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Originally Posted by MattD
But how can the city approve an additional 50K sq. ft. on a building already under construction? I didn't think you'd be able to add that much space and height to a building that's already started but I guess you can.
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By the same token, how could they add 50k sq. ft. to a building that has no stipulations on the size or even if it's built or not?
The agreement between the city and the developer only require one tower to be built, which the city calls the "Mixed use tower" but it can have any use, and the developer went with all office.
They don't have to build the condo/hotel tower in order to get any money from the city, therefore there is no pre-set sq. ft. requirement for the whole building set, as was the case with the office tower (required minimum of 550,000 sq. ft.)
I'm guessing they will be able to add the 50k sq ft to the office tower but not to the tower itself, but to the area above the retail portion (NW corner)...
I don't know, that may seem a bit ambitious, not sure if that's even possible seeing how it would block off a good portion of the view/windows of the west facing lower floors of the Wachovia tower.
Who knows...I guess we'll find out how it pans out.