TDA trustees terminate several land-sale contracts, approve quitclaim deed for 269 East Street

Tulsa Development Authority trustees voted on several land-disposition items Thursday, approving a quitclaim deed for a small lot and terminating multiple contracts after developers ran into sewer, financing or supplier problems.

The actions included a resolution terminating a contract with Haskell Homes for a lot at 269 East Street and approval to execute a quitclaim deed transferring a small, remnant lot (5,250 square feet) to an adjacent property owner. Trustees also approved termination of contracts tied to projects on North Lewis Place and East Zion Place and approved a new sale and redevelopment contract for 2201 North Lewis Place with Haskell Homes LLC.

The terminations were presented to the trustees as mutually agreed in each case, with staff saying the primary reasons included an inability to tap into a sewer line at 269 East Street, developers’ failure to obtain construction financing for a North Lewis project, and the loss of a modular supplier for a project at 346 East Zion Place. A staff member asked that the minutes “reflect this is by mutual agreement.”

Trustees’ rationale and next steps Trust staff told the board the lot at 269 East Street had been buildable but that the…