S. Sooner Rd and E. I-240 Service Rd

[NavySeabee]

You would think Mercy Hospital would drive more development on this corner. But with the new 500 acre industrial park opening up the road, might spur some more development in the area.

Mercy/OK Heart has room to expand a doctor with OK Heart owns the land all the way to the neighborhood to the west. I assume that’s for expansion for at least outpatient clinics and what not.

[bombermwc]

Well they have to put a more substantial garage in if theyr'e going to do much of anything else. They've landlocked themselves in. If they ever had much of a masterplan, i would say they grossly underestimated their needs. Buying near the Mid-America Industrial area would have been a better fit. I'm thinking they probably with the original structure had been taller now.

[Plutonic Panda]

I can’t believe with all this development I-240 isn’t even on the 8yr plan to be upgraded. ODOT has it on their radar but it’s still not funded.

[bombermwc]

I can’t believe with all this development I-240 isn’t even on the 8yr plan to be upgraded. ODOT has it on their radar but it’s still not funded.

Well it's really not needed. Even with the I-40 traffic this weekend, it handled things fine (the flow was still 75 with many going 80-85). You would have to see quite a big influx of traffic to warrant 6 lanes. I'm on this thing all the time and once you pass I-35 going East, it really clears a lot. And each mile marker you go, it drops more (Eastern/Bryant/Sunnylane/Sooner). Especially after Sooner, it drops like crazy. There isn't much traffic between Sooner and the 40 merge.

[narrowexpanded]

I guess the real question is: What is next?
Starbucks is open.
Who buys the lot to the west of it and what gets developed?

Any scuttlebutt?