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Originally Posted by jlousa
This one was never designed as a 750ft Building. A previous design was.
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That's the design I am referring to; that's the one I would like to see.
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Originally Posted by jlousa
It was also not expected to get the go ahead. The 750ft one was the ask for the moon knowing you won't get it thus making your second proposal seem much more acceptable.
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Exactly.
I think you are confusing the issue of how high this project would have gone in the absence of height restrictions with the issue of
how high the developer felt the city would let the project go. I find it far more plausible the 750ft proposal was insincere only in the latter sense.
Because the idea that this project would
not have been built to 750ft (or close thereto) had the West End Community Plan actually allowed heights of 750ft seems farfetched. For a prestige project in the hottest condo market in Canada, the idea that a big-time developer like Westbank would
not have jumped at greater height and density had the city allowed it seems quite implausible. Indeed, that was the very
purpose of imposing the 550ft limit: in its absence, the city knew developers would build higher. Otherwise, there is no point in imposing a limit, is there?
But if you are claiming that Westbank would have forfeited 200ft of extra height (or close thereto) even if the city's West End Community Plan had allowed the extra height, then would you be so kind as to state that claim for the record unambiguously?
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Mm Yes!! Striking architectural eye candy. Thank you for these.
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