Chapter Nine Hundred and Twentieth Land Planning

Jonathan and Tranny wanted to jointly develop Hell's Kitchen, making it as bustling as the rest of Midtown Manhattan.

Li Zitao is also very interested in this. The land price in Manhattan has been verified by time. No matter what the market is, the land price here has never dropped.

In the future, the land price in Manhattan will even surpass Canada's GDP.

"How to divide?" Since everyone is interested, it is easy to talk about things.

Hell's Kitchen spreads from the 34th block to the 59th block, a total of 25 blocks, the west is close to the Hudson River, Eastwood Eighth Avenue, how should these places be divided.

None of the three of them thought about whether some of them would not be willing to sell, and at what price they should buy the land.

These problems were solved after Li Zitao decided to join. As for where the people living in Hell's Kitchen should go, Five Points in the downtown area may be good.

There is also a slum area with a large number of Irish immigrants. I believe they will get along very happily because they are all compatriots.

"The area of ​​Hell's Kitchen occupies about one twenty-sixth of the island of Manhattan, with a total of 585 acres, and about 8 acres of public facilities and government land..."

Jonathan took out a survey map from his bag. It seemed that he had already prepared it, but he didn't expect Li Zitao to agree so happily.

To change this place into a real Midtown, it is necessary to completely remodel the entire Hell's Kitchen, making it history and the past.

Otherwise, who would want to live in a place next door where there are gangsters, fights, violence and dead people every day, and safety is the primary living environment.

A 585-acre residential area, with no more than 8 acres of public land and government land, just from this alone can show how bad its environment is.

"I want here."

Li Zitao drew a 』 shape on the map with his finger, and the area from the east of Hell's Kitchen to the central part of Midtown and the south to the lower part of the city are all within his division.

Between Eighth Avenue and Ninth Avenue, there are 5 blocks from the 34th to the 38th block in the south, which is the area requested by Li Zitao.

If "Hell's Kitchen" is compared to a piece of toast, Li Zitao will have to walk half of the outside, and the remaining north leads to Shangcheng District and Linhe area.

No matter how dangerous a place is, at least its surface (edge) is relatively safe, and the same is true for Hell's Kitchen.

Li Zitao had noticed this when he came in from Eighth Avenue earlier, at least the buildings and environment outside were acceptable.

The people who live there are forced to move here due to financial problems, and they will flee this ghost place immediately if they have the chance.

In this way, Li Zitao does not need to drive them out. Instead, he can use the changes in the environment to increase the rent appropriately.

After all, after the living environment is safe, their life and property are also guaranteed, so a slight increase in rent should not be too much, right?

As for investing in development, he needs to see the changes in the overall environment before proceeding. Li Zitao doesn't want his investment to go to waste.

If it is to be built, it needs to build a commercial complex like Rockefeller Center, so that it can attract the attention of enterprises and elites to the West Midtown.

"Charlie, can you tell me about your plan?" After discussing in whispers with Tranny, Jonathan decided to listen to his reconstruction plan first.

When they learned that Li Zitao took the Rockefeller Center as the standard, both of them had expressions of surprise in their eyes.

This answer far exceeded their expectations, and they couldn't be more satisfied.

"Then the 15 blocks south from the 59th block, west of Ninth Avenue is mine, and the 5 blocks in the middle are used to build mid-range apartments. I believe there is no problem."

Jonathan's finger swiped across the 59th block from top to bottom, and finally stopped at the edge of the 44th block. This area occupies two-thirds of Hell's Kitchen from top to bottom.

Blocks 39-43, also west of Ninth Avenue, belong to Troney.

"Charlie's complex will become the business card and landmark of West Midtown in the future,

I will build the Waldorf Astoria, luxury apartments and offices. "

If Jonathan wanted to regain the title of Land King in New York, he couldn't just consider the issue of profit. If it was all used to build high-end apartments, it would be enough to bring him dozens of times the income.

Moreover, in his plan, these apartments are only rented and not sold, providing professional high-end services, which can be said to be an alternative high-end family hotel.

The development of New York attracts more and more people to this city, and Manhattan Island is one of the star areas, where rich people prefer to live.

In the case of land scarcity, a large amount of foreign capital has made Midtown more and more prosperous, and it has also made it the most crowded and densely built area in Manhattan.

If you want to live in a villa, a manor or a castle, please leave New York, there is not enough land here for you to squander.

Now building a manor on Manhattan Island is more expensive than building a high-end apartment. After all, the apartment only needs to be built up, and a piece of land is enough.

However, a luxury manor needs 3 to 4 pieces of land to be stitched together to achieve the desired effect. Who would be so extravagant and wasteful?

Besides, there are high-rise buildings all around, whether you are walking, swimming, exercising or making love in the manor, it is tantamount to being under the eyes of others...

I believe that as long as you don't have a disease in your heart, anyone who likes to grow grass on your head will not choose such an exciting thing.

The planning was done, and the area that Li Zitao got was the most promising and the easiest to solve the demolition problem.

The area that Jonathan got occupies the main thoroughfare of the upper city, and there is also a river bank where a private wharf can be built in the future, which is also good.

Tranny, who is the weakest among the three, although the land allocated to him is not the best, it will still allow him to make a lot of money in the future.

After all, no matter how big a company, shopping mall, hotel, etc., it needs people to work, manage and serve, and his mid-range apartment is the best choice for these people.

"Charlie, can Bechtel take over the business here?" Jonathan wanted to hand over the reconstruction work to Bechtel.

Not only because it is its own people, but Bechtel's professionalism, building safety, and eye-catching speed are obvious to all.

"I will let people communicate, there should be no problem." Li Zitao nodded and said.

The modern terminal in the Persian Gulf has come to an end. Except for some finishing work, a large number of workers will return to North America one after another, just in time to invest in the reconstruction of Hell's Kitchen.

This is not a small project. According to Li Zitao's rough calculations, nearly 1 billion yuan will be needed to complete the reconstruction.

Moreover, Bechtel can gain rich experience in the reconstruction of old cities. With the development and progress of the times in the future, new city planning and reconstruction will be the profit focus of large engineering companies.