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Article: Miami Developer Plans Huge Trade Center.

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September 28, 2001
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By Douglas Hanks III, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 28--Guillermo Socarras isn't one to be deterred.

In the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that left many questioning the wisdom of skyscrapers, this one-time condo developer from Miami is pushing to build what would be the largest building in the world -- a 155-story glass triangle soaring 2,000 feet in the sky. He says he has the would-be site, mostly three blocks of parking lots across from the American Airlines Arena, under contract.

"Why not?" asks the Cuban-born Socarras. "It will let Miami say to the world, `We are a powerful city. And we are not ...

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