Sooner and I-40 development

[bombermwc]

Well there is some work being done for services...those blue pipes, but I don't know of any plans for them to take the entire 1/2 mile from I-40 to 29th on Sooner. I could be mistaken, but I don't remember the siteplan being that big.

One thing they are going to have to be careful about is the proximity to Kerr Middle School. Anywhere serving alcohol has to be a certain distance away from the school. There have been several restaurants wanting to build next to Lowe's in Town Center, but West Side School prevents it from happening because of that. Mid-Del has several proposals in the works, many of which would involve selling West Side, which would remove that limitation. But Kerr isn't going anywhere. It's not really THAT close of a foot problem though because think about how close Santa Fe is to West Side....but it is something that complicates site layouts.

[Redskin 70]

The blue pipe is water line. That must be brought in from 29th to service the property.

Regarding the liquor and the school...........distance is not a problem there. More than sufficient

[bombermwc]

It depends on where they want to build a restaurant. They just can't put it right on the other side of the fence from the school.....

[Redskin 70]

Of course not, there are laws that govern the distance that clubs and strip bars must be from schools and churches. I think that distance will be easy to achieve considering the size of the project

[Drake]

The building that has started is the Buffalo Wild Wings

[amaesquire]

The building that has started is the Buffalo Wild Wings

Can you tell your sources? I really want this to be true.

[Redskin 70]

Its true and is real. Buffalo wild wings. Call Del City Hall and ask them.

The building permit HAS been issued. I got this direct from the MAYOR of Del City

[bombermwc]

I'm wondering how they got to build without a slab foundation.

[Redskin 70]

I'm wondering how they got to build without a slab foundation.

Red Iron, pier and beam foundation is what it is called.

Approved and engineer sealed.

[bombermwc]

K, I just haven't seen one built like that before...I was weirded out. I never saw then drive a pillar or anything so it looked like they were just building on dirt.

[easternobserver]

concrete just isnt there yet....

[Thunder]

Right. It is strange to see no foundation at all. No parking lot. No concrete anywhere. Just frames going up. Odd. The houses on Vickie, along side the highway, and the old-fashioned gas station (closed mini store) should be bought and torn down. There is a sign at the corner of the stoplights saying the area is being wiped clean to make way for developments.

[bombermwc]

I noticed that, but that sign has been there for months and months. I'm curious what they are developing there. Hopefully it will give a better look to the front door of Del City.

[ewoodard]

Just curious, but where are the entrances/exits going to be? I know that that area is very heavily traveled and was wondering about congestion. Is there talk or plans to widen sooner for a turn only lane in that area?

[Thunder]

Yeah, the sign been up for a long time, but you have to think of the stages and researchings that took and still in progress. The houses, the city have to work on buying them up.

I'm a bit concern bout how they are going to work the Vickie street. Maintain it a neighborhood street or convert to a heavily traveled city street. No clue on that. 15th street needs to widen and they'll have to widen the roads along side the highway, the one on-ramp to i40.

[Redskin 70]

Right. It is strange to see no foundation at all. No parking lot. No concrete anywhere. Just frames going up. Odd. The houses on Vickie, along side the highway, and the old-fashioned gas station (closed mini store) should be bought and torn down. There is a sign at the corner of the stoplights saying the area is being wiped clean to make way for developments.

The old gas.mini store station has been bought by the city, it has been declared surplus and has been ordered torn down. It should be down before Christmas, I called the mayor and thats what he says. He also told me the old nail shop at 15th and sooner has also been bought by the city and will be torn down......Not sure what I think about that. Why take out a business that is operating and the building isnt that old>>>>>>>

[Thunder]

The old gas.mini store station has been bought by the city, it has been declared surplus and has been ordered torn down. It should be down before Christmas, I called the mayor and thats what he says. He also told me the old nail shop at 15th and sooner has also been bought by the city and will be torn down......Not sure what I think about that. Why take out a business that is operating and the building isnt that old>>>>>>>

I wonder how old that gas station is. Does it qualify to be historic? The style of it and that old parking light, shouldn't they be preserved? Moved elsewhere and convert into a muesum?

I am not happy with the city's decision to buy that nail shop on corner of 15th and Sooner. That was wrong of them. The land belongs to Walmart and they had been trying to offer those stubborn Chineses to accept the money to buyout the place to build a gas station. That nail shop was horrible, they were doing lousy business. I dunno what the city is gonna do with that tiny portion, but it is best to give it to Walmart.

[bombermwc]

The gas station is far from historic. We've still got hundreds of them around town...they're just mostly in more depressed areas. I don't you'd find much to support keeping it for anything...anywhere. The way those places are built, they are pretty much designed to fail. Structurally, there isn't anything fancy there....just a box with wings. I say they are designed to fail because of the runoff. Everything flows onto the main structure instead of away from it, so it gets pounded more than it should....but they didn't engineer them to compensate for that.

As for the nail place....good riddence. I hope Wal Mart moves in and builds their gas station there. Cheap gas hoooo.

[Redskin 70]

Thunder, your comment got me wondering about the old gas station so I went and checked it out....................absolute piece of junk.........Its just basically a square box built of out concrete blocks with two not so fancy looking wings built out of it.

I saw some city guys there and they said the wrecking crew has already been hired and will be down before December 1


Yeah I hear ya about the Walmart gas station....................yeahhhhhhhh

[sethsrott]

I have on the word of someone involved with the project that Johnny Carino's will be one of the tenants of 'The Shoppes at Del City'

[TaoMaas]

I have on the word of someone involved with the project that Johnny Carino's will be one of the tenants of 'The Shoppes at Del City'

You just made my wife very happy. lol I hadn't looked at this thread before today, but this past weekend when we were driving past this development at I-40 and Sooner, my wife pointed out that one of her co-workers lives in that house that's on the edge of the development. As someone posted earlier, it's been in the same family for a number of years and they have no intentions of selling.

[amandagall5]

I drove by here this afternoon on I 40, they have installed a bridge over the creek behind whatever it is that is being built.

[Thunder]

I noticed that they are digging up the creek. There is more being made. Now, I don't think this will be called a creek anymore! lol They're up to something and I would really like to see a graphic drawings. Maybe there will be a fountain, cuz they are definately wanting water ways around. Now, I wonder how it will affect parking.

The houses on Vickie near 15th will be bought and torn down, along the old places right up the I-40 entrance. Behind all that, there had been a massive leveling grounds, so this will definately be bigger than we originally had thought.

[Watson410]

I drove by here this afternoon on I 40, they have installed a bridge over the creek behind whatever it is that is being built.

Buffalo Wild Wings

[bombermwc]

The bridge was an unexpected surprise for me. It really is a much bigger development than it appears to be from the highway. Construction has really picked up lately and I would imagine that we'll see some building starting up on the other side of the creek soon. Even though it is just a creek, it has the potential to be a nice feature. At least they made an effort with the stone work so it's not just plain concrete....think Penn Square to Bell Isle...yuk.