I.e. to make the building taller with the existing FSR, the useable space on the lower floorplates would have to get smaller than what's currently proposed:
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Originally Posted by officedweller
I'm not sure how much they could narrow the floorplate.
There's a big square "MECH" space between the elevator banks on each floor that takes up a lot of room.
Although it is supposed to have a 20,000 sq ft floorplate, I'm also surprised that each bank of elevators has 8 elevators.
TD Tower (16,000 sq ft floorplate) has 6 per bank.
I'm also curious as to why Floor 17 has access to both the lowrise bank and the highrise bank of elevators?
http://former.vancouver.ca/commsvcs/planning/rezoning/applications/1133melville/index.htm
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