/image.jpg

Yup, it is 1st and Greenwood. I assumed it was 2nd and Elgin when I first saw it. We've been discussing it on the Tulsa forums.

It's actually a huge upgrade over the initial plans, which was just the corner of a parking garage. Having a bit of height on that side of downtown will be really interesting. Plus the new Hogan HQ is awesome, and the new phase 2 of the greenwood project down the street... it's a neat area and it's going to be a lot better.

Yup, it is 1st and Greenwood. I assumed it was 2nd and Elgin when I first saw it. We've been discussing it on the Tulsa forums.

It's actually a huge upgrade over the initial plans, which was just the corner of a parking garage. Having a bit of height on that side of downtown will be really interesting. Plus the new Hogan HQ is awesome, and the new phase 2 of the greenwood project down the street... it's a neat area and it's going to be a lot better.
What Tulsa forums? I'd like to take a looksie.

Yup, it is 1st and Greenwood. I assumed it was 2nd and Elgin when I first saw it. We've been discussing it on the Tulsa forums.

It's actually a huge upgrade over the initial plans, which was just the corner of a parking garage. Having a bit of height on that side of downtown will be really interesting. Plus the new Hogan HQ is awesome, and the new phase 2 of the greenwood project down the street... it's a neat area and it's going to be a lot better.

Planned for Greenwood in addition to this tower:
GreenArch II one block to the north
http://images2.loopnet.com/i2/xvYic62Muqx7rrJT4XYU8PXZhAcEYc7LVh5pkn6aH0U/112/image.jpg

Hartford Commons across the street
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/25/225522df-d59e-559b-96d9-1b1aac076a23/5af20bb39c29c.image.jpg

Existing new projects on Greenwood:
GreenArch apartments at Greenwood & Archer
http://images3.loopnet.com/i2/K-S0fQPwPwcD-_9f5XYvMgitwBfSiEBY58tPxwsvnvY/112/image.jpg

Hogan Assessments HQ at the opposite corner of 1st & Greenwood
http://www.wallacesc.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HoganBanner-1800x641.jpg

Greenwood Historic District north of Archer
http://kotv.images.worldnow.com/images/20662034_SA.jpg

What Tulsa forums? I'd like to take a looksie.

tulsanow.org. It’s active but not like here.

tulsanow.org. It’s active but not like here.
Thanks!

More renovations coming to the East Village area of downtown along 4th Street to include coworking and retail space. Part of a larger redevelopment of the former NORDAM property.
https://kotv.images.worldnow.com/images/17478819_G.jpg?auto=webp&disable=upscale&width=800&lastEditedDate=20180823164439

This is a New Urbanist community that is in the planning stages for an undeveloped area of northwest Tulsa, about 2 miles from downtown. Reminds me of Carlton Landing and Wheeler Park.

https://scontent.fapa1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/41450070_2030143317044637_7755708130431860736_n.jp g?_nc_cat=0&oh=e4e111ce1d571b4cb22f81fbce14a12e&oe=5C320236

https://scontent.fapa1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/35786389_405282633289621_3112464242796658688_n.jpg ?_nc_cat=0&oh=a1cc9d0832b32c9dce862f9c026052f7&oe=5C1F3AAE

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A lot of that land is owned/controlled by OSU. And they have been extremely slow in developing it and TDA is now trying to get it back.

TDA will be selling a good chunk of this land to private developers as part of an agreement with UCAT signed last week. Basically everything west of MLK adjacent to Brady Heights and the Arts District will be slated for residential development. OSU keeps the land around its Greenwood campus and Langston will get the land around its campus north of OSU.

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/022046773943/media/124088651675/small/1536329266726/enhance

Some interesting new renderings up on the Flaherty & Collins website:
https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/022046773943/media/124338601051/medium/1544746468/enhance

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/022046773943/media/124338601050/medium/1544746468/enhance

Awesome development for Downtown Tulsa. Pics from SXSW TulsaNow Forum.

Some interesting new renderings up on the Flaherty & Collins website:
https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/022046773943/media/124338601051/medium/1544746468/enhance

https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/022046773943/media/124338601050/medium/1544746468/enhance

Awesome development for Downtown Tulsa. Pics from SXSW TulsaNow Forum.

This is the project on the Tulsa PAC parking lot that was approved last year.

This is the project on the Tulsa PAC parking lot that was approved last year.

Thought this was new?

This is the project on the Tulsa PAC parking lot that was approved last year.
How many storeys is that? Will this be starting soon?

How many storeys is that? Will this be starting soon?


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Philtower, Tulsa

The rendering shows 21 stories. With average apartment floor plates of 10-15 ft it would likely be in the 200-300ft range (the Philtower is 323 ft.)

Thought this was new?

No, it's new image of this project, Reasors pulled out, it looks like they were replaced with a hotel and the residential building went more vertical.
http://kotv.images.worldnow.com/images/11521829_G.jpg

The TIF is approved, we'd all like to know when this will start. And the residential/office sections of Santa Fe Square a block away.

