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Is there an advantage of 17th floor vs. say 3rd?

That's where the generator is.

Ok. Is there some advantage to putting the generator on the 17th floor vs. the 3rd?

The building is 35 stories tall. the 17th and 18th floors are right in the middle.

Besides that, I don't think the powers that be want people belching diesel exhaust just a few feet above street level.