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Originally Posted by mark0
But it comes down to money and I think Chicago has big, institutional investors behind the names on the billboard and they got the pockets to buy up whole blocks whereas in NYC the land is so expensive and the developer pool so deep the footprints are just smaller.
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I think it has to do with having large areas for development. Doesn't Hudson Yards in NYC have a single master plan and primary developer?
Developers can create plans with genuine urban settings and the public can insist on it when making choices of where to live, spend time, etc. But if people want an LSE environment, then I imagine that is what developers will build.