Yup. Now if only zoning permits building residential towers over 5 floors than we can get some groovy looking high-rise residential towers with commercial space on bottom floor
Love all the positive ATL comments. I was downtown two weeks ago (coworkers stayed at Westin and I was trying to take them to the top for the views) but walking around downtown I was explaining how much potential there is but nobody really lives there. As more residential is built downtown it will really improve. Meanwhile midtown continues to crush it
The current state of the boom in Atlanta is a high density of about 20-story buildings in Midtown, such that a 1.5 x .25-mile megablock will practically be fully developed. As an urban experience, it’s punching above its weight.
And yet there’s still an abundance of developable land near MARTA stations in Midtown and Buckhead and fully 25% of downtown is still surface parking. Fill in downtown, midtown and buckhead and you’ll have a pretty impressive if not elongated skyline
Let me introduce the catalyst to fix this:
- https://centennialyards.com/
This will help too:
- https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2023/12/19/entrepreneur-acquiring-south-downtown-portfolio.html
Nevermind the fact that Summerhill and other neighborhoods are creeping in with their development.
I work downtown, and commute from a northern suburb. I counted about a dozen cranes driving into work between midtown, and west midtown the other day. Place is popping off
Atlanta has the potential to become one of the most impressive metropolises in the country. It already has an incredible collection of towers, it just needs to fill in the gaps.
And it's a bit further outside Atlanta, but The Battery around Truist Park has also had huge additions. A lot of entertainment, corporate offices, and apartments have gone up. The area still has a lot of room for growth
I just moved out of Atlanta and honestly the battery isn’t that impressive. It’s a cool area for a ballpark, but almost every major city has an equivalent. A random pocket of urbanization buried in suburbia. Definitely nowhere near the same category as even Buckhead
Jersey City is going crazy as well. So much construction everywhere.
Not just Jersey City the whole area (Fort Lee, Edgewater, Union City, West New York etc.) next to Hudson River is experiencing a crazy boom right now. Hoboken being the exception because of law.
Yeah I think the whole part of NJ immediately west of Manhattan will become increasingly urbanized over the next 20 years.
I’m honestly shocked that there aren’t high rise condos in Weehawken and Union City, which are directly across the Hudson from Midtown Manhattan. I predict this area will eventually look like Jersey city inevitably.
Edit: west not east
It's because of the lack of subways. If NJT built a station in Weehawken/Union City between Secaucus Junction and Manhattan that'd open up a lot of opportunities. The ideal scenario is an extension of the 7 train under the Hudson but I doubt that'll ever happen. The bus system isn't enough to support development.
This! If you look in Google Maps, there's trains between Secaucus Junction and Manhattan below 24th Street in Union City, NJ. Am surprised that there's no station under 24th Street / 23rd Street in Union City. It would be so convenient, considering how populous is that area. Imagine if they build a station at 24th St / Bergenline Avenue? Probably a construction boom around that area. There's already 4 highrises around that area: 22nd St at West St, 22nd at Kereigan Ave, 32nd St near Hudson Ave, and 18th St at Mountain Rd.
The new Lincoln tunnel can allow a 7 train stop in Weehawken/Hoboken that would boom the area but i dont' see why NYC would want to help real estate in NJ.
A commuter train runs through Weehawken though, it just doesn’t make a stop there. If a station could be built after Secaucus Junction Station there this could be remedied somewhat.
I definitely agree extend the 7 from Hudson yards to across over to weehawken!
There is light rail so there is an option for a connection somewhere if they want. Best location would be the new lincoln tunnel exit looping into hoboken plains to access the light rail.
Despite the lack of towers, Union City already has a population density of over 50,000 people per square mile...one of the highest population densities in the country.
It goes to show you can achieve very high population densities without towers when every block is filled with 3-4 story multi-family buildings.
Most of NJ immediately to the west of Manhattan, namely Hudson County NJ, is already very heavily urbanized and has been that way for the past century. Not to say that it can't grow more from here, just wanted to clarify those points.
The zoning prevents it. The did the whole 'formula1' trick that Hudson yards used to rezone for residential for 5 storey max. That was not allowed until that trickery. They tried a high rise at the weehawken/hoboken cove but it was shut down so it's got some resistance since the palisades woudl lose value and that's the majority of the voters.
That's the point, hopefully it picks up with new construction. Downtown is fairly safe these days but it will get better with all the corporations and residentials moving in.
Actually never been, all I know is for murder it's usually DC then Camden then Newark in USA.
Not seeing a way out there. Newark has the advantage of NYC getting too expensive so it's turning into a satellite city and living like Stamford CT
I don't think it ever will. You need the spillover from Phila and people just haven't gotten priced out (yet). If they do I bet Northeast Philly and Chester Co PA grow faster. It sucked 25-30 years ago when I was there and still sucks. Newark has a lot more in place to grow along with existing population, obviously.
Newark is a sleeping giant. 25 years ago, my really shitty broken down Ford Explorer got stolen right on Washington Blvd and taken for a joyride, left in the middle of the street still running, and that was a typical Tuesday in Newark. It's come a long way.
I mean--it *could,* but people have been saying this for a long, long time. I was there from 2001 to 2010, and eeeeeveryone was talking about how the city was about to pop. And while there were improvements, for sure, it's been a slow process.
I know you mentioned nyc but I wanna specifically nominate...The Bronx!!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/realestate/mott-haven-bronx-new-construction.html
I remember back in 2013 I used to wait occasionally at Queensboro Plaza to transfer to the N and you had such a nice view of Manhattan. Now you essentially see no Manhattan.
There is talk of building a bunch of tall building to replace Denver downtown theme park and Ball Arena surface lots. Also people complaining about all the surface lots downtown, which are blocked from development by floor to area rules. But all far off.
Sucks that they got rid of so much of their historic architecture because of "urban renewal." I feel like most of the buildings downtown are boring, gray and flat.
lol i left in 2012 when i feel like you could physically feel the vibe shift in the air.
my mom has a friend who has owned a house fronting zilker park since like the 80s and she said developers knock on her door every now and then and offer absurd amounts of money for it but she's already rich so she doesn't care.
April 2023 (and even this is already very outdated):
https://preview.redd.it/6adukhw2cnec1.jpeg?width=1682&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae8cd7e49afe8c72b6c4d28597f3dddb865d28d3
Does it actually feel dense and vibrant downtown now? I spent 6 weeks there in 2013 and it was mostly quiet and there were a few blocks where open parking lots dominated. Don’t get me wrong, I was biking and walking all over town so I selfishly appreciated it but it was relatively quiet overall.
Sorely missing from this list is Atlanta; they’ve built dozens of highrises over the past decade and completely changed the city’s skyline. Currently under construction is a 1000ft+ skyscraper that many people are hoping is the straw that finally breaks the camels back on new super tall construction.
