The Real Deal New York

Bigger revisions to the World Trade Center transportation hub and PATH terminal could be needed if no contractor can be found to build the project for $2.5 billion. But Santiago Calatrava’s bird-like design will remain intact and the train station is still on track to be “completed and functioning” in 2011. Changes could include shrinking a street-level perimeter that will by 10 to 15 percent, and using regular concrete for the mezzanine ceiling instead of the smoother architectural concrete.