Downtown Midtown Adult Superstore purchased by Elliot Nelson, David Sharp

[LeGenDz]

Downtown building housing adult superstore purchased by Elliot Nelson, David Sharp

Tulsa developer David Sharp and restaurant entrepreneur Elliot Nelson have purchased the building that houses the New Midtown Adult Superstore, the "adult entertainment" emporium at 319 E. Third St.
What the new owners plan to do with the building is still under consideration, but it is highly unlikely that they will continue "business as usual."

"David and I have both been invested in that neighborhood for a long time," Nelson said. "And when that building came up for sale, we didn't want to let it get away.

"Right now, we haven't any plans for the short term — we just closed on the deal (on Jan. 31) — but I think that the long-term plan is to do a full historic renovation of the building, to get it back down to its historic structure."

The New Midtown Adult Superstore continues in operation. The person who answered the phone said the store's manager would not be able to comment until later in the week, adding that he knew about the sale, but had not been told of any potential closing.

According to Tulsa County Assessor records, the property was valued as of Jan. 28 of this year at $1,417,200. In addition to Sharp and Nelson, the deed lists Brian M. Elliott of BMAK LLC. as a third owner.
The building at 319 E. Third St. was once the Elgin Hotel, which Nelson said that Sharp had operated in the 1970s.

"I've seen pictures of what it was like back in the day, and it's really a cool brick building underneath all that stucco that's on the facade now," Nelson said. "The downstairs is, obviously, not in great shape, but the upstairs is pretty well-preserved, in a weird way.

"The owners never did anything with the upper floor," he said. "They closed off all the stairways, so nobody has been up there for years."

The building opened as the Midtown Art Theatre, specializing in showing X-rated movies, in 1981.
In 2007, the current facade was overlaid on the building, and the name changed to the New Midtown Adult Superstore.

In 2000, the city of Tulsa sought to deny renewing the Midtown's licenses to operate its adult-oriented businesses, which included an adult bookstore, adult motion picture theater and adult mini-motion picture theater.

The owners sued, and in 2001 the city settled, acknowledging that the licensing provision used to deny licenses for the theater portion of the business had been found unconstitutional in other courts.

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Has anyone actually ever been to the Midtown Adult Superstore?

Asking for a friend......

Seriously though, how has that place stayed in business with the internet existing the last 25 years?

[dbacksfan 2.0]

Has anyone actually ever been to the Midtown Adult Superstore?

Asking for a friend......

Seriously though, how has that place stayed in business with the internet existing the last 25 years?

Who knows. IIRC It's been there since the 70's at least.

[LeGenDz]

Old pic of how it used to look and how I'm assuming they will try to restore it back to.

[Urban Enthusiast]

That's great news!  I wonder what the final product will be?  I'm sure they'll do the building justice.

[SXSW]

Eliot Nelson is also involved in the Rose Pawn building on the same block.  Not sure how he keeps up with everything he owns/develops.  This combined with the new building by the Blue Dome and renovation of the Dome itself will be a major upgrade for this stretch of Elgin.