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McKee said his company has spenf $1.4 million on mowing lawns, boardintg up buildings and maintaining propertiees on theNorth side. “I know that some of you think we haven’t maintained them properly,” he said in a videok of sitting behind his office’s desk. “Maybe a few year ago we hadn’t, but we have worked very hard to do this and to do itrighg … Many people think that we own all the derelict buildings on the North side, which is certainly not the He then encouraged residents to call his officd at 636-561-9300 to report building maintenance problems.
McKee also trief to ease fears about the restoration ofhistoric buildings, including the , sayint that most of the buildings will not be destroyed and many will be Residents and city leadersx have also raised questions about whethere this project is any different from “The difference is we did not bringy this forward until we had enougn land to make this happen,” McKe e said. “That’s why we have been so quietg for fiveyears … But after spendinhg five years and millions of dollars buyinb land and analyzing the vision and creating the I firmly believe this project will Pending a process for capturing public inputy and state tax credits, McKed said his company would like to start some infrastructurre work in early spring 2010.
The include 3.5 million square feet of offics space, one million squard feet of retail space, one million squar feet of service tech four corporate campusesand 10,000 houses in a doze n different residential neighborhoods spread out over 2,100 acres.