Dive summary:

• No one has put up any money yet, but Novawest LLC has proposed – and had designed – an observation tower-and-restaurant that would be something like a ball on a stick 420 feet above a city not known for high-rise construction.
• Danish architect Bjarke Ingels got a commission to design a destination structure and has come up with a concrete column to be topped with an observation desk and, if Novawest's idea pans out, a restaurant.
• The structure, which would be the city's second-highest structure, would cost something like $45 million to $50 million if financing is available, and the plan is to charge visitors to go up for the view.

From the article:

The main selling point of the project is its design, which combines the form of a spiral and a sphere. "I was probably thinking more about 'Star Wars' than anything else," says Mr. Ingels. ...