If the city was really serious about building affordable housing, they wouldn't allow projects like these to get away with paying what amounts to bribe money to get out of the obligation of building affordable units.  If you ask me, it should be a requirement to have affordable units in any high rise project from here on out.  No exceptions!  For too long, the city and the state has allowed developers to building Luxury Highrise Condos without providing low income housing for those that can't afford it otherwise to have an opportunity to buy.  Paying to get out of the requirement does nothing for those of us that aren't rich and that would like to live in town but cannot because it costs too much.  The system needs to change and that starts with voting out those at the top allowing these shenanigans to keep happening.