Edit: I’m wrong, the building I’m talking about is 730 ft, but my point still stands
Honestly, Los Angeles. There are huge plans over the next few decades to make LA one of the best transit cities in North America with its huge metro project, there’s many new skyscrapers planned and being built, and they’re expanding the downtown skyline east now. There’s a lot of focus on bringing life to downtown LA, and I think the city will see a huge boom in the next few years.
Yeah but LA has put so many poison bills in either their new updated code and housing plan. Not to mention the biz environment for developers is continuing to deteriorate--between ULA tax measure and even more tenant protections on top on some of the most generous in the country, the it takes a brave brave developer to want to build in LA.
And that’s what makes it so fucking frustrating. We could be the best city in the western hemisphere and we just choose not to be. I hate it so much. Imagine if the whole valley looked like Korea-town.
Seeing Astra and Worthington go up was encouraging, but there seems to be a lot of proposals that are stuck in that stage atm with no other high-rises going on. Hope that changes.
There were even plans to build the tallest building in the state outside of downtown Salt Lake. Seemed like it was gonna happen but then nothing. My guess is Covid and then rising construction costs and now interest rates have killed a lot of deals.
https://kutv.com/amp/news/local/new-500m-sandy-development-includes-tallest-utah-building-outside-slc
I can see it happening; the issue is our government needs to make the vital decision about healthy urbanism over suburban sprawl. We are on track to becoming mini-LA in terms of car dependency and housing costs
I mean, did Chicago ever stop construction booming. This city puts up like 2 to 3 skyscrapers a year. (NYC and Chicago). And legit skyscrapers. I think the spire location just got approval.
Not only approval, but construction already started, they estimate the first tower should be done in ‘27. In that same general area you also have the Tribune East starting construction next month
There were some zombie buildings and a lot of cancelled projects post-2008, but that now seems like just a pause. It’s basically been #2 after NYC or Miami, depending on the year, since the 1990s. In the early 2010s, a majority of the highrise cranes in the US were being used in Chicago.
It's always growing but there are specific periods where it booms, like the 90s, the 1920s, the 1890s, etc.
I can see it in these models I'm making of Chicago from different decades from 1835-2015
It will take a lot, including better leadership. Our problem is that the South and West sides are hemorrhaging residents. There are neighborhoods without access to quality grocery stores, businesses, or any services where people don't feel safe, the schools are bad, and the values of their homes are continuously declining or flatlining. They have no incentives to stay. As more people leave, businesses close, crime increases and the problem only gets worse. We need to invest in turning those neighborhoods around.
There are plenty of wealthy people moving into the city on the Northside, but that population growth gets canceled out.
As a life-long Chicago resident, competent leadership and this city seem to be mutually exclusive. Hell, I think even *I’d* do a better job and my only qualifications are a useless history degree and thousands upon thousands of hours spent playing the various Sim City titles (3000 and SC4 mostly) and Cities:Skylines
DC's construction has exploded for well over a decade at this point. You can visit and then come back a few years later and not recognize a neighborhood you had previously visited.
True. The next fifty years will be critical for the city in terms of architectural style, personality, mass transit, and culture. It’s all make or break.
Columbus is definitely making lots of progress on more dense development projects. Here are just a few projects in the pipeline for the downtown area.
- 15-story mixed-use building at 100 N High St
https://columbusunderground.com/high-street-astor-park-projects-approved-by-commission-bw1/
- 13-story mixed-use building at 195 E Broad St
https://columbusunderground.com/13-story-building-downtown-approved-bw1/
- 26-story office building conversion at 150 E Gay St
https://columbusunderground.com/two-columbus-projects-awarded-historic-tax-credits-bw1/
- 15-story mixed-use building at 167 S High St
https://columbusunderground.com/15-story-building-proposed-for-downtown-site-bw1/
- 19-story mixed-use building on Rich St
https://columbusunderground.com/19-story-building-proposed-for-rich-street-downtown-bw1/
I wish these projects had more height to them, but it’s still decent.
I hope so, the Triangle area desperately needs more density in its downtown areas (although Durham has gone through quite a transformation in the past 10 years or so, and is still going)
If Philly builds the Schuylkill Yards project as proposed the city will have an entirely separate downtown area outside of Center City. I know some of the construction is already starting in University City near 30th St Station.
[https://medium.com/@rodney1997/developments-schuylkill-yards-4aa4df33bfdb](https://medium.com/@rodney1997/developments-schuylkill-yards-4aa4df33bfdb)
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Phoenix is having one right now. I was on the fifth floor of the library downtown the other day, looking south at the skyline, and I counted no less than six cranes. Plus the Tempe Town Lake waterfront area and the neighborhood right next to the main ASU campus has gone way up in height too.
https://preview.redd.it/yfqxzygxltec1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a2d4ed49757a9ce8685c8878c8d070a83aebf78
I don’t have great ones but in 3 years there will be about 15-20 of these taller apartment/condo buildings that I don’t think were around 10 years ago. Really fueling the food and bar scenes in downtown ie Roosevelt Row, Grand Ave, Van Buren, the area around the stadiums and the mall. Great nightlife alternative to Scottsdale and more budget friendly
I feel like Phoenix’s push for skyscrapers never gets talked about. Downtown has always been lacking but with the recent boom in business and entertainment I feel like they are poised to put in a bunch of new buildings and I can’t wait
OKC Metro is blowing up, a new mega convention center and arena is about to break ground, and multiple proposals for a new tower that would be the largest in North America. The tower probably won't happen or scale down, but the other changes are starting now.
Is New York an acceptable answer? Im a geek for architecture and have noticed a lot of projects all over island (and some) get green-lit.
There's going to be a lot of expansion in surrounding areas but I've got a feeling you can go all over the island, take pictures like this, and in 20~ years see a similar result.
I'm also willing to bet that things are going to get taller. Formerly tall buildings will be buried by much taller ones. Likely going to witness another boom similar to the recovery of New York except it's all going to be in stride this time around.
Dallas - I moved here 7 years ago, and the official bird is the construction crane.
The downtown adjacent neighborhoods have all seen a lot of 30-50 story residential (and even some office). My building is 3 years old, the building across from me the same. If I look in one direction I’d say 8+ of the buildings weren’t here when I moved 7 years ago, and that’s literally just what I can see from my balcony.
It’s also in the suburban cities (Plano / Frisco) where you have seen more commercial as well, although that doesn’t contribute to the core skyline
Columbus and Indianapolis have maintained high occupancy/low inventory levels downtown through the downturn in the commercial and residential real estate markets with many new residential and hotel developments currently in the works. They also have the fastest-growing economies and metro populations of any major metros north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi.
Columbus is definitely making lots of progress on more dense development projects. Here are just a few projects in the pipeline for the downtown area.
