As boosters and developers have always predicted, the large developments have had a spillover effect on nearby downtown businesses.

One developer who has seen the property predicted it could sell for more than $800 million.

The area now teeters on the edge of a building boom, which officials and developers predict will transform it into what they deem a "24 hour" neighborhood.

The developer predicted his new home sales in 1999 would not quite meet 1998 figures, but that the market will remains very active.

The developer predicts that only a small fraction of the roughly 18,000 tenants would drive to work.

Some developers have predicted that simply acquiring the land and cleaning up the site could take 10 years and cost more than $100 million.

Conservation should reduce water and gas bills by at least an additional $700, the developers predict.

The developers predict the New England Country Club will add over $2 million a year to the town's $6 million in property tax revenues.

But the developers predict that when one corporation makes the plunge, others will quickly follow.

The developers originally predicted that the complex would be complete by 2013.