Crossroads Mall

[RodH]

700,000+ square feet for $6million--I have an idea to save the new convention center alot of money and also to do something with the rotting carcass of Crossroads mall! why does a convention center need to be downtown anyway? they would have plenty of room to construct their fancy convention hotel too!

I like the idea. You could save enough on construction to put in a rail line to downtown.

[Larry OKC]

Would it still be within walking distance of Bricktown? LOL

[UnFrSaKn]

Oklahoma City's Raptor Properties buy Crossroads Mall from Federal Reserve

The new owners hope to revive retail at the long-troubled mall and return it to its former reputation as a southside destination.

[BBatesokc]

Here's a link to FOX25's report on the sell... http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/top_s...vid_3994.shtml

[Thunder]

Here's a link to FOX25's report on the sell... http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/top_s...vid_3994.shtml

They are real lazy. This is all they had to say.

From new stores, a new design, and maybe a new name, the new owners of Crossroads Mall promise big things from this takeover.

The rest was about a fruit or vegetable killing Oklahomans. lol

[Plutonic Panda]

Does anybody know what the deal is with this particular mall? I mean it has obviously died and I was wondering if there were plans to revitalize this mall and/or the whole shopping complex for that matter. This mall used to be pretty descent (I especially liked the pet store they used to have there). Was it the shooting that happened there a while back or was it just overtaken by thugs and such?

Anyways I really hope they renovate it and the shopping center it is in.

[soonerliberal]

http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=20583
http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=13310

[jn1780]

To sum up those two threads and answer your question: No, not at the time. Two guys bought it last year, but it appears their not going to make any kind of meaningful investment.

[Plutonic Panda]

Oops. My bad, for some reason I could not find a crossroads thread anywhere.

[MikeOKC]

Oops. My bad, for some reason I could not find a crossroads thread anywhere.

Free Tip: Instead of using the OKCTalk search function, try this (and I'll use your example of looking for Crossroads Mall):
sitekctalk.com "crossroads mall"
(I can't get the smiley out of the search string. Embarrassing. It should be 'site' and then a COLON (right next to the word 'site') and then 'okctalk.com' right next to the colon, A SPACE and then your search terms).

Just put what I've bolded into the Google search engine along with whatever you're interested in finding. It will only search okctalk.com and you can even go to the left side and narrow down your search by going to the left side of the sceen and click on "show search tools". You can narrow it down to the last year, month, week, etc. (even 24 hours!)...then you can further filter your results to provide your results by clicking on "sort by date" and the results will be chronological. It works extremely well.

[Plutonic Panda]

Free Tip: Instead of using the OKCTalk search function, try this (and I'll use your example of looking for Crossroads Mall):
sitekctalk.com "crossroads mall"
(I can't get the smiley out of the search string. Embarrassing. It should be 'site' and then a COLON (right next to the word 'site') and then 'okctalk.com' right next to the colon, A SPACE and then your search terms).

Just put what I've bolded into the Google search engine along with whatever you're interested in finding. It will only search okctalk.com and you can even go to the left side and narrow down your search by going to the left side of the sceen and click on "show search tools". You can narrow it down to the last year, month, week, etc. (even 24 hours!)...then you can further filter your results to provide your results by clicking on "sort by date" and the results will be chronological. It works extremely well.

That worked. Thank a bunch

[MikeOKC]

That worked. Thank a bunch

You're more than welcome. I have come to rely on it to navigate through the OKCTalk archives and find old threads where I can only remember one comment or even one word. It just works!

[Hutch]

The Urban Land Inistitute of Oklahoma City is currently studying how to revitalize the I-240 corridor from the airport to Tinker AFB, including possibilities for Crossroads Mall. Here's a news article for reference:

Envision 240

Interestingly, I came across a similar study by the ULI in Austin that involved revitalizing a similar corridor several miles outside of downtown between the airport and a dead shopping mall that is an almost identical situation. Here's a news story about that effort:

Reviving a Dying Mall

Here's a link to the ULI presentation for the proposed redevelopment of the Austin mall:

ULI - Reviving a Dying Mall

Specifically, see slides 14, 16, 37, 39 and 43

I came across this information as part of my research on transit-oriented redevelopment projects associated with commuter rail stations. As you may know, Crossroads Mall sits adjacent to the BNSF railroad corridor, which is proposed under Oklahoma City's 2006 Fixed Guideway Study to be one of several commuter rail lines for the metro area. URS Corporation, an international rail transit consulting firm, is about to begin a detailed study of potential commuter rail service on the BNSF line between Norman and Oklahoma City, including determination of the best location for rail stations.

