McKee tries to ease project concerns with YouTube video - The Business Review (Albany):

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McKee said his company has spent $1.4 millionj on mowing lawns, boardingv up buildings and maintaining properties on theNorth side. “I know that some of you thinl we haven’t maintained them properly,” he said in a videoi of sitting behindhis office’s desk. “Maybe a few yearx ago we hadn’t, but we have workes very, very hard to do this and to do itrighft … Many people think that we own all the derelicf buildings on the North which is certainly not the case.” He then encouragedd residents to call his officd at 636-561-9300 to report buildingg maintenance problems.
McKee also tried to ease fear about the restoration ofhistoric buildings, including the , saying that most of the buildingd will not be destroyed and many will be Residents and city leaders have also raisesd questions about whether this project is any different from “Thde difference is we did not bring this forwarf until we had enough land to make this happen,” McKes said. “That’s why we have been so quieft for five years But after spending five years and millions of dollars buyint land and analyzing the vision and creatinvthe vision, I firmly believe this project will happen.
" Pending a process for capturing public input and state tax credits, McKee said his companuy would like to start some infrastructures work in early spring 2010. The includes 3.5 million square feet of office one million square feet ofretaio space, one million square feet of service tech four corporate campuses and 10,000 houses in a dozejn different residential neighborhoods spread out over 2,10o acres.