marcus_a_j
Senior Member
I thought it was supposed to be 6 underground levels, which would mean a little deeper. Looks like they've done 3-4 levels so far.
Thanks for all the updates Solaris
Thanks for all the updates Solaris
An extra 20m would be puurfect!
This could possibly be a new tactic that developers could be engaged in where they intentionally over-engineer their buildings, and then after construction has been approved and has begun, they can spring a height-increase out of their hats, and take the city to the OMB by surprise, and possibly increase their chances of gaining extra heights, while also avoiding Section 37 on that additional height. They really have nothing to loose except a relatively small amount of money, especially those behind Shangri-La..
Most developers I know don't engage in the gambling that you are suggesting - especially in the current economic climate.
This appeal reflects just how ridiculous the planning process is sometimes... Here we have an approved $400 million+ development with enormous spin-off benefits (construction jobs, tourism, taxes) and when the developer submitted a site-plan application (no major changes at all) and the city planning staff missed the deadline for an appropriate response... the developer had to appeal to the OMB to light a fire under the city.
Ridiculous waste of time and money. I would have thought that a $400 million project in downtown, requesting a virtually unchanged siteplan approval, might be somewhere near the top of the pile of files that overworked staff have to maintain.
Are all the planning staff off sick...? Mike?