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Originally Posted by don116
All the problems you're listing can be overcome and have been easily solved in other buildings around the world.
It's complicated for Parcel F because it will already have 3 lobbies for residential, office, and hotel. They should have done it at Salesforce Tower which is all office.
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The elevator problem is a nonstarter. They have to build the building with at least one elevator specifically for the top floor, and that means taking floor space from every single floor in the building. With the price of office space in SF being so high, it would be a foolish move to give up your penthouse floor and a few percentage points of every floor in the building. This building has a small footprint compared to something like the Empire State Building.
The lobby problem is also a big one. The lobby for tourists to enter for this elevator would take more space than a lobby just for residents or office workers, who basically just use the lobby as an entry point and not like a queue and kiosk mix.