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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere
https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/2021/09/h...ding-escarpment-height-limit-is-no-more/
34 storey height increase approved.
Another nail in the coffin of the height limit following the approval of Television City. Television City was technically filed prior to the height limit so it wasn't an outright break, but this is.
It will be interesting to see if we see anyone try to blow the height limit apart at some point and go for 50 storeys or something.
One interesting way to think of this height increase is that it will add about 40 units compared to it being only 30 storeys.. which is the same number of units going into 18 Augusta. The height difference here will barely be perceptible but will add the equivalent amount of units and density to downtown as a 6-storey midrise building. Sort of shows how the height limit restricts housing supply.
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I don't think that's a fair comparison, the Augusta building has a significantly smaller footprint, so obviously an increase of a building with 4X the foot print will lead to a 3X-4X increase in units.