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Originally Posted by MAC123
So like I thought, the number they're getting that height from is probably the pre FAR bonus number.
If anything I'm guessing the height is actually going to increase since the increased the sqft. Or it will get fatter at the top. But I doubt a decrease.
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The problem is, without the direct filing, there’s no indication of what that total size references. On the full filing, it would be a reference to zoned square footage plus mechanical space. For this tower, we know that would be nearly 1 msf - at least as approved. I can’t imagine a private developer would bid on this site, and sit on it only to build something
smaller than what is allowed.
Which brings us to this early filing. How then, would you get a mearly 300 ft height drop. The parameters of thecdesign (the zoning envelope), wouldn’t allow for a shorter, wider tower. In fact, they did the opposite during approval. Some nonsense about the sky plane. The other option would be a large drop in floor heights. Which I can’t see a developer doing, as this tower competes with other developments. At the same time, we know that there is a significant crown on top of the building. And finally, the building in the graphic they’ve shown has always been 933 ft.