Imagine having a 14 storey zoning in hand, then spending 2 years trying to get 48 storeys only to settle at 4 more in the end. The IRR has to be negative...
Weird move. This kind of entitlement doesn't secure the paper value it might have a couple years back. Zonings like this aren't worth the $2M in invoicing and fees it takes to get the density secured.
Not shoring, geothermal drilling:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amelillo_gorgeous-spring-day-visiting-our-project-activity-7444411370848063488-7i8Q?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABWhmzUBq-Jp8RwVbzxxEJzQwZTjzDTob74
You don't need to refile to reduce the size of your building. If you have NOAC for 400 units, you're still welcome to build 350 (or whatever) under that same permission.
Sure but the perplexing issue is that $35M is an extreme amount of money to deploy for a small retail asset. Generation has tons of money, sure, but this is kinda silly (or there's just more we don't yet know).