Anyone from the Syracuse area knows all too well that DestiNY USA has been a hot topic for far too long. The word DestiNY was first made public in the Syracuse area over ten years ago. Since then all that Bob Congel and the Pyramid Company have successfully accomplished is driving a bunch of steel beams into the ground.Its been almost a year since the latest bit construction began back in summer of 2007, what is the reasoning behind it taking this company so long to do so little (McKnight, 2007)? One may believe that nothing has been being done at the DestiNY USA construction site. That is because nothing has been done, at least above ground. That doesn't mean that there hasn't been work being done. In less than a year the construction crews for DestiNY USA have driven 41 miles worth of steel into the ground (Moriarty, 2008). 41 miles of steel, that is almost 520,000 feet of steel. Just lately has the framing of "Phase one" began. Spokespeople for Destiny claim that they're still going to have the entire mall expansion built by the end of this year. Only time can tell if they're being facetious, but it seems as though that estimate is more of a dream (A little like the entire Destiny project).
Bib:
McKnight, J. M. (November 5, 2007). Destiny USA breaks ground in Syracuse. BusinessWeek. Retrieved April 10, 2008 from http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/nov2007/id2007115_197190.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily
Moriarty, R. (March 26, 2008). Steel going up at destiny USA (honest). The Post-Standard. Retrieved April 10, 2008 from http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/steel_going_up_at_destiny_usa.html
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That is really crazy! I would have never known that they have done so much work on phase 1. Reading comments on Syracuse.com, it's pretty clear that most residents think we are being duped. It makes me wonder how much more until they start building a structure.
I agree with Ashley, are they finish with the underground construction? How much did this part of the project cost to put together? Also, how long did it actually take them to put this together?
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