Jason Collington

Tulsa World Executive Editor

One of Business Reporter Michael Dekker’s weekly tasks is looking at local building permits.

It’s one of the first places in open records that you can see what’s being built next. By looking at the permits, Dekker broke news earlier this year when he found out downtown was finally getting a grocery store after a decades-long wait. That story was the most read for days.

His story on the permits highlighting the renovation of the Brookside Reasor’s and the new yoga fashion retailer coming to Utica Square was the second most popular story on Sunday.

If you see something being built around town, it’s likely been explained in this weekly feature, which appears in the Business section each Sunday in print and online.

But we are always looki

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