A bad mall plan’s details are revealed, and it still looks pretty bad

The outlet mall at Turkey Mountain would degrade quality of life for Tulsa. Notice I didn’t say an outlet mall on its own is a bad thing. But rather an outlet mall in that location would degrade a real asset for the city, an area with more than 40 miles of wooded trails for hikers, cyclists, runners, geocachers and equestrians. Individuals and families go there to experience nature on its terms without having to drive out of the city. As it exists, the greater Turkey Mountain area is a prime site for people to get outside, exercise and get in tune with nature like no other place in the city. Plopping a mall on a chunk of that land would degrade the experience.

Click here to view Tulsa Premium Outlets Site Plan with wall detail

Upon reviewing the application submitted to INCOG we noticed an oversight and contacted INCOG for a missing drawing. INCOG was kind enough to send us the missing drawing. Please click the link above to view.

Please follow this link to view the webclip.

West Tulsa outlet mall plans submitted to Planning Commission

Tulsa Premium Outlets would cover more than 48 acres on the corner of U.S. 75 and West 61st Street and include more than 350,000 square feet of leasable space, according to the plans.
The only entrance to the mall would be off 61st Street.

Exploring Mooser Creek

In 2006, the City of Tulsa published future plans for southwest Tulsa, which included a lot of trail work. Part of the plan was for a trail system along Mooser Creek. I am in favor of this, although it looksd like they are doing a paved trail on the north bank and just a trail on the south bank. Would we really need both? Just the dirt trail would be fine by me. 🙂