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Originally Posted by osirisboy
I keep hearing that it's not economically feasible to build taller. Yet Calgary, Edmonton, seattle etc seem to have no problem building higher office towers than we do. Is it because those cities allow larger floor plates than vancouver does?
So if there were no height limits developers would still only roughly build up to 140 meters? Because anything taller wouldn't be ecomincally feasable?
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It not being economically feasible is yet another Vancouver based myth that gets perpetuated on this site. As you so correctly pointed out, it seems that no other major city in North America suffers from this affliction, yet in Vancouver we just can't seem to figure it out.
The truth of the matter is the city is to blame. One of the only things stated in this thread that has even a measure of truth to it is that if your floorplate is too small, just building higher (especially in commercial properties) makes little to no sense and at a certain point are actually counterproductive. However, it is the city who is to blame for this as they have a long, stupid, irrational fear of larger floor plates. They allow for some taller heights in select spots, yet the floor plates remain relatively small. Larger floor plates are reserved for shorter buildings since the city has a myriad of BS policies that stymie larger (and taller) buildings.
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