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Rice University is spending $100 million to transform Midtown’s 1930s Sears department store into a high-tech home for startups. But as with any urban redevelopment, there's likely to be tension between the newcomers and the existing stakeholders who might not want to see the area change. Paul Takahashi reported on Rice’s plans for the Mitown area after interviewing the university's President David Leebron and taking an extensive tour of the old Sears, one of Houston's first buildings with air conditioning and escalators. He spoke to Nancy and Allyn about the project and what city and university leaders think it could become.
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Rice University is spending $100 million to transform Midtown’s 1930s Sears department store into a high-tech home for startups. But as with any urban redevelopment, there's likely to be tension between the newcomers and the existing stakeholders who might not want to see the area change. Paul Takahashi reported on Rice’s plans for the Mitown area after interviewing the university's President David Leebron and taking an extensive tour of the old Sears, one of Houston's first buildings with air conditioning and escalators. He spoke to Nancy and Allyn about the project and what city and university leaders think it could become.
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