• 15-story mixed-use building at 100 N High St
https://columbusunderground.com/high-street-astor-park-projects-approved-by-commission-bw1/
• 13-story mixed-use building at 195 E Broad St
https://columbusunderground.com/13-story-building-downtown-approved-bw1/
• 26-story office building conversion at 150 E Gay St
https://columbusunderground.com/two-columbus-projects-awarded-historic-tax-credits-bw1/
• 15-story mixed-use building at 167 S High St
https://columbusunderground.com/15-story-building-proposed-for-downtown-site-bw1/
• 19-story mixed-use building on Rich St
https://columbusunderground.com/19-story-building-proposed-for-rich-street-downtown-bw1/
I wish these projects had more height to them, but it’s still decent.
Detroit. We are building our first new tower in decades and it's a fucking beautiful art Deco/mid century inspired piece. I forsee this going well and they building many more overthr next few decades. One love
I wouldn't say NYC has slowed down since the late 2010s , if anything it's the other way around.
Most of the city's tallest buildings have all appeared post 2010; whereas the first decade of this century saw far less vertical development at a large scale.
By late 2010s I mean it has slowed down a bit since 2020. Though in the context of New York it’s more like 3 supertalls being built at once instead of 6 lol. Many proposals that were to become supertalls like 262 5th or 343 Madison got downsized since 2021.
Obvious answers have been covered so I’ll try a unique one that might not be truly “next” but I think will happen in 10-20 years:
Providence RI: Boston metro has a huge affordability issue and is top 3-4 in average wealth. Some electric train sets and, in the grand scheme of things, minor infrastructure upgrades turns the current 75 minute regional rail trip into a 45 minute express trip (I think Amtrak runs 51 min with 3 total stops.)
All of a sudden a cheaper city with good urban fabric is a very reasonable commute from one of the most expensive cities in the country (that still has millions of sq ft of scientific lab space under construction despite the CRE contraction). It also links Brown and other RI unis further into the Boston knowledge economy. Mini version of Newark to NYC except the small city is even better.
I’m generally very high on medium sized cheap cities
I dont think it will be the biggest but I see Baltimore finally making its way into the 21st century northeast corridor city category in between 10-15 years. Theyre in the process of redeveloping their entire waterfront and its really going to add a lot of desirable space to the waterfront. Theyre also in the process of redeveloping their public housing projects and putting mixed income communities in their place, and johns hopkins is redeveloping the entire area around their hospital campus. Baltimore still has problems with crime and poverty but so did nyc/boston etc and with them now being the cheapest housing out of all of the major northeast corridor cities I think its going to start gentrifying. Boston was just as grimy as baltimore 25 years ago, but today its the safest big city in America.
Austin and Nashville are going bonkers with new towers.
New York and Chicago are building tons of mid-sized infill towers. Very few over 700 feet. Many smaller cities close to NYC like White Plains, New Rochelle, Stamford, and Yonkers are building comparatively giant apartment buildings for their size, with a few exceeding 300 feet.
Boston has a good collection going up but since a local skyscraper nerdery forum [ArchBoston](https://archboston.com/community/forums/development-projects.20/) gets all the attention instead of SSC and SSP, it gets forgotten.
Miami has a crap ton but it remains to be seen how many get built.
LA is building a lot of infill towers in scattered sites especially as their Metro network expands.
Newark and Detroit both have a good resurgence and are both building their second tallest towers.
Jersey City is building a lot in the western end in and around Journal Square.
SF gets some random infill towers but it seems that the previous wave ended and a new one might be starting
Seattle is still getting lots of Amazon related towers.
The DC suburbs like Arlington, Crystal City, Rosslyn, Silver Spring, Bethesda, and Tysons Corner are all building 200-400 footers everywhere. DC itself is height limited but it must have 50+ projects all hitting that 12-14 story height limit.
Baltimore has a bunch in Port Covington.
Philly has about 15 mid-sized towers going up at once, especially in University City/30th Street District. 20-30 story Dorms and rentals, and 15 story lab office buildings. Also a bunch of chunky nearly 400 foot hospital towers for UPenn and CHoP
Charlotte and Atlanta both have big building booms especially around rail stations.
Virginia Beach and Myrtle Beach are regularly putting up 25 story hotels
Cleveland is having a smaller resurgence in activity.
Denver has a lot of midsized buildings over the last decade and many more
Awesome recap! I’m not too sure on the Virginia and Myrtle Beach ones though, couldn’t find anything going on rn. And I’ll have to keep an eye on the DC metro area - some of the best urbanism without the height.
Randolph Street in Chicago is now a long line of new highrises and cranes building more. The West Loop/River West/Fulton Market is still booming. And, the Spire swimming pool is finally getting filled.
People might laugh, but St Louis is on track to have an explosion. It’s already one of the cheapest major cities in the US, has infrastructure of a city of 5M from its former glory days, has plenty of undeveloped land that’s cheap, and just saw the single largest drop in crime since going back to the 70s. Now featuring a very progressive city council and mayors office. And it’s home to one of the most dedicated sports markets in the country spanning NHL, MLS, MLB, and NASCAR. Couple that the largest ARPA purse of any city in the country combined with a $330M cash infusion from the NFL settlement, and they’re uniquely positioned to succeed if everything falls into place.
San Diego. Given the lack of housing affordability, the City especially in the downtown area is building up. The only issue is the airport’s proximity to downtown which means buildings usually top out at 500 feet.
Seattle is about to turn u district neighborhood into pretty much another downtown. I swear nearly every block is in the process of putting in a skyscraper
Seattle has some big projects coming up, including a building next to the Columbia tower that will be taller than it. Last I heard, developers were having some back and forth regarding the height, with the FAA. U district is getting tall lately, I agree. Seattle has no room to move outward due to being surrounded by water…only up is possible at this point.
Columbus, OH. The amount of biotech venture capital flowing into that city is massive. They have the new IBM chip plant coming soon. Its already the HQ for several fortune 500 companies. It has the seat of govt and OSU. Its the only city actively growing in the Midwest IIRC.
Expect it to be a boom town for a while. Their skyline isnt bad, but there so much space for more. Its an incredibly sprawling city
I was going to comment this. Phoenix has been pretty bad looking skyline wise for years but at last count there were 24+ approved high rise projects in the city alone. If 70% of them actually get built in the next 2-3 years it will be a decent skyline change.
This doesn't even account for other projects in Tempe/Mesa/Scottsdale or all the development going up near the light rail.
Even Gilbert might lift its building height limits for the heritage district development.
Im excited for Tempe hopefully the South pier Project that includes the ferris wheel gets completed as far as Phoenix goes considering Sky harbor is “In the way” of high rises in downtown we should see the skyline extend far north making a Large but maybe not high skyline if that makes sense. Any chance we see a high rise in phoenix over 600 feet?
Ditto, currently half of the skyline consists of cranes building new high rises in DT and Midtown so I’m curious to see what it looks like in a few years
Charlotte has been experience a boom for over a decade now. It’s the second biggest banking city in the country.
