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Would this be the first six story single stair in US/Canada outside NY/Seattle?

I believe so. Depends on if/when it is built. There are a couple of applications (via alt solution) that predate the SES code update that might be first, but this seems poised to move more quickly.

just don’t look at the hive comments. 🫣

I summarized my comments on the bad site, for the audience that is still only there: x.com/lanefab/stat...

I don't usually second guess other's design work, without understanding the site and brief in depth, but I am invested in the outcomes for single stair code reform. So, here's a 50'x150' lot with our Five/Six prototype and a lane building. Keeping the same underground parkade. Only 1.7FSR vs 2.9

There’s clearly a tradeoff here, between the number of new units and the viability of rental versus strata.

Do you have thoughts on political/policy opportunities to address the "blank wall on SFH lot line" problem you discuss here, and reorient zoning codes from units facing out small side yards to wall-to-wall courtyard style?

A couple of ideas: 1) Zero side setback in exchange for reduced lot coverage 2) Zero side setback permissible by agreement of neighbor (permitting payoffs, multi-lot purchasing, and adjacent lot development handshakes) 3) Zero side setback on blocks with high redevelopment/turnover likelihood