Four Towers Envisioned For WTC Redevelopment

"Larry Silverstein, the leader of a consortium that just months ago signed a 99-year lease on the complex worth $3.2 billion, said in an interview Thursday he is determined to rebuild for both emotional and economic reasons... Beyond making a moral statement, replacing the World Trade Center makes sense because lower Manhattan needs the office space, he said. The twin tower's 10-million square feet comprised about 10 percent of the financial district's total space and served as the area's economic anchor."