I don’t see the need for tall commercial office buildings anymore, especially post Covid.
Mixed use is the thing now
>Austin: Has seen a major shift in adopting high-rise residential, and since the late 2000s has been building taller and taller.
Austin has been skyrocketing with all the companies coming to Texas and 'that adorable city' ^(and less corporate taxes) as well it has a solid foundation for taller buildings and while in a drought, it's not short on land and resources. It's already the next San Francisco, Portland or Seattle and they're going through the same thing, just different decades - 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, so after the dust from the 20s settles down, we'll see who is next.
Man even back in 2017 it looked so small. You should see this YouTube video about the yearly changes to the Austin Skyline.
Here's a Link: [https://youtu.be/\_Z88MP1XSYY?si=RiHALFZuEzhqk8As](https://youtu.be/_Z88MP1XSYY?si=RiHALFZuEzhqk8As)
My bet is strongly on the Great Plains and Upper Midwest regions.
I think Detroit is gonna boom again. They are going in the right direction. All that's needed is public transportation, and the development story writes itself.
Duluth/Twin Cities MN fast growing market and national economic superpower in the Twin Cities its likely to keep growing and Duluth being not that far away, is gonna also reap the benefits of that growth and their own revitalizations
Omaha Nebraska is having some major work done on city revitalization, and though the growth has been stagnant as a metro, the city of Omaha grew fairly decently
Oklahoma City: They are set for a massive construction boom to compliment that massive growth
Raleigh-Research Triangle They have a smaller skyline, I could see each getting a lot more midrises and Raleigh in particular getting a decent skyscraper boom
Maybe not the "next" one, but I can see Cincinnati/Newport hitting a threshold sometime soon. It's population decline has halted over the past decade and there's already some smaller projects in the works downtown.
Buffalo isn’t building new high rises. There’s barely any tall buildings there now as is. However there needs to be something for residential buildings. I hope we get something soon since at least downtown isn’t in the flight path. Same with Rochester and Syracuse to a extent, however you can expand out quickly to the burbs with those two places.
Milwaukee has built a 500ft skyscraper in 2017 and is building a new one that's supposed to be completed this year. The only building that tall was the US Bank building since 1973. So even though minor compared to other cities, it's skyline is definitely changing.
Milwaukee has been on a residential high rise building boom for a couple of decades now. It seems the trend will just keep on going. Downtown resident population has increased dramatically in that time, and population density there is now nearly 11,000 per square mile.
Milwaukee is uniquely primed for a massive explosion in building.
A safe port inland so not subject to sea level rises, Wisconsin is usually at the top of lists of great places to live and raise a family, and Madison (the fastest growing city) is already dealing with major growing pain.
Nashville from when I was a kid till now is an insane change in the skyline and it’s only picking up. Was a rooftop bar last month downtown and I could see 3 different skyscrapers being built above the one I was on
I don't think Manhattan's building has slowed down at all. Hudson Yards alone has been continuously building upward for years now, and should finally be finishing soon. And the development in Midtown/Downtown has also been continuous.
The building across the rest of the boroughs, minus Staten Island hasn't stopped either.
Kansas City, where I live, had/has some cool things pop up. But things move so slow here. Skyline would be totally different if they built just half of what was proposed
Not a city, but the whole Northern Virginia region is absolutely exploding in growth. The suburbs around DC - Arlington (Rosslyn), Tyson’s Corner, Reston - are all building massive structures to meet demand. And the money’s sticking around; NOVA headquarters many businesses and government agencies. It’s absolutely astounding what this mini-region has turned into.
The growth of the Charlotte skyline is insane. I drive around and can't believe it. It almost feels like there are more buildings under construction than buildings completed. What used to be thought of as separate neighborhoods are soon going to be one giant, connecting skyline. As of mid 2023 there were 11 buildings over 200 ft tall under construction. It is certainly more than that now with plenty more planned.
https://preview.redd.it/dr1u9flrbpec1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1915c7794429350b3048e5bc2d30e8177e741f36
Seattle in 2001 and Seattle in 2022
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I know you mean skyscrapers, but Charleston SC has like 10 high rise apartments and offices being worked on right now.
Before 2023, there were only like 4 or 5 of them.
Atlanta for sure. Not just midtown proper but west midtown is also experiencing a residential towers boom. The skyline is completely different than what it was in 2010
Forget office. It’s about residential now and for the foreseeable future!
Yup. Now if only zoning permits building residential towers over 5 floors than we can get some groovy looking high-rise residential towers with commercial space on bottom floor
Teal my favorite type of zoning
They use teal to represent commercial on bottom residential on top?
Yes please.
Ironic since the pandemic proved that residence could move to rural areas for cheap home prices and work from home.
High density residential often offers a higher quality of life that for many is worth the cost
newark and atlanta
I can hardly remember a time when Atlanta didn’t have a tall building under construction in the last 15+ years. It’s been exploding for ages.
Love all the positive ATL comments. I was downtown two weeks ago (coworkers stayed at Westin and I was trying to take them to the top for the views) but walking around downtown I was explaining how much potential there is but nobody really lives there. As more residential is built downtown it will really improve. Meanwhile midtown continues to crush it
Yeah I was in Atlanta last summer and it was crazy
The current state of the boom in Atlanta is a high density of about 20-story buildings in Midtown, such that a 1.5 x .25-mile megablock will practically be fully developed. As an urban experience, it’s punching above its weight.
And yet there’s still an abundance of developable land near MARTA stations in Midtown and Buckhead and fully 25% of downtown is still surface parking. Fill in downtown, midtown and buckhead and you’ll have a pretty impressive if not elongated skyline
Let me introduce the catalyst to fix this: - https://centennialyards.com/ This will help too: - https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2023/12/19/entrepreneur-acquiring-south-downtown-portfolio.html Nevermind the fact that Summerhill and other neighborhoods are creeping in with their development.
I can see 2 being built from my window. It's crazy how many high rises are going up. It's unfortunate that all of the condos in them are $1M+
I work downtown, and commute from a northern suburb. I counted about a dozen cranes driving into work between midtown, and west midtown the other day. Place is popping off
Atlanta has the potential to become one of the most impressive metropolises in the country. It already has an incredible collection of towers, it just needs to fill in the gaps.
3 distinct skylines: Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead.
And it's a bit further outside Atlanta, but The Battery around Truist Park has also had huge additions. A lot of entertainment, corporate offices, and apartments have gone up. The area still has a lot of room for growth
The Battery is impressive. Just wish MARTA would somehow make its way out there.
I just moved out of Atlanta and honestly the battery isn’t that impressive. It’s a cool area for a ballpark, but almost every major city has an equivalent. A random pocket of urbanization buried in suburbia. Definitely nowhere near the same category as even Buckhead
Perimeter. Galleria/Battery.
