Tulsa Development Summary

[Swake]

Here's another Brookside project that I haven't seen here. This is planned for the SE corner of 31st and Peoria, six blocks north of the previous project. I'm posting an image of the plan they came out with a year ago, but this project is back to being redesigned as the developers got big pushback from the neighbors and are going to rework the plan to make it more palatable to the area residents.

[Plutonic Panda]

I love it. I just wish Tulsa would get more skyscrapers. A super tall or two would be nice. This is good infill. They need to find some money to redo the streets downtown.

[Plutonic Panda]

New mixed use project in Brookside on the SE corner of 36th and Peoria where Brookside Baptist Church is now.

https://tulsaworld.com/business/loca...me-top-story-1

That’s a cool building they’re tearing down. They should have incorporated it into the project and built subterranean parking structures. Shame that’s getting torn down.

[shavethewhales]

^Nah, the existing church was fairly nondescript. There was a cool small tower with a bit of interesting stonework above the door, but compared to the good this project will do that is a small sacrifice.

The other Brookside project mentioned above is completely dead. When it resurfaces in a few years, it will probably just be some townhouses or something. Unfortunate, but an expected result considering that lot is on the edge of what is considered the district and closer to the nicer houses.

[BG918]

^Nah, the existing church was fairly nondescript. There was a cool small tower with a bit of interesting stonework above the door, but compared to the good this project will do that is a small sacrifice.

The other Brookside project mentioned above is completely dead. When it resurfaces in a few years, it will probably just be some townhouses or something. Unfortunate, but an expected result considering that lot is on the edge of what is considered the district and closer to the nicer houses.

I imagine that site at 31st & Peoria will be smaller-scale medium-density residential like the pocket neighborhoods directly to the east. That's fine with me, concentrate the density in existing areas like at 36th & Peoria.

There is also the eventual redevelopment of the Crow Creek Apartments, also known as Gathering Place Phase III. Plans are still pretty conceptual but from what I've heard it will be mixed-use apartments with retail that fronts Crow Creek with a path connecting directly to Brookside along the creek. So it should really tie together the Gathering Place, pedestrian bridge and Discovery Lab into the Brookside district.

[Swake]

I imagine that site at 31st & Peoria will be smaller-scale medium-density residential like the pocket neighborhoods directly to the east. That's fine with me, concentrate the density in existing areas like at 36th & Peoria.

There is also the eventual redevelopment of the Crow Creek Apartments, also known as Gathering Place Phase III. Plans are still pretty conceptual but from what I've heard it will be mixed-use apartments with retail that fronts Crow Creek with a path connecting directly to Brookside along the creek. So it should really tie together the Gathering Place, pedestrian bridge and Discovery Lab into the Brookside district.

Phase II of the Gathering Place, the $52 million Discovery Lab children's science center opens this month.

[Plutonic Panda]

New speakeasy style bar opening in Greenwood District:

https://tulsaworld.com/business/loca...home-top-story

[Plutonic Panda]

Seattle based emissions control tech firm moving their HQ to Tulsa:

https://tulsaworld.com/business/loca...0fab56247.html

[Plutonic Panda]

Center of the Universe Park to undergo nearly 8 million dollar renovation:

https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/po...=home-breaking

[Plutonic Panda]

Brookshire Grocery Co. out of Texas closes on the sale of Reasor’s.

https://tulsaworld.com/business/loca...10a3499ea.html

[formerly405Tulsan]

BOK tower downtown to get a QuikTrip, rib crib, and few other spots. First non-gas QT in Tulsa that I am aware of. However, this place won’t have access from the sidewalks - you have to walk in and go down an escalator to the area.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/tulsawo...73620.amp.html

[Plutonic Panda]

This was posted in the OKC economic development thread but there is reportedly another massive electric vehicle battery plant considering the Tulsa metro. Tesla is scouting several new battery plants and I’m sure Rivian is as well. GM and Ford are going to need new battery plants as well. This could be huge. Hopefully this happens.

https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-an...d51a330de.html

[shavethewhales]

Here's a couple recent shots I took of projects downtown. The first is the new Santa Fe Square tower, which is a twelve story development that will also have a bunch of 4-story apartment/retail buildings around the base to fill up the rest of what was once a giant empty lot in the middle of the blue dome district. The second is The View, a large new apartment complex next to the downtown ballpark that is almost complete.

[formerly405Tulsan]

Promenade Mall is an eyesore in an otherwise good part of town. This project should get approved and would be a great use of space!

https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/tu...ff97e47b5.html

[T. Jamison]

Growing up, my grandmother took me school clothes shopping exclusively at Promenade Mall. Not once would she take me to Woodland Hills. Going to the Promenade was a big deal for me growing up and I have so many cherished memories from that place. My (now) wife and I went to Dillard's in Promenade to get her shoes for our wedding in November, and we walked through the whole mall for the first time in maybe 10 years. It was a pretty depressing experience to say the least. I have no idea how a single retailer survives there. The entire second level was vacant, most of the kiosks were empty, no food court, and the most active place we saw was a children's play area.

All of that to say, I truly hope this works and breathes new life into the place because it means a lot to me. Seems like a pretty stellar idea imo.

[BG918]

This is a positive development for Promenade but long term I think they need to tear down the mostly unused parts save for the (potential) ice rink and Dillards and redevelop as mixed-use residential. Look at Belmar in Lakewood, CO how they transformed a previously dead mall.

[BG918]

This is a positive development for Promenade but long term I think they need to tear down the mostly unused parts save for the (potential) ice rink and Dillards and redevelop as mixed-use residential. Look at Belmar in Lakewood, CO how they transformed a previously dead mall.

[Laramie]

This 42 story tower development is being proposed for north Tulsa.

Check it out on the Tulsa Now forum: http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index....pic=21006.1980

[Jake]

Would love to see it but I have serious doubts that's what the final tower will look like when it's all said and done. If they are even selected.

Hope I’m wrong, I usually am lol

[BG918]

Would love to see it but I have serious doubts that's what the final tower will look like when it's all said and done. If they are even selected.

Hope I’m wrong, I usually am lol

I hope they can save the Evans Fintube building and repurpose it into a commercial space or market hall

[Plutonic Panda]

This is pretty cool, basically a Carvana type setup but for classic cars:

and build a Route 66 mixed-use development on two acres of city-owned land at the intersection of Southwest Boulevard and Riverside Drive.

If that sounds vaguely familiar, it’s because the city has been here before. In 2015, then-Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced that the Route 66 Alliance would build a $19.5 million Route 66 interpretive center on the site.

The Route 66 Experience never got off the ground due to a lack of funding. And after flirting briefly with building the project near 11th Street and Lewis Avenue, the city last year went looking for new development proposals that could be constructed at the original site along the Arkansas River, across the street from Cyrus Avery Centennial Plaza.

https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/mu...3c4cc5203.html

[formerly405Tulsan]

This is pretty cool, basically a Carvana type setup but for classic cars:



https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/mu...3c4cc5203.html

Heck I'm not Route 66 fan, but id go rent one of those if they have a nice selection. Cool idea.

[ComeOnBenjals!]

Very unique idea.. I think it will be a success. I'm hoping there are continued efforts to increase the attractiveness of 11th st (old Route 66). There's been a lot of money poured into it, but it could still use some beautification.

[formerly405Tulsan]

Glad they picked this group and not the Dallas guys with their soccer stadium.

https://tulsaworld.com/news/city-sel...edium=news_tab

[Jake]

Some good infill replacing a surface lot:

https://tulsaworld.com/business/loca...1228529b1.html