If it's such small f'ing potatoes, why doesn't Olympia drop its asinine case and build around them? Seems like a lot of benefit to our urbanism can be derived from the simple act of not demolishing, relinquishing Olympia control, and allowing a new developer onto the scene.

But no-- Olympia doesn't relinquish control. Every square inch of the "district" is supposed to put money in their pockets. Forget the public at its majority stakehold in this project's core element.