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Originally Posted by mhays
There's a small area without height limits, literally a hundred acres or a couple hundred. But it has FAR (floor area ratio) limits that I think only apply to commercial, not residential. Housing at that height is hard to make pencil. For offices, with limited FAR, the cost/benefit is often better with a stubbier building. And I think you'd need the whole block to go very tall (more floor area allowed with more land). I've heard it estimated that the most we'd likely see under current rules is 700' or so.
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A couple hundred acres isn't
that small, maybe a building higher than 700 feet could be residential or mixed if they have no height limits.
Seattle has such a nice skyline, it would be ashame if Columbia Center were the tallest for too long.