Quote Originally Posted by Gistok View Post
From what was posted [[now long ago) on this thread was that the current configuration of the tower could not go above 912 ft. due to the limited space for elevator capacity. I wonder if the 680ft vs 912ft. utilizes the same amount of elevators? If so... then I agree that waiting a bit on building out the tower portion of the block, could be required if additional height [[of some kind) might be needed.
The main reason for the tower height reduction is due to 1) the absence of the observation deck [[dropping it from 912’ to ~830’ range), and 2) the inability of the developers to attract two hotel brands [[and investors in said hotels) to occupy the tower. There were supposed to be two high end hotels in the original proposal. Now there is one. Subtract one of the two hotels from the tower, and that’s why the height reduction went from ~830’ to 680’.