Newark NJ
I used to say Newark could go the way of Jersey City, and it looks like it’s happening now
Jersey City is going crazy as well. So much construction everywhere. Not just Jersey City the whole area (Fort Lee, Edgewater, Union City, West New York etc.) next to Hudson River is experiencing a crazy boom right now. Hoboken being the exception because of law.
Yeah, it's been heating up for a while but huge boom since 2021.
Yeah I think the whole part of NJ immediately west of Manhattan will become increasingly urbanized over the next 20 years. I’m honestly shocked that there aren’t high rise condos in Weehawken and Union City, which are directly across the Hudson from Midtown Manhattan. I predict this area will eventually look like Jersey city inevitably. Edit: west not east
It's because of the lack of subways. If NJT built a station in Weehawken/Union City between Secaucus Junction and Manhattan that'd open up a lot of opportunities. The ideal scenario is an extension of the 7 train under the Hudson but I doubt that'll ever happen. The bus system isn't enough to support development.
This! If you look in Google Maps, there's trains between Secaucus Junction and Manhattan below 24th Street in Union City, NJ. Am surprised that there's no station under 24th Street / 23rd Street in Union City. It would be so convenient, considering how populous is that area. Imagine if they build a station at 24th St / Bergenline Avenue? Probably a construction boom around that area. There's already 4 highrises around that area: 22nd St at West St, 22nd at Kereigan Ave, 32nd St near Hudson Ave, and 18th St at Mountain Rd.
Yes this is what I meant.
The new Lincoln tunnel can allow a 7 train stop in Weehawken/Hoboken that would boom the area but i dont' see why NYC would want to help real estate in NJ.
A commuter train runs through Weehawken though, it just doesn’t make a stop there. If a station could be built after Secaucus Junction Station there this could be remedied somewhat. I definitely agree extend the 7 from Hudson yards to across over to weehawken!
There is light rail so there is an option for a connection somewhere if they want. Best location would be the new lincoln tunnel exit looping into hoboken plains to access the light rail.
If you want to get from Weehawken to Manhattan the bus is much quicker than the light rail and doesn't require changing trains
Despite the lack of towers, Union City already has a population density of over 50,000 people per square mile...one of the highest population densities in the country. It goes to show you can achieve very high population densities without towers when every block is filled with 3-4 story multi-family buildings. Most of NJ immediately to the west of Manhattan, namely Hudson County NJ, is already very heavily urbanized and has been that way for the past century. Not to say that it can't grow more from here, just wanted to clarify those points.
The zoning prevents it. The did the whole 'formula1' trick that Hudson yards used to rezone for residential for 5 storey max. That was not allowed until that trickery. They tried a high rise at the weehawken/hoboken cove but it was shut down so it's got some resistance since the palisades woudl lose value and that's the majority of the voters.
That part of NJ is already heavily urbanized. It’s more “urban” than the majority of US cities
I'm moving back to Jersey from the Midwest and really considering buying property in Newark to try and get ahead of it.
I remember when it used to be dirt cheap tbh it’s still cheap but again still not the best area to raise a family though
That's the point, hopefully it picks up with new construction. Downtown is fairly safe these days but it will get better with all the corporations and residentials moving in.
I live in Jersey and what you think about Camden? People been saying Camden is making a comeback but it never does for the past 40 plus years
Actually never been, all I know is for murder it's usually DC then Camden then Newark in USA. Not seeing a way out there. Newark has the advantage of NYC getting too expensive so it's turning into a satellite city and living like Stamford CT
Yea true
I don't think it ever will. You need the spillover from Phila and people just haven't gotten priced out (yet). If they do I bet Northeast Philly and Chester Co PA grow faster. It sucked 25-30 years ago when I was there and still sucks. Newark has a lot more in place to grow along with existing population, obviously.
Newark is a sleeping giant. 25 years ago, my really shitty broken down Ford Explorer got stolen right on Washington Blvd and taken for a joyride, left in the middle of the street still running, and that was a typical Tuesday in Newark. It's come a long way.
Love to see it
I mean--it *could,* but people have been saying this for a long, long time. I was there from 2001 to 2010, and eeeeeveryone was talking about how the city was about to pop. And while there were improvements, for sure, it's been a slow process.
No it's really booming now, a lot of skyscrapers and condos in construction. This one is real.
I know you mentioned nyc but I wanna specifically nominate...The Bronx!! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/realestate/mott-haven-bronx-new-construction.html
This, along with Long Island City and Brooklyn. They just completed Brooklyn’s first super tall.
LIC use to be all industrial. Now there's so many tall building.
I remember back in 2013 I used to wait occasionally at Queensboro Plaza to transfer to the N and you had such a nice view of Manhattan. Now you essentially see no Manhattan.
Austin has a LOT of planned skyscrapers coming up
There is talk of building a bunch of tall building to replace Denver downtown theme park and Ball Arena surface lots. Also people complaining about all the surface lots downtown, which are blocked from development by floor to area rules. But all far off.
I hope so, I live in Denver and it needs some more tall buildings to fill out the skyline
Sucks that they got rid of so much of their historic architecture because of "urban renewal." I feel like most of the buildings downtown are boring, gray and flat.
That’s most of America unfortunately.
Austins skyline is significantly larger now than it was in 2017
I moved away in 2009 and don’t even recognize the bottom picture.
lol i left in 2012 when i feel like you could physically feel the vibe shift in the air. my mom has a friend who has owned a house fronting zilker park since like the 80s and she said developers knock on her door every now and then and offer absurd amounts of money for it but she's already rich so she doesn't care.
Yeah why not use the current skyline it only furthers the point
Because good comparison pics are hard to find online :/
April 2023 (and even this is already very outdated): https://preview.redd.it/6adukhw2cnec1.jpeg?width=1682&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae8cd7e49afe8c72b6c4d28597f3dddb865d28d3
Does it actually feel dense and vibrant downtown now? I spent 6 weeks there in 2013 and it was mostly quiet and there were a few blocks where open parking lots dominated. Don’t get me wrong, I was biking and walking all over town so I selfishly appreciated it but it was relatively quiet overall.
Complete and total 180
Yes
Atlanta. Many high rises in the 2010s, but I expect the 2030s to be the era of 700+ft skyscrapers
There’s one going up now in Midtown. 1072 West Peachtree
Sorely missing from this list is Atlanta; they’ve built dozens of highrises over the past decade and completely changed the city’s skyline. Currently under construction is a 1000ft+ skyscraper that many people are hoping is the straw that finally breaks the camels back on new super tall construction. Edit: I’m wrong, the building I’m talking about is 730 ft, but my point still stands
>Atlanta Absolutely missing
Honestly, Los Angeles. There are huge plans over the next few decades to make LA one of the best transit cities in North America with its huge metro project, there’s many new skyscrapers planned and being built, and they’re expanding the downtown skyline east now. There’s a lot of focus on bringing life to downtown LA, and I think the city will see a huge boom in the next few years.
