Growth Stage

Exemplar Property
Name	Growth Stage
Exemplar Type	Lot Exemplar
Property ID	0x27812837
Type	Uint8
Summary	Similar to density, but with more granularity. The smallest (1) is the first to appear.
See More:	Exemplar properties

The Growth Stage, sometimes referred to as just a Stage, is a Lot Exemplar Property used to limit when a lot can be built. The active growth stage in a city is determined by a combination of the Local and Regional populations. Lots with a Growth Stage set above that calculated value will not be added to the pool of possible options to grow in zones.

SimCity 4 uses Eight stages for Residential and Commercial, and Three stages for all types of Industrial.

Residential/Commercial Office Stages Limits

Stage	0	300	390	507	659	857	1114	1448	1882	2247	3181	4136	5376	6989	9086	11812	15356	19963	25592	33738	43859	57017	74122	96359	125267
1	100%	95%	80%	60%	45	30%	27%	24%	21%	17%	14%	12%	10%	9%	8%	7%	6%	5%	4%	3%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%
2	0%	5%	20%	35%	40%	45%	40%	36%	33%	30%	26%	23%	20%	17%	15%	13%	11%	9%	8%	7%	5%	4%	3%	2%	2%
3	0%	0%	0%	5%	15%	25%	28%	30%	32%	35%	33%	31%	28%	25%	21%	18%	15%	12%	10%	8%	7%	6%	5%	5%	5%
4	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	10%	14%	18%	23%	27%	32%	36%	39%	37 %	34%	32%	28%	26%	22%	19%	16%	13%	10%
5	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	4%	7%	10%	13%	14%	19%	24%	27%	30%	27%	24%	22%	19%	17%	15%
6	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	6%	10%	15%	18%	24%	27%	25%	24%	21%	18%
7	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	5%	11%	16%	21%	25%	29%
8	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	6%	11%	16%	20%

The Colossus Addon Mod expands the number of Stages to Fifteen for Residential and Commercial; Ten for Dirty, Manufacturing, and High-Tech Industrial; and Seven for Agricultural, making the game more challenging, but also more realistic.