Six holes of the Cherokee Hills Golf Course will be relocated for the new development, which will stretch west from the Hard Rock and is scheduled to begin construction in mid-2015 and be completed in late 2016, said Stephen Coslik, chairman of Woodmont Outlets. He said he had been looking at the Tulsa area “from afar” for the past two years.

“Given the upturn in the overall economies of Texas, Oklahoma, we felt that it was time to re-explore the Tulsa market,” Coslik said. “… What we saw the Cherokee Nation offering in terms of the casino, in terms of the 3 million guests that come here every year that are potential shoppers, we thought it was just a natural marriage made in heaven.”

The proposed development is projected to create 1,000 permanent jobs and hundreds of additional jobs during the construction phase, according to the news release. Once complete, it is expected to generate $120 million in sales annually and attract 2 million additional visitors to the area annually.