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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1776381, member: 716"] Regarding parking spaces, the proposed building would have way more than the required minimum. About 400 spots in total, so a net gain of over 250 spaces. It's an unfortunate choice the city has to make: this is a pretty decent urban design (better than anything SU or a private developer has built in the neighborhood for at least two decades), though the big above-ground garage isn't appropriate, and adding both density and commercial space is a good thing; on the other hand, a 200' building on that hilltop will ruin a lot of great views, both of the grand entrance up University and from surrounding drumlins toward downtown and the lake. Down the hill would be a better place for a building of this scale, but that's not what's on the table now. Developers are lining up, though, to build this sort of project on Almond once I-81 is removed. [/QUOTE]