[WhatTheHeck5205]

If I was Howard Hughes Corp at this point, I’d cut my losses and build as-of-right, but pad it with as many mechanical floors as the revised code allows. Make up some excuse about the ground-floor retail needing separate HVAC equipment, because “green”. The community would lose the benefits and the building would still end up being tall enough to block 75% of the Southbridge whiners’ view. Then I’d go back to the plan for a tower on the waterfront.