Some of the articles make it sound like Lawrence is run by the same folks that many other cities are run by, giving developers massive tax breaks while hiking the taxes on everyone else.
Plus, it appears that parts of Rock Chalk Park in North Ottawa are already having issues with shoddy construction.
I do give them credit, by building that complex (or leasing it) in North Ottawa, way off campus. They likely avoided having to meet on campus building standards and thus the subsequent bureaucracy.
Meanwhile K-State athletics is building on campus and thus turning over hundreds of millions of dollars in capital assets to the great state of Kansas.