Posted Nov 14, 2014, 1:43 AM
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To be fair, I bet the original design would have been closer to 500-600 million... remember the Bank of America Tower in New York was a billion (I think)....
The fact that Fairmont people were debating a helicopter landing pad versus a spire tells us they were probably thinking big at some point.
Th fourth design is really disappointing, partly because the materials look to be downgraded.... I would have preferred a shorter building of higher quality (like Frost), then a taller JW marriot.
It isn't all that bad, but still.
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