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high-rise A concept with no fixed definition except as contained within specific fire codes or building codes.In commercial real estate,it is generally understood by reference to what it is not.It is not a low-rise, which is a one- or two-story structure. It is not a midrise, which could be anything between three and six, perhaps eight stories high, depending on the community. A high-rise is anything taller than a midrise.The meaning of high-rise in Asheville,North Carolina,will be different than that in New York City or Chicago. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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HIGH SOCIETY: CONTEMPORARY HIGHRISE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERNATIONAL HIGHRISE AWARD DBBM also recently provided a $14 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of The Barclay House Apartments, a 111-unit highrise in Brookline, MA. A man stabs a victim on Wellesley Street and dashes into a canyon of highrise, low-income apartment buildings in the city's most dangerous 'hood. |
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