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[quote=Anonymous]Two 90 foot residential buildings on the Martens site is significantly more development than any developer has ever proposed for the Martens site. To the extent that developers are interested in this project, it's because they think that GDS's involvement will lower their costs and increase the scale at which they can build.  And GDS wants a revenue source which means the project has to be that much MORE profitable than what a developer could build on his own.  Meanwhile the population of the campus doubles.  You're kidding yourself if you think this is a better outcome for the neighbors.

Whether it's good for GDS is a separate question, but one really worth looking at.  In the end, though, people will self-select and the school will change accordingly.  Expect major fundraising pushes for the next decade.  And for the first wave of construction to yield the essentials (replacement of existing facilities).  "Bell and whistles" will be largely held back to create a platform for yet another round of appeals once the new campus falls short of peoples' fantasies.[/quote]

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