I can tell you the city likes putting out press like this one https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Entryway-Nameoki-Corridor-among-Granite-City-17300260.php. It says they sold the crossroad plaza shopping center to a developer who will renovate it, but in all honesty the shopping center never did sell and is still for sell. They are only worried about putting in all the city money into their downtown mill concert venue and other development down there.