A 6th new hotel downtown

[swake]

In the old City Office building at 7th and Houston that the Snyder's bought. It's going to be a 82 room Best Western opening in December '14.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/developers-plan-affordable-hotel-in-downtown-tulsa/article_95aab3df-3d23-5be6-bc41-c30bd144e43b.html

2 by Oneok/Brady/Greenwood - Wilkins(Unnamed), Promise(Holiday Inn Express)
1 in the CBD - Anish Hotels (Unnamed)
3 by BOk/Convention Center - Snyer/Bhow(Best Western), Promise (Hampton Inn and Hilton Garden Inn)

When does the Blue Dome get a hotel?

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/developers-plan-affordable-hotel-in-downtown-tulsa/article_95aab3df-3d23-5be6-bc41-c30bd144e43b.html#user-comment-area

[BKDotCom]

Turn the Blue Dome into a bed n breakfast

[davideinstein]

Sweet. Keep em' coming.

[Weatherdemon]

Nice!

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Better than tearing it down and turning it into a parking lot. Put a taxi stand in front of it for cabs to run around downtown to the entertainment district, ball park etc. Good to have some lower priced rooms for the frugal travelers.

[sgrizzle]

I drove by this building the other day. It's already fenced off and demo work in progress.

[Weatherdemon]

I drove by this building the other day. It's already fenced off and demo work in progress.

Wow!
That is GREAT to hear!

[dsjeffries]

To keep up with all the hotel announcements, I made this map with the information we know about each one as of now. If you count ZipInn, seven hotels have been announced in the past six months. What an exciting time! Restaurants and retail are sure to fill in the areas adjacent to the new hotels.

[davideinstein]

I heard someone mention the Zip Inn should be going by the Spring. We'll see.

[SXSW]

All of this on top of the Aloft which opened earlier this year.  That's a total of over 800 rooms that will have been added from 2013-15.  I know there was a study that came out a few years ago that downtown Tulsa needed a couple thousand more rooms or something like that to compete for various conventions and events.  

Not downtown but I think the Utica Square area could support a large full service hotel.  There is even space for it on the old H&P site..

[jacobi]

All of this on top of the Aloft which opened earlier this year.  That's a total of over 800 rooms that will have been added from 2013-15.  I know there was a study that came out a few years ago that downtown Tulsa needed a couple thousand more rooms or something like that to compete for various conventions and events. 

Not downtown but I think the Utica Square area could support a large full service hotel.  There is even space for it on the old H&P site..

Very much agreed.  The highest end shopping in town and a large hospital and there isn't a hotel right there?  What zee heck?  It's never made sense.


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[bacjz00]

Very much agreed.  The highest end shopping in town and a large hospital and there isn't a hotel right there?  What zee heck?  It's never made sense.


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Must be a NIMBY thing.  People want to enjoy high property values and convenience of high-end shopping and dining at Utica Square, but they don't want to share it with outsiders.  99% of other cities would put lodging for their out of town guests very near a destination area like Utica Square, except Tulsa for some reason.  Perhaps there's just nowhere to put one?  In any case, it's beyond insane

[Conan71]

All of this on top of the Aloft which opened earlier this year.  That's a total of over 800 rooms that will have been added from 2013-15.  I know there was a study that came out a few years ago that downtown Tulsa needed a couple thousand more rooms or something like that to compete for various conventions and events.  

Not downtown but I think the Utica Square area could support a large full service hotel.  There is even space for it on the old H&P site..

Anyone know if H & P still owns the lot or if SJMC owns it now?  St. John's purchased the Davis building to the north of the old H & P tower several years ago.  I'm guessing either SJMC owns that land or has an option on it at this point as they cannot expand outward anywhere else.  According to people I deal with in the maintenance and engineering department, they can add on vertically, but that's it.  H & P would be about their last option for outward expansion without encroaching further into the residential area to the northeast of the campus now.

[Rookie Okie]

To keep up with all the hotel announcements, I made this map with the information we know about each one as of now. If you count ZipInn, seven hotels have been announced in the past six months. What an exciting time! Restaurants and retail are sure to fill in the areas adjacent to the new hotels.

Is the 120 room property shown between the Hilton Garden Inn and Best Western supposed to be branded as the Hampton Inn?

[SXSW]

Anyone know if H & P still owns the lot or if SJMC owns it now?  St. John's purchased the Davis building to the north of the old H & P tower several years ago.  I'm guessing either SJMC owns that land or has an option on it at this point as they cannot expand outward anywhere else.  According to people I deal with in the maintenance and engineering department, they can add on vertically, but that's it.  H & P would be about their last option for outward expansion without encroaching further into the residential area to the northeast of the campus now.

Utica Square (owned by the Helmerich family) has a maintenance shed and storage area right by that lot where the old H&P building used to be so it wouldn't surprise me if they still own it.  I could see SJMC wanting it though, but wouldn't it make more sense for the hospital to expand east instead of across Utica?  I work out there and there is a big parking lot by the health club that could be developed, I'm addition to a big parking lot along Utica by Swan Lake.  A hotel on the H&P site would be great, and would offer really nice views of the skyline.  

I did hear once that the developers of Utica Place across the street wanted to do a similar project on the H&P land, including the old homesites along St Louis and 19th.  I imagine it was a mix of office and residential, but a hotel in the middle of a larger redevelopment there would be awesome.  I wonder about Swan Lake NIMBY's though...

Back to downtown, I'm surprised there isn't a Residence Inn or something similar/extended stay.