But it has not been obvious to the developer, Caroline Moore, president of Ekistics LLC and CEO of State Center LLC. In several conversations since the board's vote, Moore told me she has no idea what killed the project. "Mediation, unfortunately, shed no additional light," she says. "No reason was given at any time as to why they rejected the original plan or every proposal [the state] subsequently asked us to present." Hogan, she says, never spoke to her about the project.