{"id":18033,"date":"2007-12-13T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2007-12-13T15:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=18033"},"modified":"2008-07-28T16:27:47","modified_gmt":"2008-07-28T16:27:47","slug":"does-loft-or-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2007\/12\/does-loft-or-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Loft or Mezzanine Space Count Towards FAR?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I own the top floor condo apartment of a Brooklyn brownstone. The brownstone already exceeeds maximum allowable FAR, but the building could go about 12 feet higher. Is it possible to increase the height of part of the ceiling\/roof and build some sort of open loft or mezzanine space that doesn&#8217;t count towards FAR? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I own the top floor condo apartment of a Brooklyn brownstone. The brownstone already exceeeds maximum allowable FAR, but the building could go about 12 feet higher. 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