Tag: Centrepointe
Optimism is Not a Business Strategy
Why CentrePointe Will Failby Rob MorrisA few months back, I openly wondered about the viability of the CentrePointe project, which thus far has only...
CentrePointe Intrigue: The Death of What?
by David SchankulaLast week, Dudley Webb announced the bad news -- the mystery financier behind that hole in the ground downtown is dead.Bad news,...
Substitute "financier" for "parrot"
PALIN:"He's resting......He's stunned...Pining for the fjords?"CLEESE:"He's not pining. He's passed on. This parrot is no more.He has ceased to be. He's expired. And gone...
Dead Financier intended to reassure CentrePointe skeptics?
A Herald Leader headline reads: "Developer insists CentrePointe will be built despite death of key financier."
Beverly Fortune reported earlier today, "A key financial backer...
Centrepointe Update From the Lexicon Project
The Block Where Nothing HappenedSince we first crafted this idea two weeks ago some people have voiced their wish to not only write about...
WRITE A LETTER TO MAYOR NEWBERRY ABOUT THE BLOCK WHERE NOTHING...
Tell him how wrong he is – Deadline: April 5, 2009.“I've lived in Lexington for 35 years. Nothing of consequence ever happened on that...
CentrePointe: An ugly welcome to Lexington in 2010? Marriott Dropping Out?
- David SchankulaTwo weeks ago, we sent Mayor Newberry and the Webb Companies a short email outlining a few, very basic questions about...
Mayor Newberry Responds, Says Nothing; Defers to those in charge of...
Dear Mayor Newberry, Mr. Webb, and that other Mr. Webb:Two weeks ago, we sent you a brief letter asking a few very simple questions...
A Few Very Simple CentrePointe Questions for Mayor Newberry
View PDF of page 5 print edition
This letter was sent to Mayor Newberry (and the Webbs) late on Sunday evening. Answers are, presumably, forthcoming...
Dear...
Collapse of CentrePointe’s Marriott & Foreign Financing?
Business Lexington recently ran an interview-cum-press release with Webb Company's chieftan Woodford Webb. (Webb is the new chair of Commerce Lexington.)Here's a hard-hitting excerpt:BL:What...