Eastgate Metroplex

[mrB]

quote:

TBJ Article  

University of Phoenix to Move Tulsa Campus to Eastgate Metroplex

Tulsa Business Staff
5/7/2008

The University of Phoenix will relocate its Tulsa campus to Eastgate Metroplex, officials announced today.

The university will move from its current location at 10810 E. 45th St. to Eastgate Metroplex, the former site of Eastland Mall at 14002 E. 21st St., sometime in the fall...

http://tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aid=47238

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by mrB

quote:

TBJ Article  

University of Phoenix to Move Tulsa Campus to Eastgate Metroplex

Tulsa Business Staff
5/7/2008

The University of Phoenix will relocate its Tulsa campus to Eastgate Metroplex, officials announced today.

The university will move from its current location at 10810 E. 45th St. to Eastgate Metroplex, the former site of Eastland Mall at 14002 E. 21st St., sometime in the fall...

http://tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aid=47238

Aaah, this will be a nice tennant for them.

[mrB]

quote:

Workforce Oklahoma to Relocate to Eastgate Metroplex
By Tulsa Business Staff - 6/24/2008

The Tulsa office of Workforce Oklahoma has announced its relocation to the Eastgate Metroplex, 14002 E. 21st St., and has signed a seven-year lease with the facility.

Workforce Oklahoma, created under the federal Workforce Investment Act, is a training and education development system and currently offices in the Skyline Center, located west of Memorial Drive, north of 51st Street.

Construction on the $1 million remodel has begun and scheduled to be completed this fall. The Workforce Oklahoma office will be located in between the main entrance of Eastgate Metroplex and the University of Phoenix, which announced its relocation to the facility in May. The university will occupy 40,000 SF in the Metroplex, a multi-use center with over 800,000 SF.

The 22,000-SF space occupied by Workforce Oklahoma will house 60 employees.


Tulsa Business Journal, Copyright © 2008, All Rights Reserved.  

http://www.tulsabusiness.com/article.asp?aID=34419825.1728129.616993.1777705.7580515.669&aID2=47452

I believe TBJ had the location wrong.
Workforce Oklahoma
Tulsa Skyline Center
6128 E 38th St - Suite 405
Tulsa, OK 74135
Telephone: (918) 384-2300
FAX: (918) 384-2310
Email: manager.skyline@oesc.state.ok.us

Assuming it's not their downtown location.
Tulsa Downtown Career  Center
2 North Elgin
Tulsa, OK 74120
Telephone: (918) 596-7200
FAX: (918) 596-9999
Email: manager.hartford@oesc.state.ok.us

[sgrizzle]

They had one digit off, the skyline center is north of 41st, not 51st.

[mrB]

quote:
Jenks driver's test site to move

by: JEFF BILLINGTON World Staff Writer
7/4/2008  12:00 AM


The facility is being moved to the Eastgate Metroplex in east Tulsa.


JENKS â€" A state driver's license testing facility located here since 1972 will move to a Tulsa site this fall, officials said.

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety's driver's license testing site at 529 W. A St. will move Nov. 1 to a new location at the Eastgate Metroplex near 21st Street and 145th East Avenue, said Karen Gentry, director of the Driver's License Examining Division for the Department of Public Safety.

"They notified us last year that they would like to use the building for other uses," Gentry said. "But they also gave us enough time to be able to search for a new site."

Jenks City Attorney Stephen Oakley said the building and land are owned by the Jenks Industrial Authority, which signed an agreement with the Department of Public Safety in 1972 to lease it for $1 a year.

The last lease expired in June 2007, and in July, the city notified the Department of Public Safety that the authority didn't want to continue the agreement, he said.

"Because of our own growth and because of the Police Department's growth, we found we need the area there," Oakley said. "We've had a good relationship with them; we've grown and we need the space."

Oakley said officials didn't offer another location within Jenks because the city didn't have a site that would fit the facility's needs.

"We asked them if they could find another location in the area, and we didn't have any city property to offer them," he said.

