Economic Development
Downtown Housing Survey Now Available
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.
City Now Taking Proposals for Downtown Development
Approximately $769,000 in Vision2025 funds is available for
downtown residential development. Funds are to be spent on
promoting economic vitality within Tulsa's Central Business
District in the form of housing. For more information, read the
full Request for Proposal.
Download the full Request for Proposal
Downtown Ballpark
ONEOK Field will benefit the entire metropolitan area by
creating new jobs, bringing in more visitors and visitor dollars,
increasing property values resulting in increased property tax
revenues and increasing sales tax revenues of which the county
receives 1.417 percent. To continue to rank among the best in the
nation, Tulsa and the metropolitan area must continue to invest in
growing and improving the community. Economic development and the
resulting new jobs, tax revenues and business opportunities benefit
everyone.
Ballpark
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