[ATXPhil]

I don't want to get into a long political debate on a thread that is supposed to be about Brackenridge so I'm going to stop on that front...

On the note of Brackenridge, if there is ONE project that I think council would allow for higher FARs (especially if they wipe out half the density potential with a CVC extension) our of any proposed project right now it is probably this one. There is a stigma attached to the Medical School Complex in town. If the group selected puts a proposal together that brings street level interaction with the neighborhood like the farmer's market in the renderings, coupled with rental housing units, medical-oriented office space to compliment the Medical Complex and possibly a world-class hotel operation (like a Ritz-Carlton) I could actually see the city approving increased FARs without as many strings attached. Hopefully we'll get at least one building even taller than "up to 40 stories" in the end.