Sand Springs Keystone Corridor

[waterboy]

Because not everyone has the same tastes as risk averse businessmen and developers I guess. I also love the downtown SS feeling and would like to see them expand on it. Things can still progress without the proposed low water dam being in place. In fact it might be better without the dam. Jenks certainly has leveraged their never materialized dam into action.

Since they made such a large swath of land available and actually have a pretty good plan I am just surprised that no one, namely the SS home foundation, has stepped up to keep things moving. Many people are not aware of how much influence they have and how much land they control in SS.

[roscoe]

Still no word on this project?

[breitee]

It is still a sea of mud and weeds. The city keeps promising big things but nothing happens. In the meantime Tulsa Hills is open and getting all the west side business. Way to go Sand Springs "leaders". Continue on your path to mediocrity.

[Conan71]

I can understand your frustration with this, but city leaders can't make the minds up for potential developers.  If the demographics, market trends, and pops aren't there at the moment, it would be foolish to build there.  What's the other alternative?  Jack Sand Springs' sales tax rate again and start building blindly?

I think the big retail developers are going to be tepid to commit to any major projects in the next year, as retail numbers are not expanding at a geat rate this year.  Higher steel and fuel prices aren't helping that picture either.  It's a good piece of property and I'm sure something good will come of it, just not in the next year.

[Ibanez]

City leaders in Sand Springs. Oh man that is comedy gold!

That good ol boy network that runs that town is so entrenched that it would take a nuke to blast them out of the rut they are in.

I mean they do have a councilman who's claim to fame is that he played for Henry Iba at OSU, but I've never really understood how that helps with city government. Helped him get elected though.

[roscoe]

Any word on what is going to be the anchor store fro this project?

[breitee]

No, it is "confidential". Also known as bull**** on a platter.

[Ibanez]

quote:Originally posted by roscoe

Any word on what is going to be the anchor store fro this project?

Knowing the leadership in Sand Springs it will either be a Big Lots or a Cheapo Depot.

[Conan71]

There was a big story in WSJ yesterday about Steve & Barry's one of the faster-growing mall retailers.  Pretty interesting insight into the payola required of the landlord to get a major anchor and attract smaller stores.

This is simply not a good time for retail to be expanding.  I'm willing to bet the project in Jenks gets shelved for a couple to three more years, due to nervousness over national economics and what the price of gas is doing to retail industries.

I'm usually the last to buy into "sky is falling" rhetoric, but this could be a very brutal year for retail.  

[Nik]

Update: http://www.ci.sand-springs.ok.us/news-entry.php?cat=1063&month=7&year=2008&id=1155#entry1155

[breitee]

quote:Originally posted by Nik

Update: http://www.ci.sand-springs.ok.us/news-entry.php?cat=1063&month=7&year=2008&id=1155#entry1155

More doubletalk bull****!

[roscoe]

TO:         Media

CONTACT:      Douglas Enevoldsen, 246-2502



September 15, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE




Lowe's to Anchor River City Crossing Development




A Lowe's home improvement store will anchor Sand Springs' River City Crossing development at Highway 97 and the Sand Springs Expressway.

The 120,000 sq. ft. store will be located on the east end of the development toward Main Street and will face south toward Morrow Road. Other retail stores will continue to fill out the development to the west. Restaurants are expected to occupy several out parcels along Morrow Road.

Site preparation should begin by early 2009, and the center is expected to open in 2010.

[breitee]

Finally some news!

[TheArtist]

I thought the original intention of this redevelopment plan was to connect main street to the river. I thought they wanted to create a nice, pedestrian friendly, retail/shopping and dining district from the upper part of town down to the river parks area? So far its not sounding as if thats what they are doing. Not bad to have a Lowes if its behind outparcel buildings that are up to the street and sidewalk. But I get the sinking feeling they arent going to have the sense to do that.

Lot of my first generation US/Tulsa relatives used to live in the Sand Springs area. Lot of history there. They were the Morrows, aka Morrow Road. Sand Springs has a lot of potential. Sad to think they will screw this opportunity up by simply placing the buildings in the wrong place to take advantage of the potential this corridor could have.

[breitee]

Sand Springs Lowe's may cause problems for small family business

Last Update: 9/16 9:36 pm  

Home improvement giant Lowe's is coming to Sand Springs. The store will anchor a new commercial development. City leaders say the project will bring jobs and added tax revenue to the city, as well as revitalize an area that used be occupied by blighted homes and businesses.

But not everyone is excited about the store. For the past 54 years Morrow-Gill Lumber Company has served residents of Sand Springs. Current owner Victoria Sisney tells 2NEWS, "My dad Dale Morrow started this company and worked here everyday until he was 90. And he was a kind of legend unto himself. He was the mayor of Sand Springs and they named Morrow Road after him."

The new Lowe's store will be built on Morrow, just across the railroad tracks from the lumber company. Sisney hopes her family's business will be able to survive so close to such a large competitor. "It does make you a little bit nervous you know. But God has blessed us here. And if it's his will that we stay, then we will make it. So we're just going to do our best to take care of our customers and hope they keep coming."

City Manager Doug Enevoldsen believes small businesses will survive the competition. He calls the development an asset to Sand Springs. Enevoldsen says, "The Vision 2025 investment came in and help clean up an old blighted neighborhood. And it's going to convert that to a retail shopping and dinning center. And that will literally pay for itself, the investment over multiple years in the future to enhance the Tulsa County tax base."



If Morrow Gill lowers their pricing and beefs up customer service they MIGHT survive, if not, they are DOOMED!