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Originally Posted by gramsjdg
Any truth to the rumors on SSC that this will be capped at 23 floors until the ultra-lux market "recovers"?
The very slow pace of this has had me worried... I hope I'm wrong.
Getting flashbacks to the Chicago Spire debacle... the curse of trying to exceed the Sears Tower roof height on American soil but always failing? for 43 years and counting?  |
While I have no inside info, none of that makes any sense.
First, the project has full financing and full construction/union agreements. Second "23 floors" is totally random and not related to anything re. the building plans. Third, the project doesn't have a "slow pace" and is right on schedule for a 2019 opening.
And Chicago Spire is not related to this tower, in any way. Chicago Spire was the brainchild of a carpenter from Ireland who never built a highrise in his life, and the building never received financing. It was never a serious project. This tower is being built by the most important/successful highrise developer in the Western world.