They must have meant it'll be 9 floors of office over 6 floors of parking. They said the building would have 179,000 square feet of space. If that's not counting the parking garage that would mean the 3 office floors would have roughly 58,000 square feet each. I seriously doubt that would be the case. Most buildings typically have 20,000 to 25,000 square foot floor plates. That site is simply not large enough to have nearly 60,000 square foot floor plates.
The stated size of the building was 179,000 square feet. I'm assuming they're talking about the office space and retail space combined and not counting the garage space. The article said the building will have 6,000 square feet of retail. So let's assume they meant 9 floors of office space over 6 parking levels. So 173,000 square feet divided among 9 floors would be 19,222 square feet per floor. That seems more accurate. And remember, that's usable square feet, not the gross square footage, which includes the thickness of the walls and mechanical areas.
As for the lot size. I remember I had the dimensions of it saved from something related to the 1Hotel project that was slated for that lot, either the rendering had it listed or it was in an article. Anyway, the renderings I have saved for the 1Hotel project that was previously slated for that property, said the lot size was 124 feet by 188 feet. Multiplying those two numbers you get 23,312. So there's no way they'll be able to squeeze 58,000 square feet onto each of those three floors.
And I would not be surprised to see a 15-story office building ending up being about the same height that the hotel was planned to be. I would imagine this will be around 200 feet tall if it has 15 floors.
By the way, it was also Lincoln Property Co. that developed 100 Congress. They also teamed up with HKS, Inc. who designed it. They're both doing this tower as well. Hopefully it'll be something nice. HKS, Inc. does nice buildings. And this should obscure the fugly east wall of the Plaza Lofts a bit.
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