OKC Plan, 2000-2020 - City of Oklahoma City

Regional Shopping Centers
The City of Oklahoma City makes a significant investment in taxpayer funds to support the
City’s three regional shopping centers. Support is provided in the form of roads, sewer and water,
ongoing maintenance, fire support, and other services provided directly to the centers and to the
catchments of residential development that provide the centers’ customers. In return, the City
benefits from the sales tax revenues generated by the centers.
The City’s mission is to protect and enhance this reciprocal cycle of mutual benefit as much
as it can (within its jurisdictional limitations) to ensure that the quality of life we enjoy in Oklahoma
City is maintained.
There are three regional shopping centers in Oklahoma City—Crossroads Mall,
Quail Springs Mall and Penn Square Mall. Each of these attracts large numbers of shoppers
annually, generating substantial sales tax revenues. By their presence, the malls act as a community
anchor, and therefore a construction generator since they provide a substantial incentive for
residential and other development within the mall’s customer catchment. Not insignificantly, the
malls also provide a form of “main street” social outlet for the suburban shopper.
Assets
High quality, diverse retail outlets
Primary generator of sales tax revenue
Primary generator of development in surrounding neighborhoods
Community anchor
Social meeting place
Direction
To sustain and enhance the viability of existing regional shopping centers wherever possible by
maintaining existing City services and infrastructure and providing additional services and
infrastructure when justified because of Center expansion or improvements.
Industrial Areas
Although manufacturing employment has been declining in recent years as a share of total
employment in our nation, the industrial sector remains a significant employer and generator of
wealth for many Oklahomans, and will no doubt continue to be so for the foreseeable future.
Following the oil bust of the mid-1980’s, Oklahoma City business and government leaders actively
worked to diversify our economy. The City will continue its efforts to foster new growth and a
diversified economy.
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