The center is to have a gross floor area of nearly 2.8 million square feet.
The store opened in 1909 with a floor area of 42,000 square feet, which later was doubled.
And tweak it they did, limiting floor area per home as well as the maximum floor area of the project.
Also, some of the floor area of an apartment is not included in the 80-square-foot calculation, like private halls, foyers, bathrooms or water closets.
"So the maximum number of persons who may occupy an apartment is determined by dividing the total livable floor area of the apartment by 80," Mr. Aldad said.
Zoning rules in East Midtown generally limit the floor area of new buildings on the avenues to 15 times the lot size.
I had heard that the use of the limestone panels ultimately increased the floor area of the building, thereby creating a windfall for the developers.
"That will increase the floor area of the building by 10,000 square feet, taking the total to about 25,000 square feet.
In September, the Art Newspaper reported that the combined floor area of Gagosian's 13 premises is set to overtake that of Tate Modern.
At £12m and £14.5m respectively, their cost is similar, though JW3 has more than twice the floor area of the gallery.
Figure 4 Ratio of area of solar collectors installed to floor area of occupancy permits.
