I don’t think it’s what will happen. We have seen this is Miami, same scenario and they wind up getting taller. The developer will have to request a study to be done along with negotiating for the height. Happens all the time in Miami, and it shouldn’t be a challenge to get it in LIC.
But in my speculation, I wouldn’t see this as the final height or a cap for all of LIC.
I have seen this same rubbish occur for Miami towers, and they all wind up being very close to the original height or what the developer wants.
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Handel Architects has filed for permits for a two-story retail building that will rise at 29-23 Queens Plaza North, on the southwestern corner of the site, which will have a total construction area of just over 20,000 square feet. There will be 10,333 square feet of commercial space within, and the structure will rise 41 feet to its rooftop.
LGA to LIC is twice less the distance (3 miles) when compared to MIA - downtown (6 miles) so not so sure about this theory… Yet 432 Park (1400ft) is just 4.5 miles away from LGA… Go figure…
I think is kinda cool. I hope they plan on lighting the clock tower. Kinda thinking like they do 30 rock or Grand Central, with lights from above or other buildings.
