Arrow Forge - Coming Soon to Broken Arrow
An innovation district is a physically connected, compact, and easily accessible area offering a variety of housing options, offices, and retail opportunities designed to reflect the increasingly collaborative and cross-sector nature of innovation. Innovation districts are driven by the concentration of leading-edge institutions and companies interconnected with start-ups, business incubators, and educational institutions. The mix of economic, physical, and social assets create a synergistic relationship between the diverse uses and user creating dynamic spaces to live, work, play, and innovate.
The proposed masterplan and inspiration/character images mark the culmination of a multi-year, multi-discipline effort of research, analysis, and design. While this is not the final iteration, it is a great milestone identifying a framework reflective of the characteristics that drive successful innovation districts with input from local and national partners ranging from development, engineering, city, and civic realms. The goals of the masterplan are to establish parameters and define a flexible infrastructure focused on facilitating a natural growth with emphasis on quality of life and cross-industrial collaboration.
Arrow Forge will be a 90 acre development at the corner of Florence and Olive. The BAEDC is spearheading the development for the City of Broken Arrow.
Interactive Layout
Hover over a number to see the name of an area. Click the numbers to read a more in depth description of the areas.
1. Office
Warm, inviting and dynamic materials with informal seating areas and landscaping provide areas of social connection and impromptu gatherings. Building facades with greater transparency, particularly at the ground level allows pedestrians to connect with the innovation activities inside. (55 Hudson Yards, New York, NY)
2. Incubator/Flex
Lush plantings, shading, and visual connections, coupled with reconfigurable seating arrangements promote eclectic mixing of diverse businesses and ideas. (The Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA)
3. Mixed Use
A greater concentration of activities and amenities diversify the economic strengths of the district while providing a mixture of convenience and destination “hot spots”. The character of mixed use spaces is defined by formalized areas that promote density and walkability. (Innovation QNS, New York, NY)
4. Retail
Larger outdoor spaces that interconnect these offerings provide flexibility and lends itself to multiple uses that are family-friendly and walkable. Restaurants, coffee shops, and local retail are neighborhood-building amenities. Transparent facades and shaded outdoor spaces next to buildings activate the urban experience. (Highline Park, Houston, TX)
5. Hotel
Select service and boutique hotels offer connectivity to the development by providing an amenity that is authentic to the site. (Monarch City, Allen, TX)
6. Food Hall
Large open public spaces around this central hub become a destination for both informal gatherings and programmed events. A mix of offerings within this space elevates all surrounding activities and helps create synergy focused on social connectivity. (Horton Plaza, San Diego, CA)
7. Residential
A range of housing including multifamily apartments, town homes, and live-work units provide a unique variety of options and amenities within different settings. Live-work units capitalize on other retail opportunities, townhomes on the picturesque landscape, and multi-family on the social amenities available within a dense mixed-use neighborhood. (Wheeler District, Oklahoma City, OK)
8. Water Feature
A central water feature creates a focal point and active heart for the District. A range of urban edges to natural settings provide opportunities for gathering, socializing, and strolling. (Cypress Waters, DFW, TX)
9. Formal Green Space
Plazas, promenades, and lawns create a structured green environment that responds to adjacent densities of urban development and provides spaces for organized activities. (Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Houston, TX)
10. Informal Green Space
Green corridors and pocket parks create a walkable framework with passive recreation opportunities including walking, biking, and immersion in nature. (Guangzhou Innovation Park, Guangzhou, China)
2. Incubator/Flex Space
Lush plantings, shading, and visual connections, coupled with reconfigurable seating arrangements promote eclectic mixing of diverse businesses and ideas. (The Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA)
10. Informal Green Space
Green corridors and pocket parks create a walkable framework with passive recreation opportunities including walking, biking, and immersion in nature. (Guangzhou Innovation Park, Guangzhou, China)
10. Informal Green Space
Green corridors and pocket parks create a walkable framework with passive recreation opportunities including walking, biking, and immersion in nature. (Guangzhou Innovation Park, Guangzhou, China)
5. Hotel
Select service and boutique hotels offer connectivity to the development by providing an amenity that is authentic to the site. (Monarch City, Allen, TX)
7. Residential
A range of housing including multifamily apartments, town homes, and live-work units provide a unique variety of options and amenities within different settings. Live-work units capitalize on other retail opportunities, townhomes on the picturesque landscape, and multi-family on the social amenities available within a dense mixed-use neighborhood. (Wheeler District, Oklahoma City, OK)
7. Residential
A range of housing including multifamily apartments, town homes, and live-work units provide a unique variety of options and amenities within different settings. Live-work units capitalize on other retail opportunities, townhomes on the picturesque landscape, and multi-family on the social amenities available within a dense mixed-use neighborhood. (Wheeler District, Oklahoma City, OK)
8. Water Feature
A central water feature creates a focal point and active heart for the District. A range of urban edges to natural settings provide opportunities for gathering, socializing, and strolling. (Cypress Waters, DFW, TX)
9. Formal Green Space
Plazas, promenades, and lawns create a structured green environment that responds to adjacent densities of urban development and provides spaces for organized activities. (Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Houston, TX)
9. Formal Green Space
Plazas, promenades, and lawns create a structured green environment that responds to adjacent densities of urban development and provides spaces for organized activities. (Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Houston, TX)
