Posted Apr 9, 2008, 10:11 PM
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Give 'em the full height, but hold out for a design review and make it contingent on getting the gallery. I have no problem with making them work for their money, so long as we make it clear that playing ball will end up making them money. The city is basically saying to them that they won't be allowed to make enough money to make it worth spending the upfront costs of getting the building designed, the museum lobbied for, and all the other up front costs that this thing is going to need.
Dumb.
Tell them that they'll get their density if they win, but demand that it be attractive and that they need to win the museum. How hard is that to negotiate?
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