development


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air rights

the right to develop airspace

air trolling

the purchase of air rights to beat a developer to it

boom buster

a skyscraper that precedes an economic downturn

flopscraper

a money-losing skyscraper

holdout

a single building encased by a new development

gallery
iconglow

the value of being near something famous

land assemblage

the process of acquiring adjacent land parcels to allow the development of a large project

one-sky wonder

a skyscraper that is the only representative of a design idea

pikettyline

a skyline full of pikettyscrapers

pikettyscraper

a skyscraper that embodies the popular notion that the rich are getting richer

rothscraper

a commercially friendly skyscraper

skycatcher

an eye-catching skyscraper that is the centerpiece of a massive development scheme

skychaser

someone who unilaterally commissions a skyscraper

skyscraper alert

the announcement of a new tallest skyscraper that doubles as a predictor of an economic crisis in the near future

smackerstacker

a skyscraper that lacks ambition

standbyscraper

a taxpayer that was built pending the construction of a skyscraper

taxpayer

a one-story building built only to cover the cost of the land’s property, such as taxes

wakescraper

a skyscraper built near an iconic building to take advantage of its proximity