Mr. Blau says
“We were really the only ones to engage the jazz hall,” Related’s president Jeff Blau said. “Everybody else came in with Jazz in the basement at the back, and we said, ‘You know what? Let’s take a totally different approach. Let’s make Jazz the center of this whole development front and center.’ Not only is that great for Jazz and making a statement about New York, but it’s also great for our retail, because all these people who are going to Jazz now have to travel up through the retail."
But at the time The New York Times reported:
"During the last week, the Related-Time Warner proposal edged out its four competitors, including Donald J. Trump, the high bidder, who threatened a lawsuit if he did not win. But there was little support for the bulky tower proposed by Mr. Trump, who was offering about $390 million for the land. The real competition was between Millennium, which was planning two luxury hotels, a large ballroom and 450 apartments, and Related, which had the support of City Hall, mainly because of its prominent tenant: Time Warner."
Mr. Blau says
“We were really the only ones to engage the jazz hall,” Related’s president Jeff Blau said. “Everybody else came in with Jazz in the basement at the back, and we said, ‘You know what? Let’s take a totally different approach. Let’s make Jazz the center of this whole development front and center.’ Not only is that great for Jazz and making a statement about New York, but it’s also great for our retail, because all these people who are going to Jazz now have to travel up through the retail."
But at the time The New York Times reported:
"During the last week, the Related-Time Warner proposal edged out its four competitors, including Donald J. Trump, the high bidder, who threatened a lawsuit if he did not win. But there was little support for the bulky tower proposed by Mr. Trump, who was offering about $390 million for the land. The real competition was between Millennium, which was planning two luxury hotels, a large ballroom and 450 apartments, and Related, which had the support of City Hall, mainly because of its prominent tenant: Time Warner."