Transferable development
rights (TDRs)
These allow landowners to buy unused air space from neighbouring buildings and reallocate it to their own so they can build higher
Unused
air rights
Air rights
allocated
to neighbour
Building
air rights
maxed
Floor area ratio
(FAR)
The FAR is capped by the city to set maximum building density. An FAR of 10 means you can build 10 times the floor area of a lot, in any configuration
10-storey building
filling the entire lot
20-storey building
on 50% of the lot
Lot area
Transferable development
rights (TDRs)
Floor area ratio
(FAR)
These allow landowners to buy unused air space from neighbouring buildings and reallocate it to their own so they can build higher
The FAR is capped by the city to set maximum building density. An FAR of 10 means you can build 10 times the floor area of a lot, in any configuration
Unused
air rights
Air rights
allocated
to neighbour
10-storey building
filling the entire lot
20-storey building
on 50% of the lot
Lot area
Building
air rights
maxed