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Originally Posted by Zapatan
Yea that's why I asked, referring to Chase Tower. Would it be possible to build a taller building anywhere in Houston?
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Yes.
Uptown Houston where the Williams Tower is, is not obstructed by any FAA restrictions. It’s not on the path to any airports... Same goes for any business district on the west side. You can build as tall as you want there.
I’ve heard of the Chase Tower dilemma before but also know there are parts of DT Houston that don’t have height restrictions. Meaning yes, you can build taller there.
The reason they haven’t is because there isn’t any demand to do so. Houston already has 2 supertalls with Chase and Wells Fargo towers. Both above 300 meters. But the city is awash in vacant office space. Supertalls from non-office towers are rare in the US outside of NYC/CHI. Usually cities have to either build a mixed use tower with office added in (office components are larger floor to ceiling height than resi/hotel) AND/OR tack on a stick (erm “spire”) to get it over 300 meters to meet supertall height.
MIA has some resi supertall proposals but they stay proposals until someone actually decides to build one.