[markson33]

Um, guys... you know that Buncher has set aside more than enough room to expand the convention center? There are two lots between the convention center and the Seagate building that would probably be enough land to almost double the convention center in size. I would imagine that they will remain parking lots into perpetuity.

Gateway View Plaza is certainly ugly, but it is also a very successful development. The building is full. When and if the property ever reaches a point where it would be more valuable as something else, I would think Buncher would do that.

Saying that that building, or Buncher's buildings in the strip are poor uses of land is revisionist history. For many years nobody would have had any interest in those sites for other uses. I'm not trying to make the argument that they aren't ugly, just that, when they were built, they both served their purpose and have been successful investments for Buncher (and provided a fair amount of real estate taxes for the city).