Major new mixed use development planned for "L-Cross", per major developers

If the developers who attended today's joint announcement of the L Cross Business Community are correct, we could see L Cross, now an incorporated City grow to be the largest city in the world by 2020.

"It has all the dynamics of what not just global but intergalactic companies will be seeking in the future, "said Ed Linde, Chairman of Boston Properties. "We already have commitments for major blocks of space from Apple, United Technologies, and the government of Switzerland which wil enable us to immediately go forward with three buildings, each in excess of 3 million square feet. "What is wonderful about L Cross is our unrestricted ability to build as high as we choose. And we all know that's not the case in most cities" Linde stated amidst chuckles from the crowd that included Don Chiofaro, Gerald Hines, Michael Roth, and Jerrey Speyer.

Hines has already commissioned Zaha Hadid, the 2007 winner of the Pritzker aaward, particularly of interest given that the Pritzkers were present at the event, to design what Hines is calling L World, a luxury apartment complex which will literally floar 400 feet off the ground at the corner of Herschel and Hubble Street, the major crossroads of L Cross. "The building will be tethered with a new construction technology developed by General Electric" said Hines, politely nodding to Jeff Emelt in the crowd. "Each unit will be equipped with tubular access to the main recreation area which Zaha is currently designing." According to brochures ddistributed at the event, the recreation area will be the size of 179 football fields with and have both indoor and outdoor facilities as well as a faux Titanic. The entire Saudi Royal Family has purchased a total of 11110 units out of the 500,000 units Hines is building. "Marble baths, a virtual media room, and 2 launchpads, all hallmarks of both Hines' and Zaha's commitment to quality truly set the project apart.

As enthused as a boy in a toy shop, Roth of Vornado announced that immediately adjacent to the Hines Development, he will construct The Mall of Polaris, which when completed will encompass 200 square miles and include a branch of every retailer in the United States with a workforce of at least 5 people. "The folks at United Technology have come up with a horizontal elevator sytem in which shoppers will not push floor levels, but simply type in the first 3 or 4 letters of a retail establishment. In less than 21 seconds, they will arrive at their destination."

Switzerland plans to sell Switzerland itself to China while recreating the country as Switzerland at L Cross. Hans-Rudolf Merz, the current President of Switzerland, will build the new country exactly to scale. "You will feel as though you were in Switzerland because you will be in Switzerland but it will just be somewhere else." Angela Merckel and Nicolas Sarkozy, not to be outdone, promised to move to L Cross but maintain their current country's location.

The largest commercial tenant in the project will be Google. Google plans to hire 1 billion people and construct over 5 billion square feet of office, R&D, and residential space in the quickly developing Relativity Hills neighborhood. Larry Page is teaming with Tishman Speyer to develop Google Relativity Center. As a first step, Tishman will relocate the entire Stuy Town section of Manhattan to the Hills. "We love the location. We love the client. We love the lack of rent control" Jerry Speyer cackled into the microphone. Page went on to describe Google's intentions at L Cross. "We no longer want to lead you to websites whose only real relevance is that a lot of other clueless people just happened to click on the web sites before and that's how we...." Stopping himself from revealing the lemming algorithm so critical to Google, Page redirected his attention to L Cross. "At L Cross, when you Google, we'll put you IN the web site. You can stay in whatever virtual world you choose at a very low, per hour cost.

"L Cross will be Rome during the reign of Caesar, Paris during the reign of the Sun King, London at the height of the Industrial Revolution, New York in the 20th century, and Shanghai today," declared President Obama.

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