Quote Originally Posted by venture79 View Post
It is obviously the developer not being held to the standard Norman voters expected. I've been to parts of the country that are deep in the recession still, yet they are building very successful lifestyle/community/village/whatever centers. I've been seeing where they are bulldozing classic malls for these type of developments.

I would say something that needs to be looked at is partnering with GGP and tear down Sooner Mall. Replace it with the village center at UNP and relocate all the vendors there. Then take the existing Sooner Mall plot and redevelop it with a mix office/hospitality development.
Norman almost has no right to even think big like that after the multiple letdowns lately, with UNP obviously being the biggest. I don't trust this council to hold anyone to a development standard that you'd see outside of Oklahoma. Or outside of Central Oklahoma, even.