Friday, April 22, 2011

If two excuses, the interchange and the choo-choo are not enough, how about simply blaming the market?

"Landform Professional Services President Darren Lazan received Ramsey HRA approval March 22 for his company to continue working on The COR project.
File photo by Tammy Sakry"

Elvig said he would rather go out for requests for proposals to sell the remaining 118 acres as a large block and the contract length is a deal breaker for him.

Hats off to Landform for getting project to this point and the excitement it created, but there may be interest from a developer in it now, he said.

Landform has met with numerous developers and there is not an interest in buying the whole thing yet because the rail station is not in place and the Armstrong/Highway 10 overpass is not done, Lazan said.

Tammy Sakry is at tammy.sakry@ecm-inc.com

[italics added] Ah, yes. It's the interchange. It's the choo-choo stop. It's not the marketing. How could it be a flaw, in the marketing? Surely lump-sum sale has been seriously pursued, by the consultant, even if it might prematurely terminate a lucrative consultancy contract between Landform and City of Ramsey.

Renewing the contract, into the year beyond the next election - with little to show beyond "rebranding" - That would be, sort of like, rewarding less than success. So, the marketing cannot be faulted.

Read the entire story, it's informative and tightly written. This link.

See also: here (stringing out requested), here (stringing out okay'd).

And - the cash flow flows.