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Old Posted Oct 22, 2016, 2:42 PM
TimeAgain TimeAgain is offline
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Originally Posted by Northwest View Post
Sorry if this is already well known, but I seem to remember Calatrava was paid something like $11 million for the design and engineering work for the Spire at this site.
Were the design rights and working plans for that design transferred to Related in the bankruptcy proceedings? I doubt it would happen, but if Related owns the Calatrava design, could they simply continue with it? Or is that somehow ruled out?
After all, the foundation work in the ground right now is perfect for the 2008 version Spire, and the superstar architect already got paid. Why not use it?
Related has already gone on record multiple times stating that they will not be building the Spire.
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