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Started by brunoflipper, August 20, 2006, 09:37:39 AM

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so this was the only proposal submitted...
but look who the developers are... those goofy "heavenly hospitality llc" guys... have they done anything of this scale? aside from a courtyard by marriot, all of their projects still appear to be in the planning phase...

http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=060820_To_A1_Devel41046

here are some outtakes...

... development that would include a hotel, condominiums, urban lofts, and retail and restaurant space is being proposed for the city's property for sale across the street from the BOK Center.

The Westin at Tulsa Garden Square proposal was the only one submitted to the Tulsa Development Authority by the 5 p.m. Friday deadline.

"Frankly, I'm surprised we didn't receive more than that," the authority's chairman, Carl Bracy, said. "We had a lot of inquiries."

Even though the authority has only one proposal to consider, that doesn't mean it has to accept the plan, Bracy said.

"It's going to go through a review process to determine whether it's the best project for that site," he said, adding that he has not yet reviewed it.

"Maybe it is and we don't need to see any more. But we could throw it out and start all over."

The authority began soliciting proposals in June for the 58,000-square-foot site, on Denver Avenue between Second and Third streets. It is asking for the fair market value of nearly $1.6 million.

The Westin at Tulsa Garden Square would use the entire block, featuring a 246-room, upscale Westin Hotel with 72 condominiums in the upper seven stories, along with meeting space and a ballroom.

Surrounding an 8,500-square-foot courtyard garden would be 40,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space with 28 urban lofts, rooftop gardens and a pool.

The development would also have 750 parking spaces, most of them underground.

The developer, Heavenly Hospitality LLC of Anthem, Ariz., indicates in the proposal that it has an exclusive agreement to purchase the office building and its land for roughly $2 million.

The developer also notes that the Towerview's owner wants at least $2 million for that property, but no agreement to buy it is apparent.

The developer includes several conditions...
Among them are:

   * Moving the bus station at Fourth Street and Denver Avenue and replacing it with a visitor information center and trolley station to local points of interest and parking facilities.

   * Legally requiring freight trains to stop blowing their whistles when going through downtown.

   * Demolishing or significantly renovating the Coney Island Building and the nearby Wright Building annex that includes the Pomodori's restaurant.

   * Requiring the planned Centennial Walk, which would include historical markers and sidewalk landscaping, to touch the development. The core route of the walk that has funding does not reach the site.

   * Designating the hotel as the premier headquarters hotel for downtown Tulsa.

The proposal also alludes to possible economic incentives that the city could offer but does not spell them out.
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