Problem
The Worldwide Plaza in Manhattan was a project completed in the late 1980s by Bill Zeckendorf, the developer. The film is in four parts and shows the process of real estate development, challenges, hurdles and the completion of a monumental construction. Watch parts 1&2 of the film and answer the following questions in the context of the eight-stage model of real estate development.
A. Describe three hurdles in the process of the development project getting started (example obtaining building permits)?
B. What are few of the reasons that the Developer William Zeckendorf, Jr., in the film Skyscraper, considered the World Wide Plaza for development?
C. What were the three reasons of opposition from the public in supporting the Skyscraper development project (example during Town Hall meeting residents opposed the project)?
D. How important are the role of architecture and design in the planning process before the development projects starts?
E. Does the developer engage in the various stages of real estate development process? Is the process linear or non-linear?