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Originally Posted by BrianSac
The state=Large floor plates: why?
Taylor<30 stories: the reason behind this?
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Back when the West End Office Complex was going through the public
meeting process there was a point when the Department of General Services
and Real Estate Services Division, (in charge of planning and permitting)
explained that a couple of the proposals that were shown could not be built
because the floor plates weren’t large enough. They said a state law had
been passed years ago detailing how new state office buildings had to be
built to a certain square footage per floor. This ruled out the Slender Tower
alternatives that many people choose as their favorite. It’s odd that they
even offered it as a choice?
I think the reason Taylor will never build over 30 floors is because there is
not enough need for it. At one time 621CM was proposed at 31 floors, but for
6 years Taylor could not find enough tenants to fill it so banks could
loan him the money to build. A certain percentage of square feet in a
tower has to be leased out before money is released to build. Unless a
tower is built on speculation (like 500cm) it becomes difficult in Sacramento
to build anything over 400,000sf.
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Originally Posted by Pistola916
The Metropolitan would be next in line at 39-40 stories, but thats still a few years away from construction.
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The Metropolitan might be 40 floors but it will still be shorter than Wells Fargo
or the same height when done. Residential floors are shorter than office floors.