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Originally Posted by ardecila
Dallas built a similar park at half the size (5.5 acres vs 11) for $110M, and is still raising additional funds to build certain amenities within the park. Plus, Dallas is a city with low construction costs, due in part to the use of non-union labor, which Chicago has very high construction costs for public projects.
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Was the Dallas highway cap a full public sector project or was it private sector driven? I am extremely skeptical of Mr. Fifield's numbers as well... but I have never seen a project like this attempted by a private organization.