29.04.2011 - Qatar-style investments for more D.C. projects?
At the DowntownDC Business Improvement District’s “State of the Market” media briefing Thursday morning, Executive Director Rich Bradley said that in the wake of the CityCenter deal he and other economic development officials had a sense that offshore money, namely sovereign wealth funds similar to Qatar’s, could be interested in large-scale projects with multiple uses such as McMillan Reservoir, St. Elizabeths — even streetcars. “We are on their radar,” after the CityCenter deal, Bradley said. The question moving forward, he added, is,” can we produce a project that they need and want?”.............................................Full Article: Source
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