Tulsa River Projects
A 200 Acre commercial/office/lifestyle/retail development has been announced for Jenks on the Arkansas River just south of the Oklahoma Aquarium and Creek Turnpike. Details are not going to be announced until January but will reportedly include a canal, lake and lots of water features. No dollar figure has been announced.
The first real expansion of the Oklahoma Aquarium is nearly complete.
The $40 million Phase II of the River Walk Crossing (just north of the Aquarium) is reportedly going to start construction soon despite Jenks’ declining to fund a TIFF. Hotel and other properties will be included in this phase. Phase III is also supposed to include residential space.
King’s Landing is nearing completion. It’s a new lifestyle center in Tulsa directly across the river from the Aquarium.
The $120 million first phase of the new Creek Nation Casino Resort is now well underway. Total price of project through all phases is a reported $500 million. This is across the river and a little north of The River Walk Crossing.
Two competing projects, first the $780 million multi-use “Channels” project (which is likely about dead) and a multi-use project from the developer of “Branson Landing” in Missouri for the west bank of the river (which would be underwater if the “Channels” happens). The developers say they want the Tulsa project to be even larger than the $600 million Branson Landing project.
County Commissioner Randi Miller says that a vote on some slate of river projects will happen likely in February. No word on if it will include “The Channels” as yet, but she is also a backer of the people behind the Brandon Landing project so it likely won’t have the “Channels” in it. There is no word on what will happen with the $100 million in donations that John Kelly Warren and company are going to donate for “The Channels” if that project is not forwarded to the voters.
Any funding package, according to Miller, will at least include the dams at Sand Springs and 105th St in Jenks/Tulsa and riverbank improvements. It will also likely include public financing to help the new project in Jenks and either “The Channels” or the Branson Landing developers project.
Millions in funding from the 3rd Penny Sales Tax and Vision 2025 is approved waiting on what the current mix of projects will include. Senator Inhoff is also working on funding for the river through the Corp of Engineers.
BOK CEO George Kaiser will soon announce plans for the $10 million he is donating to river projects.
Originally Posted by OKC PATROL
Only a Tulsan- try red rock canyon grill and all the others that actually hang over the water- so your judgement is nonsense....people sit right on the edge of the lake sipping on wine eating GREAT food watching sail boats and wind surfers- thats why it draws major boating events. Overpriced eateries? You make no sense. I paid an enormous amount for the poopy food I always get in Tulsa. I understand that tulsa has a HUG quality about it. So I understand your defense. Its Ok most of my friends in tulsa actually worry about their city being overshadowed by OKC soon. So I am more impressed with hefner- which really is a small development when compared to OKC proper/inner city/river walk/bricktown///.-sorry, its just my opinion. 
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