Originally Posted by Seaver

I would rather the money go to fixing roads or rebuilding schools.



It's downtown with a booming city because of NAFTA. Prices in those areas are expected to increase, so the economics to build there are already in place. Here in Austin they get $0 for rebuilding or fixing up crappy locations, but people are tripping over each other attempting to buy out the old 1800-1900 buildings. They rebuild them into bars/clubs, stores, and even homes in the middle of downtown.