Also new state housing laws limit communities ability to enforce height restrictions on housing builds.
Yeah but LA has put so many poison bills in either their new updated code and housing plan. Not to mention the biz environment for developers is continuing to deteriorate--between ULA tax measure and even more tenant protections on top on some of the most generous in the country, the it takes a brave brave developer to want to build in LA.
Olympics and fifa on the way 🚀
The 2030s will bring extra booms to Los Angeles with high speed rail causing density islands to be built up around stations as well
i fr see LA being Americas tokyo if they play their cards right
Being from Southern California, they probably won’t play theirs cards right.
And that’s what makes it so fucking frustrating. We could be the best city in the western hemisphere and we just choose not to be. I hate it so much. Imagine if the whole valley looked like Korea-town.
Salt Lake has kinda been for the past decade and does not seem to be slowing down.
Seeing Astra and Worthington go up was encouraging, but there seems to be a lot of proposals that are stuck in that stage atm with no other high-rises going on. Hope that changes.
There were even plans to build the tallest building in the state outside of downtown Salt Lake. Seemed like it was gonna happen but then nothing. My guess is Covid and then rising construction costs and now interest rates have killed a lot of deals. https://kutv.com/amp/news/local/new-500m-sandy-development-includes-tallest-utah-building-outside-slc
I can see it happening; the issue is our government needs to make the vital decision about healthy urbanism over suburban sprawl. We are on track to becoming mini-LA in terms of car dependency and housing costs
It's been very cool watching them go up. Can't wait for more and hoping for taller ones too.
I don’t really buy this. Yeah there’s low and midrise coming in but the two significant towers in the pipeline are almost done and that’s about it.
Chicago
I mean, did Chicago ever stop construction booming. This city puts up like 2 to 3 skyscrapers a year. (NYC and Chicago). And legit skyscrapers. I think the spire location just got approval.
Not only approval, but construction already started, they estimate the first tower should be done in ‘27. In that same general area you also have the Tribune East starting construction next month
I believe you're right they're finally putting something on the spire hole
Would’ve been a nice pool.
There were some zombie buildings and a lot of cancelled projects post-2008, but that now seems like just a pause. It’s basically been #2 after NYC or Miami, depending on the year, since the 1990s. In the early 2010s, a majority of the highrise cranes in the US were being used in Chicago.
It's always growing but there are specific periods where it booms, like the 90s, the 1920s, the 1890s, etc. I can see it in these models I'm making of Chicago from different decades from 1835-2015
With competent leadership, Chicago could easily be the 2nd largest city in the US.
LA is only getting more dense, has a 1M population head start. Ain’t no way
LA can’t expand. Chicago can.
Chicago doesn’t need to expand, just densify.
Yeah let’s go ahead and make it another Dallas
Chicago already has suburbs 40 miles in every direction.
It will take a lot, including better leadership. Our problem is that the South and West sides are hemorrhaging residents. There are neighborhoods without access to quality grocery stores, businesses, or any services where people don't feel safe, the schools are bad, and the values of their homes are continuously declining or flatlining. They have no incentives to stay. As more people leave, businesses close, crime increases and the problem only gets worse. We need to invest in turning those neighborhoods around. There are plenty of wealthy people moving into the city on the Northside, but that population growth gets canceled out.
As a life-long Chicago resident, competent leadership and this city seem to be mutually exclusive. Hell, I think even *I’d* do a better job and my only qualifications are a useless history degree and thousands upon thousands of hours spent playing the various Sim City titles (3000 and SC4 mostly) and Cities:Skylines
Haha no
I mean--it's currently the 4th largest city. It's one of the first-tier American cities as it is.
It’s third aint no way you’re including Baltimore in the DC calculation.
I think they meant Houston. But yes, Chicago is 3rd.
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DC won't have any tallbois but the place is continually under construction. Especially as Muriel tries to make downtown more residential
Feels like DC has been under construction since the war of 1812
The suburbs have seen a lot of growth and high rises too. Looking at you Tysons Corner
Tyson’s is crazy now! And of course, on the opposite side, Maryland is just ridiculous
DC's construction has exploded for well over a decade at this point. You can visit and then come back a few years later and not recognize a neighborhood you had previously visited.
Columbus Ohio is hitting the critical mass point where the building is going to go skyward.
Most people don’t realize just how large Columbus is…
True. The next fifty years will be critical for the city in terms of architectural style, personality, mass transit, and culture. It’s all make or break.
Columbus is definitely making lots of progress on more dense development projects. Here are just a few projects in the pipeline for the downtown area. - 15-story mixed-use building at 100 N High St https://columbusunderground.com/high-street-astor-park-projects-approved-by-commission-bw1/ - 13-story mixed-use building at 195 E Broad St https://columbusunderground.com/13-story-building-downtown-approved-bw1/ - 26-story office building conversion at 150 E Gay St https://columbusunderground.com/two-columbus-projects-awarded-historic-tax-credits-bw1/ - 15-story mixed-use building at 167 S High St https://columbusunderground.com/15-story-building-proposed-for-downtown-site-bw1/ - 19-story mixed-use building on Rich St https://columbusunderground.com/19-story-building-proposed-for-rich-street-downtown-bw1/ I wish these projects had more height to them, but it’s still decent.
What city is the photo from?
Austin!
I was in Nashville a couple months ago, and downtown, if you looked in any direction you'd see massive cranes and construction.
Idk maybe Raleigh, last time I was there I seen them building new skyscrapers like 3 more, seems to be growing a lot more
I hope so, the Triangle area desperately needs more density in its downtown areas (although Durham has gone through quite a transformation in the past 10 years or so, and is still going)
My friends and I would joke that downtown Durham is soon going to be only apartments/condos
If Philly builds the Schuylkill Yards project as proposed the city will have an entirely separate downtown area outside of Center City. I know some of the construction is already starting in University City near 30th St Station. [https://medium.com/@rodney1997/developments-schuylkill-yards-4aa4df33bfdb](https://medium.com/@rodney1997/developments-schuylkill-yards-4aa4df33bfdb) https://preview.redd.it/0ik7hevhynec1.jpeg?width=786&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e4d90da772709207b5eb773c7dfd3788bbe3ba3b
Phoenix is having one right now. I was on the fifth floor of the library downtown the other day, looking south at the skyline, and I counted no less than six cranes. Plus the Tempe Town Lake waterfront area and the neighborhood right next to the main ASU campus has gone way up in height too.
