Riverwalk Crossing Phase II and King's Landing.

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South River News

Construction has now started on phase two of the center. The anchors for this phase will be a Barnes and Noble bookstore and a Hampton Inn Garden Suites Hotel. Phase two will be 160,000 square feet, nearly twice the size of phase one. About one third of the space will be devoted to office space, the rest to retail. Other tenants are reported to be a Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill, a Lone Star Steakhouse and a sports bar.

King's Landing is now well under construction on the Tulsa side of the river, I don't know what tenants they have lines up so far though.

Also nearby, a construction company has a sign up on one of the out parcels next to the Aquarium but I have no idea what they are building though. The Aquarium itself has construction underway on an expansion of the facility. TTCU also has purchased land by the Riverwalk for a bank branch, no news on when they might start building though. Also there has finally been some sight clearing for the $160 million Creek Nation Casino Hotel expansion.

[TheArtist]

One of the tenants for the Kings Landing is going to be an antique furniture and art store that is currently at 101st and Sheridan called Interiors Market.  They are friends of mine and have some wonderful stuff that they get.  Hope they do well there, they need a location with more visibility and I think this will do it for them. I hope to do some smashing artwork in the entrance and some fauxs on the walls, hopefully getting some exposure for myself as well lol.  There is a nice restaurant also going in there, but dont remember what it is.  
    Glad to hear a bookstore is going in at the Riverwalk.  Cant wait for it to all be done.  Now if I could just figure out how to get to do some work in that Hampton Inn.....?

[sgrizzle]

If hampton is like the riverwalk hotel, they opted for some mural work. I am glad RWC landed the hotel they were wanting and a Barnes and Noble. I can waste at least half an hour in a good bookstore and I consider it a huge plus in a walkable area. Sometimes it's nice to walk around, sometimes it's nice to take a break with a cappucino and read a book.

I don't know who would've signed up for an outparcel but I know their next target was a seafood restaurant.

[SoonerRiceGrad]

I wonder how the Aquarium feels about that.

Wow, a Toby's, a Lone Star, and a sports bar, you just can't go wrong.

Swake, do you know the name of the company? I would research or see if anyone in the Tulsa chamber knows. I don't know anyone in the Jenks chamber though...

Is this stuff going in on the other side of the turnpike?

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quote:Originally posted by SoonerRiceGrad

I wonder how the Aquarium feels about that.

Wow, a Toby's, a Lone Star, and a sports bar, you just can't go wrong.

Swake, do you know the name of the company? I would research or see if anyone in the Tulsa chamber knows. I don't know anyone in the Jenks chamber though...

Is this stuff going in on the other side of the turnpike?

I drive by there all the time, I'll see if I can get the name.

And no, phase 2 of Riverwalk is just to the north of the current center. The land to the south of the turnpike still has a for sale sign on it, but a news report from this week said Bell's is still working on moving there.

[MichaelC]

From KTUL

quote:Tulsa - The first commercial development on Tulsa's side of the Arkansas River is set to open.

The Kings Landing Shopping Center is a 47-thousand square foot mixed-use center, located adjacent to the Creek Turnpike near 99th and Riverside. It was developed by sisters Sharon King-Davis and Terry King.

"It is amazing that it has taken this long in Tulsa," said Sharon King-Davis of the riverside development.

A news conference was held Thursday to announce the development. Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor says she welcomes it.

"I look forward to this being just the beginning of a wonderful development in Tulsa that will increase our use of Tulsa's most wonderful asset, the river," Taylor said.

Investors are hoping to match or even better the success of Riverwalk Crossing, which opened on the Jenks side of the river last year. They believe the people and the business will come.

Two restaurants are already on board, including one from renowned Tulsa chef Michael Fusco and Henry Primeaux. Also coming is Interiors Market, which will relocate to the Kings Landing site.

Kings Landing is expected to open later this summer.

From KOTV

quote:There is a new development along Tulsa's Arkansas River.

Kings Landing, an upscale, food and shopping venue will open later this year near 9900 South Riverside Drive.

The development will be the first of its kind on the Tulsa side of the river and will serve the waterfront and roadway.

Some of the stores already slated for opening in Kings Landing are Nordaggio's Coffee, Michael's on the River and Interior's Market.

Contracts are in final negotiations with Red Rock Canyon Restaurant, Push Pedal Pull and 55 Degrees Wine Bar.

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Renderings of Kings Landing


Plan - are stores/restaurants facing the parking or the river?  It looks like the river is being ignored completely in the site plan but then again I can't see all the details.  Seeing that big parking lot worries me.

[TheArtist]

I think this is going to be a nice addition to the area.  However it is a small one.  I wish the rest of the development in that area would have been of the same style to tie the whole thing together.  I believe that the restraunts will have outdoor dining in back of the development, hopefully.  I do know my friends at interiors market told me they paid extra to add arched windows along the back of there spot to make it more appealing.  

 The real shame is that this development will have a hard time connecting with anything else further south with that Kum and Go going in on the other side of the bridge.  Whoever approved that there should be drawn and quartered.  It just baffles the mind how something like that could even happen?

[Cubs]

Maybe I'm just wierd but I don't think either development is really anything that special .... they are just strip malls decorated kinda fancy, kinda ...

[BKDotCom]

Ugh.  I didn't know about the Kum and Go.
All the East-side development blows (hodgepodge & not utilizing the river, & a feline clinic??).  
And what's that new steel building to the north of red-robin & johnny-c's?

I'm supprised that Nordaggio's is going to have a location on both sides of the river (Riverwalk and Kings Point).

I think the bookstore will be a great addition to Riverwalk.

[BKDotCom]

quote:Originally posted by inteller
Thats going to be the Toby Keith restaurant.  If you did it any other way it wouldnt be authentic!  Nothing says redneck like the look of corrugated sheet metal!

Nice attempt at humor.  We've already establilshed, Toby is on the other side in RiverWalk Phase 2.

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quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by Cubs

they are just strip malls decorated kinda fancy, kinda ...

well what else are you going to put along the side of a river, a 12 story smug factory?

What? What does that even mean?

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quote:Originally posted by Cubs

Maybe I'm just wierd but I don't think either development is really anything that special .... they are just strip malls decorated kinda fancy, kinda ...

Yes, smith farm is so much nicer, all of Owasso is for that matter.

As for the new construction, the sign says "Peloton Center", so is it a bike shop?

[TheArtist]

Yes its a bike shop, and that will be nice to have on the river.  To be honest Kinds Landing isnt much more than a slighty fancied up strip mall and a very small one at that.  The whole development in that area could have been thought out a bit better. Even just having the peloton center match the development on the other side to kind of "book end" the whole thing together would have made a big difference.  But having said that, knowing how things in Tulsa often go, it could have just been the Kum and Go, or a Wal-Mart,a storage facility, car wash, trailer park. etc.  So kind of a wash, not awful but not something to get excited about.  

 I do like the Riverwalk in Jenks.  When the whole thing is done it will make for a nice stroll (kings landing will not) and an enjoyable dinner out.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by swake

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by Cubs

they are just strip malls decorated kinda fancy, kinda ...

well what else are you going to put along the side of a river, a 12 story smug factory?

What? What does that even mean?

He's referencing hybrid car owners.