Kingham said he thinks the outlet planned for west Tulsa by Simon Property is a “certainty,” given the credibility of that national developer and its closeness to Tulsa Hills.

“The fact that it’s one mile from Tulsa Hills — the biggest retail success in Tulsa in 30 years after Woodland Hills — I think that one, you could count on,” Kingham said. “But, I don’t see three of them.”

But as Kingham added, “Lots of things are possible.”

Back in 2008 or 2009, when Tulsa Hills was just starting, a lot of people in commercial real estate “thought they were nuts,” said Raymond Lord, a partner in the commercial properties division of NAI Petrous. The Tulsa area was coming out of a bad economy and people questioned if there were enough rooftops in that area to justify the development of a shopping center in west Tulsa.

“Then, you jump forward to 2014 — look at the success at the center. That has put Tulsa on the radar of pretty much every large retail developer in the region,” Lord said.

Developers look for new and upcoming markets, and Tulsa’s is strong, dynamic and there is a huge demand for retailers.