Just an update, my mom went to a conference that Tony Giarratana spoke at the other day, and talked with him afterwards. He basically confirmed most of what we know, that groundbreaking is this summer, and they plan on moving in in the summer of 2010. Another thing he said that I didn't know is that the six million dollar price tag on the penthouses is for a huge empty room. I knew it was custom, but I at least thought they would finish it, but no. You have to hire a contractor to finish it for you. He also said that he had to give back money to two of the reservations, who planned on dividing the units and re-selling them. He doesn't want people flipping these. It sounds good that he actually would give back two penthouse units just so that they don't resell.
On a side note, he told her some of the people have bought the penthouses. I know Ming Wang was one of them, but I forgot the others.