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Originally Posted by HomrQT
I wonder if any of recent history's other major projects like the Spire were as riddled with lawsuits and issues as this one has been.
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What planet are you living on? There are a couple liens for unpaid bills, a couple of which have turned into suits. They are just trying to cope with the recession-depression like everyone else. Yes that includes their faraway lender hitting the rocks.
You need to turn around 180 degrees and realize this is one of the most
spectacularly smoothly-progressing mega projects in the US's recent history. (Whether they'll find condo buyers is another -- business -- issue, and not a political or legal issue.) This is what Chicago does, and does well. The mayor supports it, the alderman supports it, the local community supports it (exc. a couple of miniscule bumps as always). A semi-highway (LSD) was readily and smoothly modified for it. The public, and critics, are in love with the design. The architect is in love with the city, and refined his design many times so it was perfect and local-history-alluding. He even threw in a bridge design to boot. The developer, a foreigner, is in love with the city. He is friendly with the mayor. The unions love (will love) this project. The engineering and construction trades relish the work and the challenges.
If somehow you are hung up on things being "riddled" with problems, look at anything major in NYC (new WTC, transit hub, Television City 1980s-1990s, etc., etc.) or O'Hare OMP or Fourth Presbyterian or Lincoln Park 2520 in Chicago etc.