A skyscraper project that never made it off the drawing board two decades ago is still waiting for the right buyer.

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Tons of granite - bought and cut for a second 42-story Cityplace Tower - sit in a south Dallas County storage yard. 'If you need to build a red granite skyscraper, see me first,' says the president of Cityplace Co.

When developers built the 42-story Cityplace Tower on North Central Expressway in Dallas, they expected to keep going with more construction.

So in the mid-1980s, they ordered enough pink and red Brazilian granite to build a twin Cityplace skyscraper plus several smaller office buildings.

The real estate bust put an end to the grand plans. Only the one tower was built.

But tons of leftover granite are piled up in a south Dallas County storage yard.

Cityplace Co. president Neal Sleeper said that an apartment developer recently considered buying the building materials for a local project.

"They have been looking at it off and on, but I don't have an offer from them," Mr. Sleeper said. "We still have our big rock pile.

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