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Downtown Housing Survey Now Available
study
A comprehensive study is now underway to evaluate and document the
market demand for housing in Tulsa's downtown urban neighborhoods.
Tulsa residents are invited to participate in an online survey
which is a key part of data collection for the study.
According to Bruce Bolzle, chairman of the Tulsa Economic
Development Commission, the completed study will be a useful tool
to attract urban housing developers to the community. It will also
serve as supporting evidence of the need for proposed housing
projects, Bolzle said.
To participate in the survey, go to http://www.cdsmr.com/surveymaps/tulsasurvey.html.
At the site, please complete the web-based survey and then click
submit. The survey will be available through November 23. Your
input is critical to the accuracy and success of the study.
A telephone survey will also be conducted during November.
Tulsa's Economic Development Commission determined that a survey
of downtown housing was among the greatest current downtown
development needs, and decided to commission the survey at the Fall
2008 retreat.
The focus of the study will be downtown urban neighborhoods:
Brady Heights/OSU, Owen Park/Crosby Heights, Riverview/Uptown,
Central Park and the Urban Core.
After a detailed search, the EDC selected CDS Market Research |
Spillette Consulting to conduct the survey, The final report, due
early in 2010, will contain detailed analysis of demand and
recommendations of housing type, size, sale price or rent targets
and target tenant/buyer profiles.
CDS/Spillette has conducted similar studies for the cities of
Austin, Houston and Oklahoma City, among many others, and has
worked for such outstanding development firms as Trammell Crow,
Cordish Companies and Post Properties as well as the organization,
Urban Land Institute.
