Greenheck Buys Owasso's Empty Macy's Center and Plans 700 Jobs

Published: September 22, 2026 | By LocalJobPage Team

TULSA, OK — The biggest building in Owasso spent this spring going quiet. Macy's shut its fulfillment center there on March 28 after nearly twelve years, and 1.3 million square feet on the north end of Tulsa County went dark. It has a buyer now, and the buyer makes things.

Greenheck Group is putting roughly $300 million into turning the former Macy's site into a manufacturing plant, and says it expects to add more than 700 jobs there over the next five years.

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📍 At a Glance

Company	Greenheck Group
Site	Former Macy's fulfillment center, Owasso
Size	1.3 million square feet on 72 acres
Investment	About $300 million
New jobs	700 plus, over five years
Timeline	Building work targeted for spring 2027, production after
Industry	Commercial air movement and conditioning equipment
Hiring now	No headcount announced yet

What Will Come Out of the Building

Greenheck Group is a Wisconsin maker of commercial air movement and conditioning equipment: the fans, dampers, louvers and kitchen ventilation that move air through schools, hospitals, restaurants and apartments. Not glamorous, which is close to the point: every new clinic needs it.

The company is no stranger here. It opened its Tulsa campus in 2017 and grew it to eight buildings and roughly 850,000 square feet, with more than 900 people in them. Owasso would more than double that footprint, and in its own announcement Greenheck put the new site under fifteen minutes from the campus it runs today.

Why That Particular Empty Building

The Macy's center was built for volume. It broke ground in 2014, covers 72 acres, and ran about 1,500 regular workers at full tilt, up toward 2,500 in the holiday crush. Notice went out in January; the doors closed March 28.

A shell that size does not sit idle long in a metro that still builds things. The Tulsa Regional Chamber announced the purchase in early September. Chamber CEO Mike Neal said the company "made Tulsa a promise in 2017, and it has exceeded it exponentially."

⚠️ Read This Before You Start Applying

The part that matters if you need work this month: nobody is hiring 700 people in Owasso right now.

Building work is targeted for spring 2027, production after that, and the 700 figure is spread across five years rather than one hiring class. Greenheck has not announced a first-wave headcount, published a wage, or opened a plant-specific application. Get ready; do not wait by the phone.

What is real today is the Tulsa campus already running with 900-plus people and posting openings on its official careers site. Hiring on there now is the surest route in before Owasso staffs up.

💼 The Jobs a Plant Like This Runs On

No role list has been published for Owasso, so treat this as the shape of the work. Sheet metal fabrication and assembly sit at the center. Around that: welders, machine operators, paint and finishing, quality inspectors, material handlers, maintenance techs and industrial electricians, plus the supervisors, planners, IT and HR staff any plant that size carries.

Most can be entered without a four-year degree, and several reward a Tulsa Tech or Tulsa Community College certificate more than an unrelated resume. If you have been weighing a welding or maintenance credential, the timing is good.

🔎 Where to Aim Right Now

Owasso is a 2027 story, but Tulsa County manufacturing is hiring this week and the skills overlap. Build the resume while the plant is still a construction project.

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Questions Tulsa Job Seekers Are Asking

When will Greenheck start hiring for the Owasso plant?

No hiring date has been announced. Building work is targeted for spring 2027 with production shortly after, so staffing news would come ahead of that.

What does the Owasso plant pay?

Greenheck has not published wages for the new facility, and we will not guess a number.

Is this the same building Macy's used?

Yes, the 1.3 million square foot center Macy's closed on March 28 after nearly twelve years.

Do I need manufacturing experience to get in later?

For assembly and material handling, usually not. For welding, maintenance and electrical work, employers here want a credential or documented experience.

Be in the System Before the Plant Opens

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