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Originally Posted by mousquet

I do understand that 480ft / 35 stories is almost moderate or random over there, but over here, it'd still be pretty big as something residential.

Maybe NY is getting closer to the fantastic point where this would turn into an actual mainstream standard since they've built quite a little bunch of it yet, but if you built the same around the center of Greater Paris, I think only the very rich could afford it, unfortunately.

Probably because similar projects have been blocked for decades over here. Keep in mind, what is both rare and desirable always tends to be overpriced, which is bad.

Now if NY can set a fair example in that matter by making it more accessible to, say the upper mid class already, then it'd be splendid.

Yes. Paris is wonderful but very different cities. A building this height is unremarkable these days in Manhattan and has little to nothing to do with how expensive the units are. There can even be plenty of affordable housing mixed into projects of this height (affordable meaning the prices are set artificially and cannot exceed a certain threshold). Doesn't look like prices for this one have been released but looks like a standard luxury and not ultra luxury project.