I’ve always wondered what the deal was with NE OKC and the I-35 area- specifically from Broadway Extension and I-35 and from Kilpatrick Turnpike to Wilshire Blvd. Why hasn’t that area ever filled in? When you look at a map, there’s a big void and when you drive around, it’s just woods and some residential. With great highway access to the capitol complex, Health Sciences Center and downtown, you’d think this area would have filled in long ago.

On the same note, why is there not much development just east of I-35? It seems like Edmond is starting to build up on the east side of I-35, but OKC has a few truck stops (Flying J and Love’s), some small restaurants geared toward truckers (McDonalds, Cracker Barrel, Waffle House, IHOP), Frontier City and then industrial buildings, junk yards, and shady motels. There’s upscale housing just east (Apple Valley) and just west behind Frontier City. Seems like with the interstate traffic that some food and retail should have popped up by now.