R8RBOB, most people in the real estate business don't see anything unusual in the dispairity between prices of the Silverdome [[a terrible investment) and the K-Mart site [[possibly a good one - only time will tell.)

Reminds me of the [[very) old story of the two rich Texans who happened to be sitting next to each other on a plane, in 1st Class. The conversation got around to real estate.

1st Texan: I own 50,000 acres in West Texas; it's in the middle of nowhere but I got it cheap. It supports 500 head of cattle and makes me some good money most of the time, when cattle prices are high.. How much land do you own?

2nd Texan: 40 acres.

1st Texan [[laughing): 40 acres? My aren't you a big landowner. And where, may I ask, is this big spread you own.

2nd Texan: Downtown Dallas.