Oklahoma City is experiencing a surge in retail development projects, reshaping the city's landscape and offering a wide range of new experiences for residents and visitors alike. The OAK development, located across from Penn Square Mall, is a 20-acre mix of retail, office space, a Hilton Lively Hotel, new-to-market restaurants and luxury residences. It’s set to be completed later this year. “The design of this masterplan development creates connectivity, placemaking and is an example of the types of places retailers gravitate. It’s really important to have all these pieces fit together,” said Tammy Fate, the Chamber’s director of retail development and recruitment. “The people who are already shopping within that general corridor, can add the OAK to their trip while they’re shopping.” DIVERSE DEVELOPMENTS DRIVING OKLAHOMA CITY’S RETAIL RESURGENCE
and two new-to-market restaurants are also planned for the development. Flix Brewhouse, Chicken N Pickle and the new Dolese Bros. headquarters were some of the development’s first tenants. “You have a total of about 100 acres located off I-235 with over 100,000 cars per day. It’s a prime location to attract new concepts. It also encompasses a major medical corridor, and it’s halfway between Edmond and downtown Oklahoma City. That really creates a connection in a central place for people to gather,” Fate said. The $400 million OKANA Resort and Indoor Waterpark just east of the First Americans Museum is quickly taking shape and changing the landscape on the east side of downtown. The resort’s 11-story hotel recently had its topping-out ceremony, while work proceeds on the two-story indoor waterpark, 4.5-acre outdoor lagoon, conference center and other amenities. Several retail shops and restaurants will also be part of the mix. The resort is still on target to open in 2025. Two planned developments that have seen quite a bit of publicity here of late are The Boardwalk at Bricktown and Sunset Amphitheater projects. The Boardwalk at Bricktown is a mixed-use project that is planned for lower Bricktown that would include a 480-key Dream Hotel and a couple of residential towers, one of which could one day reach 1,907 feet in height, making it the tallest building in the United States. More than 100,000 square feet of commercial, retail and restaurant space would also be part of the mix. Friends participate in a Pickleball match at Chicken N Pickle, one of the first tenants of The Half development in North OKC. Several more retail businesses are set to be built on the 95-acre mixed-use development in the near future.
The Half, a 95-acre mixed-use development in north OKC (part of the American Fidelity campus) continues to expand. Construction on Andretti Indoor Karting and Games and the eight-story Skyline Hotel will begin soon, while the 325-unit multifamily apartments are close to being ready for occupancy. Several medical businesses The OAK retail development going up near Penn Square Mall is expected to be completed later this year. The 20- acre project will be a mix of retail, office space, a hotel, restaurants and residences.
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