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Originally Posted by Hali87
I don't think this is necessarily true. A major theme of the Skye proposal has been affordability. If Skye were reduced to 27 storeys (the height of the original proposal) I am not convinced that they would be able to offer the same number of units, or that the units would not be more expensive. Offering 300 units @ $400,000 each is NOT the same as offering 600 units at $200,000 each. That the increased height would actually result in better affordability is by no means guaranteed, but it certainly, in theory, would support it.
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The Twisted Sisters were approved after United Gulf spends years fighting for support. The market by then had shifted; costs had risen, as they are still rising. Instead of remaining 27 storeys and closing the gap between the two towers to build a single tower with a width similar to the Maritime Centre and therefore making FULL USE of the proposal's available envelop, United Gulf has proposed Skye: which is
clearly going to be a process requiring much more time than what would be required for the approval of a simpler tweaking to the Twisted Sisters. Considering the existing Maritime Centre and the approved Nova Centre both fit this profile, the developer knows a modified Twister 'Sister' would have easily been accepted by council.
After so many people fought and supported United Gulf for the Twisted Sisters, it's certainly a piss-off.