The developer of the project, Joshua Steele, signed a lease for the entire space and then built stalls rather than traditional storefronts inside.
The developer, Related Companies, signed a lease on the property last April.
As a rule today, banks will not provide construction loans until the developer has already signed tenants for 50 percent of the apartments.
In a matter of weeks, the developers signed a deal with the desperate insurance company.
Later that year the developer signed a contract with Sierra Online.
The developer has since signed a 10-year publishing deal with Activision Blizzard.
Right now, the developers are signing leases only up to the 26th floor.
If the project proves feasible, the developer will build a 12-screen, 2,800-seat multiplex and sign a 40-year lease for its use.
Then the developers signed agreements with the city and state.
The developers have signed leases for 105,000 square feet of space including 70,000 feet to be taken by the Chubb Insurance Company.