More SINGLE Family Homes Proposed Downtown

[Hoss]

I bought a house in Sungate (56th and Sheridan) for $35/sqft and remodeled it for another $18/sqft.

I can walk to four shopping centers and 30 restaurants in my square mile.

I hate the traffic, however.

So you did move from the house behind Sutherland's?

[sgrizzle]

Whether as retail or residential, it seems odd that this small parcel would be the first thing on this block to get developed. 

Not really. probably the cheapest per sq ft.

[RecycleMichael]

So you did move from the house behind Sutherland's?

Yes. I am going to list it for sale in a couple of weeks.

[Conan71]

I bought a house in Sungate (56th and Sheridan) for $35/sqft and remodeled it for another $18/sqft.

I can walk to four shopping centers and 30 restaurants in my square mile.

I hate the traffic, however.

Are you living there now or was this before the house near 21st & Mingo?  I lived there from '93 to '99.  I loved that house and that neighborhood!  We were about a block north of the schools on 74th E. Ave.  IIRC, I think it was around $40 a foot when we bought in '93 move in ready.

edit: well I should have checked for further comments.  PM me which street you are on.

[rdj]

I bought a house in Sungate (56th and Sheridan) for $35/sqft and remodeled it for another $18/sqft.

The downtown library has a brochure produced by the developers of Sungate in their neighborhood files on the top floor.  It's a mid-century advertising jewel.  Right out of Mad Men.  Sungate was one of the most progressive neighborhoods in its time.  Lots of "firsts" for the Tulsa area.

[Weatherdemon]

Green Arch has slabs down.
Brady Flats has not started.

Green Arch has about 50% of its first floor framing done.

[Conan71]

The downtown library has a brochure produced by the developers of Sungate in their neighborhood files on the top floor.  It's a mid-century advertising jewel.  Right out of Mad Men.  Sungate was one of the most progressive neighborhoods in its time.  Lots of "firsts" for the Tulsa area.

IIRC, first neighborhood with all underground utilities which lessened the amount of power outages in storms, community pools had already been done so I can't think of the other firsts, any idea what they were?  The people I bought my house from had some of the original brochures as well as some Tulsa Trib and World articles on Sungate. I don't remember if I passed those on to the next owner or kept them.  Might be cool to pass on to RM if I still have them.

[RecycleMichael]

Thanks rdj and conan for the information. I will check out the library and would love to see any stuff from the history of the hood.

Every street has sidewalks and all underground utilities was one of the big selling points for me. All my years with Up with Trees has me really believe in Down with Poles.

The neighborhood really has a good feel to it. There is a nice mix of one and two story houses and I have never lived in a neighborhood with as much diversity. Sunday night we had a bunch of family over and all went to the neighborhood built and maintained park to play soccer. The retired people are everywhere in the evening with most of them manicuring their lawns or power walking the streets. Almost everybody on my block stopped and introduced themselves to me when I was working in the yard.

It is five hundred yards to walk to the Farm shopping center which is filled with restaurants including Margaret's German, Billy Sims BBQ, and Villa Ravena Italian. There is also a Mazio's, a Subway, Ron's hamburgers, Furr's Buffet, Billy and Ike's and reopening this week, Great Harvest Bread Co. On the connecting intersection with this center is almost everything else I need including grocery, liquor, dry cleaners, a Quik-trip, and five drive-through restaurants.

Our lot is small (the main reason I moved is because my old house was too much for me to maintain), but we have two nice sized trees and nice garden areas. There will still be pressure is on me to make the small front yard as beautiful because my neighbor's front yards could win beautification awards. This week the Yard of the Month is on the corner of 56th and 68th east Avenue. It is stunning for a small corner yard.

[BKDotCom]

Earth is being moved on this site.
Are these condos happening?

[Weatherdemon]

Earth is being moved on this site.
Are these condos happening?

Looks like it.

http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/index.php?topic=18940.0

[BKDotCom]

Urban 8 is a separate project @ 3rd & Greenwood.

100 Boulder is happening at 1st & Boulder

http://www.randygasswint.com/Blog/Downtown-Tulsa-New-High-End-Development-100-Boulder

[jacobi]

Re the giant surface parking lot on the east side of Boulder: a new skyscraper would fit nicely in that block if anyone has one laying around.

This was exactly what I thought.  I assume that parking is bundled with the Williams buildings.  If the scraper we've been waiting for is built there joes properties are going to soar.  Do you think he knows something that the public doesn't?


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[carltonplace]

Wow, that would be huge.

[TheArtist]

  Got to see my brother last week while doing the family vacation thing in Florida.  He invited me to come up and stay with him in Denver sometime and let him and his wife show me around.  Was looking at some websites about downtown Denver and noticed that they are averaging about 2,000 new housing units per year in their downtown.  Tried finding the rundown I saw on here about what we have had residential wise over the last few years and going on now but can't find it? 

[SXSW]

  Got to see my brother last week while doing the family vacation thing in Florida.  He invited me to come up and stay with him in Denver sometime and let him and his wife show me around.  Was looking at some websites about downtown Denver and noticed that they are averaging about 2,000 new housing units per year in their downtown.  Tried finding the rundown I saw on here about what we have had residential wise over the last few years and going on now but can't find it? 

Nowhere close to 2,000, probably more like a couple hundred either planned or under construction for the next year with a couple hundred more into 2015-16.  A lot of those are in residential conversions and proposed but not construction ready projects in the East End and Brady.  Denver is on a different level being a much larger city and one that is rapidly urbanizing its downtown.  There is also a massive influx of young people there who want to live in downtown apartments, and housing in the inner neighborhoods is very expensive approaching coastal levels ( so is rent).  Downtown Denver also has over 150,000 daytime workers, and traffic is gridlocked in all directions making long commutes undesirable.

Housing in Tulsa, even in a nice midtown neighborhood within a couple miles of downtown, is still pretty affordable so there are less renters or they rent houses by Cherry St and Brookside.  And people can live 20 miles away and still have a relatively easy commute.  There is demand though for more urban apartments but developers and builders are more cautious here.  More employment downtown would drive even more growth in urban housing, both for sale and rental.