Evans-Fintube Roadmap to Redevelopment


Prepared: September 2015

Partners: City of Tulsa, Council of Development Finance Agencies

Summary: The Roadmap to Redevelopment was produced by the CDFA Brownfield Technical Assistance Program that aids brownfields communities on redevelopment and financing options. The Evans-Fintube site covers 22.3 acres north of Downtown and east of OSU-Tulsa. Formerly a steel manufacturing facility, the Evans-Fintube buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places as of December 2014. The document offers six recommendations and next steps on redevelopment:

  1. Strategies on relocating the WATCO Rail Yard
  2. Strategies and funding sources for implementing a site cleanup plan
  3. Supporting a tax increment financing district (TIF)
  4. Supporting a special assessment district overlay
  5. Staging for Development – including steps on how to establish financing criteria for future developers
  6. Planning for Evans-Fintube site improvements
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