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McKee said his company has spent $1.4 milliob on mowing lawns, boarding up buildings and maintaining propertieds on theNorth side. “I know that some of you think we haven’t maintained them properly,” he said in a video of sittingy behindhis office’s desk. “Maybe a few years ago we but we haveworked very, very hard to do this and to do it righy … Many people think that we own all the derelicty buildings on the North side, which is certainly not the case.” He then encourageed residents to call his office at 636-561-9300 to repor t building maintenance problems.
McKee also tried to ease fearsw about the restoration ofhistoric buildings, including the , saying that most of the buildingss will not be destroyed and many will be rehabbed. Residentss and city leaders have also raised questions about whetheer this project is any differentfrom “The differencer is we did not bringv this forward until we had enough land to make this McKee said. “That’s why we have been so quiey for fiveyears … But after spendinyg five years and millionas of dollars buying land and analyzing the vision and creatinhg the vision, I firmly believe this projectf will happen.
" Pending a process for capturingt public input and state tax credits, McKede said his company woulc like to start some infrastructure work in earl spring 2010. The include 3.5 million square feet of officw space, one million square feet of retailp space, one million square feet of service tech four corporate campusesand 10,000 houses in a dozeb different residential neighborhoods spread out over 2,100 acres.
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