Shoeless George Jackson Resigns!

[ghettopalmetto]

The Statler was never going to be redeveloped. It would have been a very expensive redo for a building that was never as nice as the B-C [[the most comparable project downtown).

And you know the cost of such a "redo", how? To my knowledge, no condition assessments or feasibility studies were ever conducted by DEGC prior to demolition. George Jackson merely deemed it "structurally unsound", despite the building remaining standing for a number of decades, and despite George Jackson not having the professional qualifications to make such a determination. If you have numbers, please share with the rest of the community.

Unless someone was willing to just lose money forever on it [[and no one would do that, including anyone on this site, even if they had the money), it just wasn't in the cards.

The demolition was pre-ordained. See above: Lack of Objective Information.

It is easier to one day build on a dirt lot with a clear title than deal with a decrepit eyesore looming over GCP. Since you can't save and renovate every building, you need to be choosy about what to save.

The Statler didn't merit saving. Same thing with Tiger Stadium. Sure, there were lots of pretend plans to save it. In reality, there wasn't any realistic way to save it.

And you know this from your extensive engineering and construction experience? Or perhaps you're just guessing? Maybe you're just not remembering the millions of public dollars it cost to *create* that empty lot.
See above: Lack of Objective Information.