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Originally Posted by innov8
Did they say anything about whether this plan would all be built by one
developer or would it be built by several? My fear from the start
has been that if one team doe's the whole rail yard, the whole neighborhood
will look very similar. It would be cool to see it broken up with a variety
of architecture and themes by several developers for the different districts.
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I read Towerdistrict's response and that does surprise me. With a project this complex and expensive - and so much of that expense up-front - I expected Thomas to sell off some to other developers and act as a master developer to both generate cash-flow and to create more architecturally diverse neighborhoods. But, if they're aware of the issue and are convinced they can deal with it appropriately, this is a team that has, so far, earned the benefit of the doubt.
Also, re. moving the station: using the existing station as a front with long tubes to connect with the platforms or something along those lines could work very well: think of the neon tubes in the Untied terminal at O'Hare. It's spectacular and I'm sure is a shorter longer distance than what we'd need at the Intermodal station.