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Originally Posted by ORNative
Wall Street Journal Article (2010) on Toyoko Inn, New York: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014...93230856250018
Identifies that room sizes are approximately 200 sq feet; That hotel chain builds up to accommodate sufficient number of rooms for profitability; That NYC hotel will have 635 rooms at 35 stories tall (300-400 in Portland translates to 17-23 stories?)
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Let's do the math.
200 ft^2 x 300 rooms (conservative #s) = 60,000 ft^2
On a 10,000 ft^2 lot that comes out to 6 stories.
However, once you add let's say an extra 20% for common areas etc, you get a roughly 72,000 ft^2 building. So a minimum of 7 stories.
400 rooms would be 96,000 ft^2 or ~10 stories.
Since anything over 6 stories requires Type 1 construction (steel or concrete), you may as well go a little taller and skinnier. But I wouldn't count on it...
Note: this completely ignores parking and setbacks. If we factor in retail and parking access on the first floor (likely required by the city code), then you would need to add +1 stories. So we get a minimum of an 8-11 story building. Above-grade parking would add several more stories, but would likely be a hard sell through the design commission.
More realistically, with setbacks we are probably looking at +30-50% height,
so I'd estimate between 10-17 stories.