He said the timing was right to leave MAM, noting that “a number of important things” had happened in recent weeks. Most notably, Herzog & de Meuron had finished the schematic designs for the museum’s new home, and the project had cleared its “last major governmental hurdle,” he said, referring to a special permit needed to construct a building in a park or on a waterfront.
With groundbreaking for the 120,000-square-foot, $220 million project scheduled for this spring, and an opening planned for 2013, Riley says he realized he had two choices: “I could either step down now, or stay another five years.” He adds: “I would never contemplate leaving if this project was somehow not in perfect shape.”
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