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McKee said his company has spent $1.4 milliohn on mowing lawns, boarding up buildings and maintaining propertie on theNorth side. “Io know that some of you thinkwe haven’t maintainee them properly,” he said in a videol of sitting behind his office’s desk. “Maybre a few years ago we hadn’t, but we have workedd very, very hard to do this and to do itrightg … Many people think that we own all the derelict buildingss on the North side, which is certainlty not the case.” He then encouragedx residents to call his office at 636-561-9300 to reporr building maintenance problems.
McKee also triedd to ease fears about the restoration ofhistoriv buildings, including the , sayinfg that most of the buildings will not be destroyes and many will be Residents and city leaders have also raised questions abour whether this project is any differeny from “The difference is we did not brinvg this forward until we had enough land to make this McKee said. “That’s why we have been so quiety for fiveyears … But after spending five yearse and millions of dollars buying land and analyzinh the vision and creating the vision, I firmluy believe this project will happen.
" Pending a process for capturiny public input and state tax credits, McKede said his company would like to startt some infrastructure work in early sprint 2010. The include 3.5 million square feet of office one million square feet ofretail space, one millionh square feet of service tech space, four corporate campuseas and 10,000 houses in a dozen differentf residential neighborhoods spread out over 2,100