Old TPS buildings

[TulsaGuy]

Does anyone know what the city's plans are for the old TPS buildings that are being closed?

Who owns the buildings, the city?

Is there a website that lists the schools being closed?

Are they being auctioned off, do they have plans for some already? 

Thanks for the help.

[Townsend]

http://www.newson6.com/story/14850491/tulsa

TULSA, Oklahoma -- There are new developments as Tulsa Public Schools hangs a for sale sign in front of nine schools.

The Tulsa School Board declared Addams, Barnard Cherokee, Chouteau, Roosevelt, and Sandburg elementary schools, as well as, Wilson Middle School, and the Pershing and Samuel Morse sites, all surplus.

It's the first step toward selling those schools.  Most of them were closed as part of the district's consolidation effort.

Board members said Monday night they're just testing the waters. They will now get the properties appraised and then open them for bids.

But administrators say they will be choosy, looking for the best price and the best fit and they say some properties may not sell at all.

[RecycleMichael]

The buildings have generated some interest, but no deals have been made yet.

Is there a particular school you are interested in?

[swake]

Does anyone know what the city's plans are for the old TPS buildings that are being closed?

Who owns the buildings, the city?

Is there a website that lists the schools being closed?

Are they being auctioned off, do they have plans for some already? 

Thanks for the help.

The city and TPS are not related at all.

[DolfanBob]

Six in the Morning reported yesterday that several of the Schools have been put up for sale, to get a feel how public buyers would respond.
I couldnt help but think. What would you do with a old School built in 1929 ?
Help me out here fellas. I have never been accused of having "The Grand Vision"

[carltonplace]

Six in the Morning reported yesterday that several of the Schools have been put up for sale, to get a feel how public buyers would respond.
I couldnt help but think. What would you do with a old School built in 1929 ?
Help me out here fellas. I have never been accused of having "The Grand Vision"

If I had a grand wallet to compliment a grand vision, I'd pick up Barnard or Wilson to convert to a hotel/restaurant/pub like this one in Portland OR: http://www.mcmenamins.com/427-kennedy-school-home

[Conan71]

If I had a grand wallet to compliment a grand vision, I'd pick up Barnard or Wilson to convert to a hotel/restaurant/pub like this one in Portland OR: http://www.mcmenamins.com/427-kennedy-school-home

Why do I have a sick feeling Barnard will get snatched up by Bumgarner and turned into a walled community with Tuscan dryvit dreck?

[Teatownclown]

Highest and best use in an old area....if not JB, somebody will. No brainer.

[Conan71]

Highest and best use in an old area....if not JB, somebody will. No brainer.

With the close proximity to St. John's, I was hoping for an owner-occupied multi-tennant low-rise complex, not a mini-prison camp for the wealthy.

[carltonplace]

Why do I have a sick feeling Barnard will get snatched up by Bumgarner and turned into a walled community with Tuscan dryvit dreck?

Bet you're right. Barnard is a very cool building and it could easily be adapted by someone with vision. Plus it fits the neighborhood well. The person you mentioned is not the "someone with vision" when it comes to adaptive reuse and developments that gel with their surroundings and please their neighbors.

[tulsa1603]

I was hoping for an owner-occupied multi-tennant low-rise complex

It also lies in the Yorktown historic district doesn't it?  I wonder how any kind of tear down/new development will work out without a huge fight.

[Teatownclown]

With the close proximity to St. John's, I was hoping for an owner-occupied multi-tennant low-rise complex, not a mini-prison camp for the wealthy.

define wealthy....

[rdj]

It also lies in the Yorktown historic district doesn't it?  I wonder how any kind of tear down/new development will work out without a huge fight.

It lies within the Yorktown District but the Gillette District is the north border of the property.

http://www.tulsapreservationcommission.org/pdf/mapyorktown.pdf

[AquaMan]

It also lies in the Yorktown historic district doesn't it?  I wonder how any kind of tear down/new development will work out without a huge fight.

Prestigious historic district or not, its toast. Seems like these historic districts don't put up much of a fight when faced with a real opponent. I know of two addresses in Maple Ridge that became 10 addresses without so much as a whimper.

Roosevelt and its surrounding grounds could be the best of the bunch since Wilson will probably go to TU and Barnard to infill. Roosevelt is historic, sits on a large rolling campus adjacent to a park, a growing old hood, a country club and nearby entertainment district. What a great home for a corporate entity with hometown roots.

[rdj]

Prestigious historic district or not, its toast. Seems like these historic districts don't put up much of a fight when faced with a real opponent. I know of two addresses in Maple Ridge that became 10 addresses without so much as a whimper.

Roosevelt and its surrounding grounds could be the best of the bunch since Wilson will probably go to TU and Barnard to infill. Roosevelt is historic, sits on a large rolling campus adjacent to a park, a growing old hood, a country club and nearby entertainment district. What a great home for a corporate entity with hometown roots.

Or an arts focused charter school?