Companies linked to the owners of Moore-based developer and builder Home Creations have proposed two new developments along prominent Norman corridors.
Sooner Village is a 56.54 acre development at the south east corner of Highway 9 and Jenkins Ave in south Norman.
Farzaneh J9 OZ Investments LLC and Highway 9 Jenkins M&J Investments LLC purchased the two tracts from Avara Pharmaceutical Technologies Inc. for $1.352 million in September 2020.
Following the purchase the land was cleared of a majority of the trees, leaving only the foliage around the outer edge of the parcel remaining.
The development proposes 9 lots including a gas station, mixed-use buildings, a hotel, apartments, townhomes, duplexes, self storage, and office/warehouse space.
Whispering Hill is a 40 acre development north of Indian Hills Road and east of 48th Avenue NW in northwest Norman.
Shaz Investment Group LLC has owned the land since purchase in March 2005 for $600,000. The proposal includes commercial uses, apartments, and duplexes.
Whispering Hill is just one of a handful of developments proposed along Indian Hills Road after the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s $5 Billion Access Oklahoma plan was unveiled in February 2022.
To the east of Whispering Hills Premium Land LLC (Homes by Taber) has proposed a similar mixed-use commercial, apartment, duplex, and single family development dubbed Redlands Addition. The 80-acre tract was purchased from Westpoint Developers in January 2021 for $4 million.
East of the Redlands Tract, Hallbrooke Addition Developer and Norman resident Trey Bates has proposed a commercial, office, apartment, townhome, and single family development dubbed Uplands Addition. The 130-acre tract, owned by Uplands Development Co LLC, was purchased in May 2004 for $1.6 million.
The East-West Connector, part of Access Oklahoma, proposes to connect the HE Bailey Turnpike north of Newcastle with a southern extension of the existing Kickapoo Turnpike to be built in East Norman along the current path of Indian Hills Road. The 28-mile long project is slated to have 11 exits and projected to cost $1.5 billion.
The OTA received approval from the Oklahoma Supreme Court in August 2023 to continue work on Access Oklahoma after a handful of factors, including pending litigation, halted the projects in April 2023.