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Originally Posted by highlander206
Yeah, I don't understand it at all. A lot of large projects have been approved in recent years as well like Oakland Crossings, so I'm baffled as well why there could be any issues with this development. Hell, it's the same height as a building next door and across the street, as others have said too.
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Again, the difference I think is because of the area. Oakland Crossings was in a part of the city which is under the jurisdiction of the Planning Commission. The site in question here was just subject to approval by the ZBA, and my experience has been the ZBA defaults to reject anything if neighbors complain.
The city didn't help things during the Peduto administration, when the decision was made that basically every substantial project in a neighborhood needs to be explicitly approved by the relevant neighborhood community/constituency groups. Effectively the city operates like 90 different municipalities with loose coordination when it comes to zoning.