It's probably mostly about not flooding the market. American Residential's The Edge complex finished recently, Archer Flats just finished this month, Bomasada's The Cosmopolitan is maybe half done, American Residential is supposed to start The View at Greenwood any time now. Those along with all the building conversions into residential adding two more big complexes right now would risk flooding the market and collapsing prices.

The Edge -

https://journalrecord.com/2019/01/08/tulsa-unveils-arena-district-master-plan/

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/city-officials-unveil-arena-district-master-plan-with-vision-to/article_cbbe73cf-bd45-5fac-a0eb-a23186773802.html

looks like an attempt to compete with OKC's convention "district" Core2Shore.

https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/city-unveils-bus-rapid-transit-stop-that-will-open-the/article_d7cddbd0-0396-59f4-9400-f9cd89c48235.html?fbclid=IwAR0BqTwkHX-kHcZ0b5eJE5AVrbIqUXKcw7QM0KMAiLQ7fKuWafnqD3UPAcA

A few Tulsa downtown and midtown updates not being discussed in other threads like the Tulsa Club Hotel that recently opened, Vast Bank HQ that is under construction across from ONEOK Field and Phase II of the Gathering Place that will include a new pedestrian bridge and children's museum.

Tulsa Performing Arts Center renovation/expansion proposal
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/c4/8c49b4ab-4068-5960-8bbe-dff23ebe97c4/5c9d12d3d9148.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C599
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/d4/fd42294f-7910-5318-b5a7-4f8bb96f7886/5c9d12d300ded.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C741

The View apartments next to ONEOK Field is under construction
https://spxeastwebfarm7.spherexx.com/common/dynamic.asp?p=/common/uploads/www_apartmentwebsites_com/property_photos/8969-pho-TV_cam0100cr.jpg&w=981&mw=981&h=610&mh=610

Village Flats under construction in the Pearl District
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Davenport Lofts starting construction later this year in the Arts District
http://www.davenportlofts.com/templates/yootheme/cache/bldg_updated_1200-0230ec89.jpeg

Phase II of the West Park residential development just started in Kendall-Whittier near TU
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/97/6979004f-ca49-5f62-a826-b91e663d5f24/5ca64e109d579.preview.jpg?resize=1200%2C926

Construction wrapping up on the Cosmopolitan along Riverside
https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/022046773943/media/124525430330/medium/1554491397/enhance
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5458f15ee4b073a023c21363/t/57ff8e913e00bec47b67da2f/1476366409388/

The Knoll at Maple Ridge proposed for 18th & Boston - outdoor dining and retail along the Midland Valley trail that connects to the Gathering Place
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New office/retail building under construction across from Utica Square
https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/tulsaworld.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/81/a81421d6-2b03-5fe3-9fa1-e9f2a64583ef/5a7c98338f316.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C776

This is a really good summary of all the Tulsa projects going on. Didn't know most of these were happening:

https://www.tulsaworld.com/business/downtown-tulsa-development-projects-coming-soon-or-recently-completed/collection_2e50248b-80c7-57a5-aa0d-5668c2f1d07b.html#18

Thanks for the update. Where is the the Knoll at Maple Ridge proposed for 18th & Boston going exactly? The empty lot behind where the brewery was?

This is a really good summary of all the Tulsa projects going on. Didn't know most of these were happening:

https://www.tulsaworld.com/business/downtown-tulsa-development-projects-coming-soon-or-recently-completed/collection_2e50248b-80c7-57a5-aa0d-5668c2f1d07b.html#18

Good lord. These projects will continue downtown Tulsa's transformation.

Thanks for the update. Where is the the Knoll at Maple Ridge proposed for 18th & Boston going exactly? The empty lot behind where the brewery was?

I don't know how to post pics of it, so I will do my best to describe it:

It will be on the north side of E 18th Street, between Boston and Cincinnati. There are telephone poles and a biking/jogging trail. Hope that helps.

I don't know how to post pics of it, so I will do my best to describe it:

It will be on the north side of E 18th Street, between Boston and Cincinnati. There are telephone poles and a biking/jogging trail. Hope that helps.

Yep it is currently a gravel parking lot accessed via the alley. The developer intends to keep a lot of the big trees along the trail with seating areas connected to it, similar to Katy Trail Ice House in Dallas. The trail connects to the Gathering Place 3/4 mile to the south and will go over the river on a new pedestrian bridge that will start construction later this year:

Looking southwest toward the PSO plant
http://static-12.sinclairstoryline.com/resources/media/2f18350a-ae46-4e1b-b938-75df89dc0b78-large16x9_GatewayBridgerendering1.jpg

Looking west from where the city is building a whitewater flume next to the shoreline along the Gathering Place
https://www.cityoftulsa.org/media/3977/pedestrianbridge2-sm.jpg