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That's residential, right?

Its a huge footprint. Im understanding it was the site of Tulsa's first post office?

So it sounds like GolfSuites tried to buy the property, but OneFire/Muscogee Nation refused to sell, and GolfSuites are in breach of contract for withholding rent payments over who is responsible for maintaining the facility. To me the maintenance issue would be GolfSuites because of the specific use for the facility but that's just my opinion.

But it also sounds like Muscogee sees it as a losing business once TopGolf builds a facility at River Spirit that will also, depending on passage of sports betting, include a sports book along with the driving range.

Le Belle Restaurant & Events, which was one of the Tulsa World's top new restaurants of 2023, announced Friday that it is closing.

The restaurant, located at 400 Riverwalk Terrace in the Jenks Riverwalk Crossing, is the latest business in this complex to close in recent weeks.

A letter signed by "Le Belle Management" and posted Friday to the Le Belle Facebook page stated: "After careful consideration and evaluation of various factors, including challenges with our landlords over commitments made to us that were not achieved, it is with heavy hearts that we announce the closure of Le Belle Restaurant & Events on the Riverwalk Crossing."

Le Belle Restaurant & Events opened in the spring of 2023, taking over a space that had been occupied by Maryn’s Taphouse & Raw Bar.

Another popular restaurant in the Jenks Riverwalk, The Bramble Breakfast & Bar, announced its closure in February.
https://tulsaworld.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/jenks-riverwalk-crossing/article_f2d709fa-095f-11ef-80a4-e33459b854be.html

The lack of landscaping during the Cherry Street street scape project completed a couple years ago continues to be a huge missed opportunity.  Maybe they could add some raised planters in some areas but it would need to be a coordinated effort by the local business org.

Just some observations I have about Cherry Street and the new developments, coming from someone who hung out on occasion at Black Forest back in the early 80's, shopped at Sound Warehouse when it was on the north east corner of 15th and Peoria, and Mi Cocina was still a Piggly Wiggly. I remember the battle between the home owners that lived where the BA is and the the battle over where the south east corner of the IDL is. IIRC one of the biggest opponents was Vince Sposato who was the Streets Commissioner in the 60's and 70's.

Before I moved away in 1998 it was really good to see that area coming back to life and I liked the character that it had. There was a lot going on, but it had that neighborhood feel. In the times that I have been back since 2017, to me it seems to have lost some of that feel, and the newer 3 and 4 story buildings just don't fit to me. I know that where Smoke is, is an original building, and yes the Subway building wasn't really anything special, but another 3 or 4 story just looks out of place. It's also my feeling about the area of 33rd and Peoria where the BOk building is that there have been 4 to 5 story buildings proposed. To me it just doesn't fit.

I guess just being a curmudgeon, it just seems to have lost something to me.

The picture looks like two stories and a third deck floor, but the steel going up looks like 4 floors.

Drove by the Hatch location. The Steel structure is up... it's much taller than I expected. Its going to significantly change the feel of Cherry St.

I drove by this morning and was shocked to see the steel structure already up.  I'm with you, it's much taller than I expected.  I like how Cherry Streets is feeling more and more urban. 

Now if Only the city would buy the lots for hideaway and turn it into multistory parking before the businesses flatten more housing like behind Roosevelt's and Hemingway.

Drove by the Hatch location. The Steel structure is up... it's much taller than I expected. Its going to significantly change the feel of Cherry St.

If you are a hillbilly family livestreaming your own senseless demise, at least avoid shooting vertical video...

"We're coming off exit 15 and there is a tornado right here. And s–––'s flying everywhere," the wife yelled expletives into the phone.
"It's tearing s––– apart everywhere. We just ran over some pieces of truck. I think the car is f––––– up."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXc8EvD2Pr4
https://www.facebook.com/jesse.rossi/videos/436821262282387?idorvanity=133281796448805
https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/tornado-huge-debris-storm-chasers-marietta