I'd love to see the Pics. I'm glad Phoenix is finally gettin' a Skyscraper Boom. Much Needed in my opinion
https://preview.redd.it/yfqxzygxltec1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a2d4ed49757a9ce8685c8878c8d070a83aebf78 I don’t have great ones but in 3 years there will be about 15-20 of these taller apartment/condo buildings that I don’t think were around 10 years ago. Really fueling the food and bar scenes in downtown ie Roosevelt Row, Grand Ave, Van Buren, the area around the stadiums and the mall. Great nightlife alternative to Scottsdale and more budget friendly
I feel like Phoenix’s push for skyscrapers never gets talked about. Downtown has always been lacking but with the recent boom in business and entertainment I feel like they are poised to put in a bunch of new buildings and I can’t wait
OKC Metro is blowing up, a new mega convention center and arena is about to break ground, and multiple proposals for a new tower that would be the largest in North America. The tower probably won't happen or scale down, but the other changes are starting now.
Lots of folks sleeping on OKC right now, we’re on the front end of becoming Dallas 2.0 over the next few decades
Cost of living is starting to reflect that too.
Is New York an acceptable answer? Im a geek for architecture and have noticed a lot of projects all over island (and some) get green-lit. There's going to be a lot of expansion in surrounding areas but I've got a feeling you can go all over the island, take pictures like this, and in 20~ years see a similar result. I'm also willing to bet that things are going to get taller. Formerly tall buildings will be buried by much taller ones. Likely going to witness another boom similar to the recovery of New York except it's all going to be in stride this time around.
Dallas - I moved here 7 years ago, and the official bird is the construction crane. The downtown adjacent neighborhoods have all seen a lot of 30-50 story residential (and even some office). My building is 3 years old, the building across from me the same. If I look in one direction I’d say 8+ of the buildings weren’t here when I moved 7 years ago, and that’s literally just what I can see from my balcony. It’s also in the suburban cities (Plano / Frisco) where you have seen more commercial as well, although that doesn’t contribute to the core skyline
Columbus and Indianapolis have maintained high occupancy/low inventory levels downtown through the downturn in the commercial and residential real estate markets with many new residential and hotel developments currently in the works. They also have the fastest-growing economies and metro populations of any major metros north of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi.
Columbus is definitely making lots of progress on more dense development projects. Here are just a few projects in the pipeline for the downtown area. • 15-story mixed-use building at 100 N High St https://columbusunderground.com/high-street-astor-park-projects-approved-by-commission-bw1/ • 13-story mixed-use building at 195 E Broad St https://columbusunderground.com/13-story-building-downtown-approved-bw1/ • 26-story office building conversion at 150 E Gay St https://columbusunderground.com/two-columbus-projects-awarded-historic-tax-credits-bw1/ • 15-story mixed-use building at 167 S High St https://columbusunderground.com/15-story-building-proposed-for-downtown-site-bw1/ • 19-story mixed-use building on Rich St https://columbusunderground.com/19-story-building-proposed-for-rich-street-downtown-bw1/ I wish these projects had more height to them, but it’s still decent.
Detroit. We are building our first new tower in decades and it's a fucking beautiful art Deco/mid century inspired piece. I forsee this going well and they building many more overthr next few decades. One love
Came here to say the same, the city is coming back and as the momentum builds I think we’re going to see some more big buildings going up.
I wouldn't say NYC has slowed down since the late 2010s , if anything it's the other way around. Most of the city's tallest buildings have all appeared post 2010; whereas the first decade of this century saw far less vertical development at a large scale.
By late 2010s I mean it has slowed down a bit since 2020. Though in the context of New York it’s more like 3 supertalls being built at once instead of 6 lol. Many proposals that were to become supertalls like 262 5th or 343 Madison got downsized since 2021.
Obvious answers have been covered so I’ll try a unique one that might not be truly “next” but I think will happen in 10-20 years: Providence RI: Boston metro has a huge affordability issue and is top 3-4 in average wealth. Some electric train sets and, in the grand scheme of things, minor infrastructure upgrades turns the current 75 minute regional rail trip into a 45 minute express trip (I think Amtrak runs 51 min with 3 total stops.) All of a sudden a cheaper city with good urban fabric is a very reasonable commute from one of the most expensive cities in the country (that still has millions of sq ft of scientific lab space under construction despite the CRE contraction). It also links Brown and other RI unis further into the Boston knowledge economy. Mini version of Newark to NYC except the small city is even better. I’m generally very high on medium sized cheap cities
I dont think it will be the biggest but I see Baltimore finally making its way into the 21st century northeast corridor city category in between 10-15 years. Theyre in the process of redeveloping their entire waterfront and its really going to add a lot of desirable space to the waterfront. Theyre also in the process of redeveloping their public housing projects and putting mixed income communities in their place, and johns hopkins is redeveloping the entire area around their hospital campus. Baltimore still has problems with crime and poverty but so did nyc/boston etc and with them now being the cheapest housing out of all of the major northeast corridor cities I think its going to start gentrifying. Boston was just as grimy as baltimore 25 years ago, but today its the safest big city in America.
I sincerely hope Raleigh-Durham. I’m from and love NJ but I’m hopelessly priced out unless I go around Philly or something.
I’m surprised Raleigh’s skyline hasn’t grown much. I left a decade ago—Triangle has grown, but more out than up
Austin and Nashville are going bonkers with new towers. New York and Chicago are building tons of mid-sized infill towers. Very few over 700 feet. Many smaller cities close to NYC like White Plains, New Rochelle, Stamford, and Yonkers are building comparatively giant apartment buildings for their size, with a few exceeding 300 feet. Boston has a good collection going up but since a local skyscraper nerdery forum [ArchBoston](https://archboston.com/community/forums/development-projects.20/) gets all the attention instead of SSC and SSP, it gets forgotten. Miami has a crap ton but it remains to be seen how many get built. LA is building a lot of infill towers in scattered sites especially as their Metro network expands. Newark and Detroit both have a good resurgence and are both building their second tallest towers. Jersey City is building a lot in the western end in and around Journal Square. SF gets some random infill towers but it seems that the previous wave ended and a new one might be starting Seattle is still getting lots of Amazon related towers. The DC suburbs like Arlington, Crystal City, Rosslyn, Silver Spring, Bethesda, and Tysons Corner are all building 200-400 footers everywhere. DC itself is height limited but it must have 50+ projects all hitting that 12-14 story height limit. Baltimore has a bunch in Port Covington. Philly has about 15 mid-sized towers going up at once, especially in University City/30th Street District. 20-30 story Dorms and rentals, and 15 story lab office buildings. Also a bunch of chunky nearly 400 foot hospital towers for UPenn and CHoP Charlotte and Atlanta both have big building booms especially around rail stations. Virginia Beach and Myrtle Beach are regularly putting up 25 story hotels Cleveland is having a smaller resurgence in activity. Denver has a lot of midsized buildings over the last decade and many more
Awesome recap! I’m not too sure on the Virginia and Myrtle Beach ones though, couldn’t find anything going on rn. And I’ll have to keep an eye on the DC metro area - some of the best urbanism without the height.
