Quote Originally Posted by southen View Post
Your thinking would have been wrong 7-8 years ago as well. There is being realistic and then there is settling for anything. Some sites downtown require a certain scale of structure, you don't simply plop something awful there just because the site has been empty for a bit over a decade and you are desperate for anything.
Disagree completely. Again, the last time an occupied building was at Hudson’s was in 1983! The last time an occupied building was at Statler was 1975. I would take a 5 story quality occupied building over a hole any day. Who is to say I am “wrong”?

Sweetie, this isn’t NYC. We have come a long way in 10 years but like it or not, we have a high percentage of surface lots downtown. Once those fill up, we can certainly demand larger scale construction. Until then, midrises taking the place of lots or holes in the ground should be considered a win.