^ Actually, Wright Concept is, well, right. The standard definition of a high-rise among building professionals is any building over 75 feet. It has to do mainly with the structural and safety design challenges of a building taller than 75 feet. Lenders and insurance companies use a similar definition. Buy a condo in any building with more than 6 or 7 stories, and you - by their definition and their fees - live in a high-rise building. I know because I had to sign those papers many times.
The Medallion, however, will likely not be considered a high-rise, though it may get close. It will be a Type III construction, which means 5 wood frame floors above a concrete ground floor. The wood frame floors will likely be 10 feet (with maybe a 12 or 13 foot penthouse floor), and the bottom concrete floor shouldn't be any higher than 18-19 feet. So at the max, you're looking at ~70 ft., just short of a "high-rise" by definition.
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