Posted Jan 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
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Meh
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Austin <------------> Birmingham?
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Originally Posted by GoldenBoot
Yes; unless they go through the process of changing the FAR. There is no need take that step, in this case. The block is roughly 1.77 acres; thus, if the building were to take up the entire block, the county would be able to construct an 8-story building with almost 617,000 SF of space (with the current FAR restrictions). As of now, the county is planning on a 500,000 SF structure.
A 17-story tower, covering the entire block, would encompass approximately 1,310,720 SF of space. Therefore, the “tower” portion will not take up the entire block.
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So then it sounds like with the tower portion taking up that little space that they could easily make it taller if they wanted or needed. The bulk of the space would be set back a good ways from the street then, which could enable them to have street level retail. Then on top of the tower they could have another major use, like commercial office or condos.
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