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The problem with the City of Houston is that they have no checks and balances regarding projects that fall under the city's incentive programs. They hand out incentives for developers, based on an initial scheme, and then the developer pulls out a portion of the project, or cheapens the design, and they still get the same incentive. This has already happened twice, that I know of: 1) Houston Pavilions.....The developer promised a residential component and then pulled back...they still received the incentives 2) Embassy Suites....The developer took advantage of the downtown Hotel incentive plan and then substantially altered (cheapened) the design Let's hope the same fate doesn't happen to this high profile project but if developers have found a way around the system it just might be happening again.

I think we have taken the privacy concerns too far. I live in a two story town home with a row of single family homes lined behind my home. I can see in all their back yards and inside their homes if they were ever to open their blinds. Even people who live in high rises and use their own pool have no privacy as their building neighbors can see them as well. It seems we bring up privacy concerns when a multifamily buildings goes up next to single family.