At the formal announcement of the Whole Foods deal last
week, Howard Hughes displayed a board showing some of the other proposed
changes in the newly christened Lakefront neighborhood of "downtown" Columbia.
In addition to two new parking garages, it appears that the existing parking
deck around Copeland's is targeted for redevelopment.
Curiously, though other existing buildings are clearly
shown, the Copelands building is not.
It also appears that the road passing through the Hug statue
area is back in. You may recall that this connecting road was opposed by the CA Board of Directors back in 2007 and subsequent plans by General Growth, Howard Hughes predecessor, showed
it taken out in response to the outcry,
I should note that the display board noted that “All plans
for future retail, housing and parking structures are approximate and for
illustrative purposes only.”
That being said it appears that this little connecting road
is now literally back in the picture.
