Local developers push back on proposed Springfield federal courthouse site

As the controversy over the new Springfield Courthouse continues, local developers Jeb Belise and Dinesh Patel are continuing to push back against the state's selection of Liberty Junction for the project. The developers are raising questions about the selection process and are calling on Healy to intervene. Belise told 22 News the reason for going to the governor's press conference today was to see if she'd mention the courthouse, which she did. He said the response to her comments were telling of how local leaders feel about the Liberty Junction project. What was interesting to us and gave us some hope, there wasn't one round of applause, nobody clapped, nothing. I think that's very telling. It tells her what an issue this is for Springfield. Monratch is in downtown Springfield. U.S. federal courthouse has been built in downtown Springfield. This courthouse has been built in downtown Springfield under the business district improvement. So why today's difference? Healy, meanwhile, continues to defend the project. During Thursday night's debate, she said the existing courthouse has serious problems and defended the state's procurement process.