Potential supertall!
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/201...developers-build-higher-supertall-towers
The little loophole helping developers build higher supertall towers
Developers are constructing skyscrapers on stilts
By Daniel Geiger
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Like a long list of other developers in recent years, Beninati wants to raise the tallest tower he can--a spire that could reach as high as 1,000 feet.
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To raise his Sutton Place building's height, Beninati said his mechanical floors will be 24 feet high, far taller than mechanical spaces in projects built even just a few years ago, and about double the height of most residential floors in the property. Doing that, he estimates, will add 100 or more feet to his project--allowing more of his units to clear that 700-foot threshold.
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Suck it NIMBYs - you wanted a shorter tower, well now you'll get a supertall instead!
