According to local published reports here, the World Trade Center South, a 450,000-sf building to be developed here by John Drew and Pembroke Real Estate--a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments--will become a mixed-use building with residential and retail components. Dawn Curtis, a spokesperson for Drew, tells GlobeSt.com that the "plan is still being finalized." But she confirms that the developer is "looking at a multi-use residential and office building with a retail component." Curtis emphasizes that Drew is "not scrapping the office tower" but she says that they intend to have a residential component. "Our commitment to the area is strong," she says. "We want to build a community down there."

Fidelity recently said that it was taking 80,000 sf of space in one of its buildings here. An Internet company opened up 150,000-sf of space in the East tower when it went under. The West tower is scheduled to come on line shortly.