New York
Three excavating trucks rolled onto the former site of the World Trade Center last week, marking the official start of work on the long-delayed Freedom Tower. The 1,776-foot tower will be the centerpiece of a retail, office, and residential development located where the twin towers stood before they were destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001. Progress on the complex had been stalled, due to a financial dispute between the developer who holds the lease on the site, Larry Silverstein, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Now that those issues have been resolved, officials can focus on construction and on finding tenants. Many potential occupants have expressed reluctance to move into what could be a tempting terrorist target.
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