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Originally Posted by freerover
Looks like City Staff wants to cap all buildings at Eightfold at 120'. Eightfold is going to the planning commission asking for 400' cap right next to 183 like mentioned above and 280' cap for the rest of the property except for Building B.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff supports the Applicant’s request of LI-PDA-NP zoning, with conditions.
The Applicant requests the following:
1. The property is permitted to utilize a 50% parking and loading area reduction. 2. Building B shall be no greater than 160’ of height.
3. All other buildings east of Semiconductor Drive shall be no greater than 120’ of
height.
4. For the portion of the property that is bounded by Ed Bluestein Boulevard,
Technicenter Drive, Semiconductor Drive and Central Avenue, buildings shall not
exceed 400’ of height.
5. For the remaining portion of the property that is west of Semiconductor Drive,
buildings shall not exceed 280’ of height.
Staff supports conditions 1, 2, and 3 but does not support 4 or 5. With the exception of Building B, Staff recommends that all other buildings on the property shall not exceed 120’ of height.
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Yeah, 400 feet was always going to be a hard sell. Brandywine was able to get Broadmoor up to 360 (not by right, just with a _lot_ of bonuses) by paying for (half) a station next to an operating commuter rail line.
Short of Eightfold tossing in a couple hundred million or more, to get the green line up and running sooner than the next 10-20 years, I don't think it happens.
And then you still have the problem that where they want to put the 400 footers is 3/4 mile away from the green line (at its closest).