a:29:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"2";s:8:"entry_id";s:3:"217";s:6:"sticky";s:1:"n";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2008-08-08 07:56 AM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;s:2:"15";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:10:"new_weblog";s:1:"2";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:41:"Dogfight Over Metro East Air Park Project";s:9:"url_title";s:33:"dogfight_over_metro_east_air_park";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Update";s:10:"field_id_5";s:41:"Dogfight over Metro East Air Park Project";s:10:"field_ft_5";s:4:"none";s:10:"field_id_9";s:271:"In the latest episode a story line worth of television drama, Troy D. Martin, head of a company that announced plans for  a $4 billion air park in Metro East said that he fired The Korte Co. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they quit. ";s:10:"field_ft_9";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_13";s:0:"";s:10:"field_id_7";s:0:"";s:10:"field_ft_7";s:4:"none";s:10:"field_id_8";s:1553:"<p>In the latest episode a story line worth of television drama, Troy D. Martin, head of <a href=\"http://www.martinaviationgroup.com/\">Martin Aviation Group</a>, a company that announced plans for&nbsp; a $4 billion air park in Metro East, said that he fired <a href=\"http://www.korteco.com\">The Korte Co</a>. as his general contractor prior to their announcement this week that they had quit.</p>
<p><img alt=\"Dogfight Over Airpark\" class=\"image-left\" height=\"273\" src=\"/images/uploads/martin-aviation.jpg\" style=\"float: left;\" width=\"240\" />Martin\'s biggest claim to fame prior to the announcement of the condominium project at Downtown St. Louis Airport was as the passenger in a Cessna that was almost shot down by military jets over the White House in 2005.</p>
<p>He has said that the project &mdash; which is projected to have 42 buildings with two expansion towers totaling 4 million square feet &mdash; will cater to non-U.S. companies wishing to establish a North American headquarters. The website for the the project claims, among other things, that the condominium project, where buildings are projected to sell at $950 per square foot,&nbsp; will have a 10,000-space parking garage and helicopters and chauffeured Rolls Royce limosines for executive tenants. The mile-long campus, which is termed the \"Golden Mile\" on Martin\'s website.</p>
<p>Martin said that Korte had not performed and that he has hired&nbsp; <a href=\"http://www.hollandcs.com/\">Holland Construction Services</a> to replace Korte.</p>
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