[Perklol]

Originally Posted by ithakas

I have a question for people more well-versed in these things – in a case where a new developer takes over a high-profile site/project like this, what prevents the new developer from pursuing the original project? Intellectual property rights? And if they did want to build the Spire, is there a way they could reimburse Kelleher for his work on this/architects' fees for the right to?

Not that I believe Related would do this, as their track record has shown them to be extremely conservative and this is a wildly ambitious project, but it seems they have the deep pockets and international marketing savvy to make this happen if they wanted to.

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Originally Posted by untitledreality

You should probably take an economics course.