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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this is not meant to be a tourist destination. Each of the new cities will specialize in specific industrial sectors, where foreign and Saudi businesses are being encouraged to build factories and offices. KAEC's speciality will be plastics - in the masterplan, a large swath of the city is designated "Plastics Valley". There will also be a $6 billion aluminum complex and a container depot. The UAE aluminum maker Dubal has already signed up as one of the "anchor" industries. Chocolate maker Mars will be another. The city's planners hope KAEC will eventually create 40,000 industrial jobs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New City in the Saudi Desert | 10/2/2008 | See Source »

...that we put that mentality behind us. While it makes sense to respect the tradition of Harvard’s planning and style and to draw on its icons for inspiration, a photocopy of Sever Hall in Allston would be senseless, styleless, and a poor policy for an Allston masterplan that should be committed to building an intellectual arsenal unmatched anywhere else...

Author: By Garrett G.D. Nelson | Title: Allston's Concrete Future | 9/19/2006 | See Source »

...masterplan features five towers that together comprise 11.7 million square feet of office space and 600,000 square feet slated for retail. The centerpiece is supposed to be the 1,776-ft. Freedom Tower, estimated to cost $2.3 billion. But beyond the specifics, the WTC is supposed to invigorate New York's downtown real estate market. A new commuter train station, with a well-received design by Santiago Calatrava, is under construction, and New York Governor George Pataki has proposed a second commuter rail from JFK international airport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Behind the Ground Zero Stalemate | 3/30/2006 | See Source »

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