That's not even where the building is. This is where it is and what it would've looked like:
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The density argument doesn't mean much either because they already have an 8-story building under construction. Four more floors, no matter how you look at it, would've made a minor difference to the community and a major difference to the property owners. Let's face it, the height restriction was a lame attempt to save a view which was pretty much gone to begin with, and wouldn't have been much worse had the building been built as originally intended (4 more floors certainly wouldn't have made a difference to people on the freeway). But the loss to the property owners was obviously significant. Property rights still exist whether you like it or not, so the way I look at it, you might as well give the businesses liberty to build what they want, for the sake of the economy if not because these petty restrictions won't achieve anything.
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