The Highland Mall revitalization project in Austin involves mixed-use, transit-oriented development associated with a new commuter rail station located at the former mall site. What's interesting is that the same potential exists for revitalizing Crossroads Mall. Here's a Google Earth image showing the general idea:

[Plutonic Panda]

Is there a way to merge this thread?

[MikeOKC]

Is there a way to merge this thread?

Panda, I think this thread is probably okay. There's been several Crossroads threads over the years, but they disintegrated into a bunch of silliness regarding zombies or some such thing. A new fresh thread with serious discussion regarding Crossroads is probably welcome; especially regarding the Envision 240 and the fascinating ULI study regarding a similar situation in Austin - that was good information.

[jn1780]

Its hard to keep it a serious thread when no developers comes forward with a serious plan. Who had the the bright idea to build a dump next door or did the mall come after the dump?

I don't see anything happening in the next 10 years with Crossroads with a pending interchange construction project. A new transit system also isn't going to be built while MAPs 3 is in progress.

[Plutonic Panda]

Panda, I think this thread is probably okay. There's been several Crossroads threads over the years, but they disintegrated into a bunch of silliness regarding zombies or some such thing. A new fresh thread with serious discussion regarding Crossroads is probably welcome; especially regarding the Envision 240 and the fascinating ULI study regarding a similar situation in Austin - that was good information.

Zombies lmao. Well thanks, I just didn't want to get booted from the site for posting a thread that has already been posted before.

That Austin study was really interesting as well.

[OKCJapan]

IF such a plan for revitalization is true or in the works, I would be very interested especially regarding Crossroads Mall. I get excited about new developments in our great city.

[Plutonic Panda]

IF such a plan for revitalization is true or in the works, I would be very interested especially regarding Crossroads Mall. I get excited about new developments in our great city.

Same here man!

[Larry OKC]

Zombies lmao. Well thanks, I just didn't want to get booted from the site for posting a thread that has already been posted before.

That Austin study was really interesting as well.

I don't think you have to worry about that happening...some posters may give you a virtual slap on the typing keys for the redundancy... some posters may give you a virtual slap on the typing keys for the redundancy however

[UncleCyrus]

Free Tip: Instead of using the OKCTalk search function, try this (and I'll use your example of looking for Crossroads Mall):
sitekctalk.com "crossroads mall"
(I can't get the smiley out of the search string. Embarrassing. It should be 'site' and then a COLON (right next to the word 'site') and then 'okctalk.com' right next to the colon, A SPACE and then your search terms).

Just put what I've bolded into the Google search engine along with whatever you're interested in finding. It will only search okctalk.com and you can even go to the left side and narrow down your search by going to the left side of the sceen and click on "show search tools". You can narrow it down to the last year, month, week, etc. (even 24 hours!)...then you can further filter your results to provide your results by clicking on "sort by date" and the results will be chronological. It works extremely well.

This is my new favorite post on OKCTalk. I have always had trouble finding anything using the site search function. What is silly, however, is that I am familiar with Google site search, but didn't think to use it here!

[MonkeesFan]

Oklahoma City's Raptor Properties buy Crossroads Mall from Federal Reserve

The new owners hope to revive retail at the long-troubled mall and return it to its former reputation as a southside destination.

It has been a year and they have done nothing, what the hell are they doing?

[jn1780]

It has been a year and they have done nothing, what the hell are they doing?

Nothing

They just bought the mall so they could turn around and sell it. Either that or they were way in over their heads.

[MonkeesFan]

They are being dumb letting the mall suffering a slow painful death, I am surprised the mall is still open, it should have been closed 5 years ago and changed to something useful

[jn1780]

Agreed

It doesn't have a future as a mall. Demographics is not on Crossroads side. There is high concentration of wealth on the north side to keep them going.