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Sydney’s push to remain a global city must mean that the sky’s the limit: city’s building height limit has not changed in 40 years

EXCLUSIVE Alicia Wood State Political Reporter
The Daily Telegraph
July 14, 2014

SYDNEY’S skyline could soon rise higher, amid concerns the city’s ­existing 235m height limit is stifling growth and leaving the city trailing its international counterparts.

The height limit has not changed in 40 years, and experts say Sydney could run out of office space within 10 years — even allowing for the Barangaroo development. The tallest structure in the city — which exceeds the height limit — is Sydney Tower at 309m....................

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