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Originally Posted by FFX-ME
Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, and Montreal all have height restrictions, so that leaves Calgary and Toronto.
Calgary already has too much office space.
Toronto is building very tall buildings, some of the newer condo towers are supertalls. In any case, 300m is a very arbitrary defining limit and supertall skyscraper building is seen as a sign of economic collapse so I guess it's good that we aren't building them.
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Depending on where they are located, skyscrapers in Edmonton can go as high as they want currently, as long as city council approves their proposed heights. Tower heights are generally approved on a case-by-case basis with 'DC2' zones. But Edmonton used to have a height restrictions where buildings in the downtown area could only be 30 or 40 storeys, prior to the city closing the airport downtown. That's because planes required some space to take off and land at the airport safely. Now that the airport is closed, you're seeing the city's Stantec tower get built 250.5 meters (it'll be the tallest in Western Canada) and a bunch of other larger buildings including the purposed Alldritt tower at 280.0 meters.