Restoration of the Arcade Building

I was so excited to read this article today. The Arcade building is beautiful and has been overlooked by Columbia.  My accountant's office is located in the Arcade and I must admit, it's rather depressing when I go there because there are so many empty suites. You can almost imagine what it must have looked like back in the day with the hustle and bustle of shopping and dining in this new concept building.  I grew up hearing stories about this mysterious "Underground Columbia" too. That would be so cool to have it open back up, although I wonder about fire code, egress, etc.  We shall see...