City Manager Mike Tinker said the current facility takes up about a quarter of a city block and is too small for the traffic the Department of Public Safety receives.

The city also is building an addition to the top floor of nearby City Hall, and with the city's growth, the complex is running out of room and parking spaces.

"In 1970, our population was around 2,500 and now it's more like 15,000," Tinker said. "We've got more people coming to City Hall, and we now need that space. It wasn't an eviction or anything like that; we just asked if there was a possibility that they might relocate to a larger facility."

Once the Department of Public Safety moves from the Jenks location, the city will use the space to expand the offices of the Police Department.

"I think that the building is a structurally sound building, and we would like to move the uniform patrol there. We're just busting at the seams in the Police Department, and we really need the space," Tinker said.

The new 6,000-square-foot facility at the Eastgate Metroplex also will house a Driver's Compliance Division for suspensions and reinstatements and a Department of Public Safety legal office, services not offered at the Jenks location.

"With the budget shortfalls this year, we had to go out and find a place that was cost- effective for us, and Eastgate was willing to work with us specifically," Gentry said.

In 2007, the Jenks Department of Public Safety office handled 40,479 transactions.

Gentry said those numbers could double or possibly triple with the extra services offered at the new facility.

Copyright © 2008, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved

Link to original Tulsa World article >

The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety has finally found their 'target market'!

[T Badd]

There's been good progress being made on the renovation of the old Mervyn's building into the new University of Phoenix. There's also a space just to the east of there that they're working the a new facade (maybe the driver's license facility). Mickey's finally had their old faded/torn awning removed and it's being replaced by an arch similar to the entrance. Also, I've seen a LOT of recent activity outside of the former Dillards (electrical and plumbing trucks). Wonder if they've signed a new tenant, or if they're just preparing things for a prospective tenant. It's great to see so much renovation and repurposing taking place at the former Eastland Mall location.

[bmuscotty]

Alorica is relocating to Eastgate.

[Townsend]

Spirit Bank files foreclosure lawsuit on old Eastland Mall property

http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/spirit-bank-files-foreclosure-lawsuit-on-old-eastland-mall-property#ixzz272SF7T8u

TULSA - Spirit Bank has filed a foreclosure suit against the developers of the old Eastland Mall property.

In court documents filed Tuesday, Spirit Bank alleges the owners of Eastgate Metroplex owe more than $2.4 million, plus interest, on a loan from September 2008.

The suit alleges the developers are in default of the loan, which matured July 1, 2012.

The initial loan was for $2.38 million and the property was offered as collateral.

The bank is asking to recoup their lost money as well as attorneys' fees and court costs through a sheriff's sale of the property.

The remaining proceeds of the sale will be divvied up among the property owners.

Eastgate Metroplex is currently being used as office space for companies including Coca Cola Refreshments and Community Action Project of Tulsa County.


Read more: http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/spirit-bank-files-foreclosure-lawsuit-on-old-eastland-mall-property#ixzz272TEFuyk

[rdj]

As is always the case, there is a story.  They'll be fine.  Somebody needs to shrink their assets...

[Townsend]

As is always the case, there is a story.  They'll be fine.  Somebody needs to shrink their assets...

Got a fat asset?

[Hoss]

Got a fat asset?

This will be interesting for my former employer as they were set to move there in December.  Not sure what that does to the move now.  I've heard from sources that while the company is telling their employees to expect the move, that a contract hasn't even been signed yet.

[BKDotCom]

Is Coca~Cola still out there?

[Hoss]

Is Coca~Cola still out there?

Last time I was out there (about 6 weeks ago) it was.

[BKDotCom]

Last time I was out there (about 6 weeks ago) it was.

Came back to answer my own question...
TW article's story photo:

[rdj]

This foreclosure is only for the Dillards property.  Spirit has another $25MM+ in loans on the property.  The primary investor in this project could write a check and pay it down.  In fact, he might have more personal liquid capital than the bank that is foreclosing on this project...