Having been in this building numerous times in the last couple weeks it sure looks amazing compared to before. I also think it will be great if they put a micro bar in there and the second floor patio is gorgeous.
Honestly I believe this size is still larger than 95% of grocery stores in London and Paris and many other major cities. 35,000 square feet is still quite large!
They pretty much control the condo board due to the amount of owned units, they also initially establish the board and can maintain control if they so choose. Which I assume they do. This tremendously benefits them in the short to medium term and I expect they progressively sell units over time...
This is a common activity for Westrich Pacific, they will often hold onto a few floors of their projects and use them to lease out as a residual income stream which can also be re-leveraged for start up capital in new projects. This will also be seen in the view where I believe Westrich has held...
This is a Maclab Property... I'm sure it is coming up in short order following their downtown/university project. You'll also see the property near Southgate owned by Maclab as another property that will be up and coming.
I have to say whoever is doing the property consolidation for Westrich has done an excellent job this would often take years and they seem to be able to do it in short order.