Design review really doesn't have much leverage.

If a developer comes in with a planned project, they are all going to say: This is the only way to make the numbers work. And that's pretty much the end of it.

You are going to see housing like The Edge and parking garages like we've already seen downtown and maybe some mid-rise hotels and office buildings but almost certainly nothing over 10 stories and I suspect most everything will be in the 5-6 story range.

Look at University North Park (Sooner's most ambitious project) and note they have a Gary Brooks apartment complex, an Embassy Suites, some small offices and then a ton of big box retail. This is pretty much what you can expect just with structured parking, more density and a higher portion of housing.

And I'm afraid the big box retail will come with a decent amount of surface parking.