Again, in risk of furthering this meaningless discussion, USF is extremely capable of buying the mall if the structuring and assignment is done in the proper manner.  USF's borrowing capacity is enormous, and one could see USF buying the mall (which could be put under contract then paid for in parcels which would be released as available to pertinent parties) and immediately parceling the site and selling large chucks to Moffitt, and Tampa General both of which have an extreme desire to buy land in the immediate vicinity and the county, city, and USF all have a fiscal need to insure those institutions can receive the necessary land to grow near campus.  I think to many of you are taking light of the need for land to further the growth of the medical and physical components that make USF a powerful research center.  Remember we rent the land that Moffitt, the school, and all the other clinics that occupy USF.  If USF doesn't buy said Mall, they could also risk one of those institutions buying it for themselves and vacating USF.  If done right, it would be a winfall for USF. ummm...this was told to me tonight by somebody we all look up to in the usf admin, but i won't say who it is on here.