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Originally Posted by Spocket
You know, it's like Toronto has decided to cap itself at 300 meters. Is there some reason there aren't any proposals considerably taller? Well, other than the financials, I mean.
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Elevator tech is a big one. Shafts take a huge amount of floor space, so they try to keep the count low; but elevators can only manage a certain capacity.
That coupled with land prices and sales volume (don't want to hold land too long) leads toward a profit peak between certain heights.
If Thyssenkrupp manages to get their multi-elevator shaft past the prototype stage, the "profit" cap will suddenly become much higher as 3 shafts (up + down + backup) can cover a much higher number of floors.