OS X Mavericks stuck in waiting for download?

I've clicked the download tab in the apple store and see that Maverick has transfered to my app tab. However, it doesn't leave waiting. Is there anything I can do?

I've got the same thing happening here; I Located OS X 10.9 in AppStore through multiple methods, including shared links and searching. Then selected "Free Upgrade" > "Install App" > <-Enter password-> > Where it then seems to pop an icon from AppStore into Launchpad where it looks like a DVD disk with the X logo on it with a status bar and it just forever says 'waiting...' I have tried multiple restarts after attempting to delete the 'forever waiting' state of the app from in Launchpad after clicking the 'x' to remove it; however it doesn't actually seem to remove itself from launchpad until after clicking the Delete option after clicking the 'x' followed by a restart. I have no idea why this is. It would be real nice for a solution on this.
Just to confirm...there is no actual network activity taking place while it is saying waiting and it is in effect just displaying that image and doing nothing. Any ideas how to solve this??
Also I do have one of the minimum hardware requirements being the model:7,1 iMac.

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