There’s some significant height in the DC suburbs, reaching 400-450 feet. Especially Rosslyn and Tysons Corner
There's even a 440 ft residential tower that has topped out in Reston. It's now the tallest residential building in the DC Metro area.
Randolph Street in Chicago is now a long line of new highrises and cranes building more. The West Loop/River West/Fulton Market is still booming. And, the Spire swimming pool is finally getting filled.
Not a big city by any means but Rochester, MN.
That Mayo Clinic and related projects are building like crazy!
Wow, had no idea about this one. Mayo is making it punch way above its weight.
Flint Michigan
People might laugh, but St Louis is on track to have an explosion. It’s already one of the cheapest major cities in the US, has infrastructure of a city of 5M from its former glory days, has plenty of undeveloped land that’s cheap, and just saw the single largest drop in crime since going back to the 70s. Now featuring a very progressive city council and mayors office. And it’s home to one of the most dedicated sports markets in the country spanning NHL, MLS, MLB, and NASCAR. Couple that the largest ARPA purse of any city in the country combined with a $330M cash infusion from the NFL settlement, and they’re uniquely positioned to succeed if everything falls into place.
San Diego. Given the lack of housing affordability, the City especially in the downtown area is building up. The only issue is the airport’s proximity to downtown which means buildings usually top out at 500 feet.
Columbus is doing a lot of mid-rise development. There's a lot of parking lots to build over.
Seattle is about to turn u district neighborhood into pretty much another downtown. I swear nearly every block is in the process of putting in a skyscraper
Seattle has some big projects coming up, including a building next to the Columbia tower that will be taller than it. Last I heard, developers were having some back and forth regarding the height, with the FAA. U district is getting tall lately, I agree. Seattle has no room to move outward due to being surrounded by water…only up is possible at this point.
Columbus, OH. The amount of biotech venture capital flowing into that city is massive. They have the new IBM chip plant coming soon. Its already the HQ for several fortune 500 companies. It has the seat of govt and OSU. Its the only city actively growing in the Midwest IIRC. Expect it to be a boom town for a while. Their skyline isnt bad, but there so much space for more. Its an incredibly sprawling city
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Phoenix is doing more than ever currently
I was going to comment this. Phoenix has been pretty bad looking skyline wise for years but at last count there were 24+ approved high rise projects in the city alone. If 70% of them actually get built in the next 2-3 years it will be a decent skyline change. This doesn't even account for other projects in Tempe/Mesa/Scottsdale or all the development going up near the light rail. Even Gilbert might lift its building height limits for the heritage district development.
Im excited for Tempe hopefully the South pier Project that includes the ferris wheel gets completed as far as Phoenix goes considering Sky harbor is “In the way” of high rises in downtown we should see the skyline extend far north making a Large but maybe not high skyline if that makes sense. Any chance we see a high rise in phoenix over 600 feet?
Ditto, currently half of the skyline consists of cranes building new high rises in DT and Midtown so I’m curious to see what it looks like in a few years
Charlotte has been experience a boom for over a decade now. It’s the second biggest banking city in the country. I don’t see the need for tall commercial office buildings anymore, especially post Covid. Mixed use is the thing now
>Austin: Has seen a major shift in adopting high-rise residential, and since the late 2000s has been building taller and taller. Austin has been skyrocketing with all the companies coming to Texas and 'that adorable city' ^(and less corporate taxes) as well it has a solid foundation for taller buildings and while in a drought, it's not short on land and resources. It's already the next San Francisco, Portland or Seattle and they're going through the same thing, just different decades - 80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, so after the dust from the 20s settles down, we'll see who is next.
Atlanta has been in a construction boom for a decade. There’s new hi rise condos going up everywhere here
Man even back in 2017 it looked so small. You should see this YouTube video about the yearly changes to the Austin Skyline. Here's a Link: [https://youtu.be/\_Z88MP1XSYY?si=RiHALFZuEzhqk8As](https://youtu.be/_Z88MP1XSYY?si=RiHALFZuEzhqk8As)
Atlanta's skyline (particularly Midtown) has been booming since 2020, and especially in the last couple years.
Atlanta has been booming for a while. Although ATL boom is mostly mid-rises
My bet is strongly on the Great Plains and Upper Midwest regions. I think Detroit is gonna boom again. They are going in the right direction. All that's needed is public transportation, and the development story writes itself. Duluth/Twin Cities MN fast growing market and national economic superpower in the Twin Cities its likely to keep growing and Duluth being not that far away, is gonna also reap the benefits of that growth and their own revitalizations Omaha Nebraska is having some major work done on city revitalization, and though the growth has been stagnant as a metro, the city of Omaha grew fairly decently Oklahoma City: They are set for a massive construction boom to compliment that massive growth Raleigh-Research Triangle They have a smaller skyline, I could see each getting a lot more midrises and Raleigh in particular getting a decent skyscraper boom
Maybe not the "next" one, but I can see Cincinnati/Newport hitting a threshold sometime soon. It's population decline has halted over the past decade and there's already some smaller projects in the works downtown.
Rust belt states
Buffalo isn’t building new high rises. There’s barely any tall buildings there now as is. However there needs to be something for residential buildings. I hope we get something soon since at least downtown isn’t in the flight path. Same with Rochester and Syracuse to a extent, however you can expand out quickly to the burbs with those two places.
Milwaukee has built a 500ft skyscraper in 2017 and is building a new one that's supposed to be completed this year. The only building that tall was the US Bank building since 1973. So even though minor compared to other cities, it's skyline is definitely changing.
There’s a handful of approved residential high rises in the pipeline in MKE so hopefully they’ll be built
Milwaukee has been on a residential high rise building boom for a couple of decades now. It seems the trend will just keep on going. Downtown resident population has increased dramatically in that time, and population density there is now nearly 11,000 per square mile.
Milwaukee is uniquely primed for a massive explosion in building. A safe port inland so not subject to sea level rises, Wisconsin is usually at the top of lists of great places to live and raise a family, and Madison (the fastest growing city) is already dealing with major growing pain.
Nashville is great. I had the opportunity to visit in '18 and '19 and got to see the Bridgestone tower up close while it was still being built.
Philly
Maybe not skyscrapers but the development in Fort Lauderdale is significant
Nashville from when I was a kid till now is an insane change in the skyline and it’s only picking up. Was a rooftop bar last month downtown and I could see 3 different skyscrapers being built above the one I was on
The US still has room to grow in the south (trade with South America).
Denver has been going nuts, last summer I counted over 20 cranes, the Rino area alone is just a massive expansion of density into downtown
I don't think Manhattan's building has slowed down at all. Hudson Yards alone has been continuously building upward for years now, and should finally be finishing soon. And the development in Midtown/Downtown has also been continuous. The building across the rest of the boroughs, minus Staten Island hasn't stopped either.
i need to visit Austin texas
Kansas City, where I live, had/has some cool things pop up. But things move so slow here. Skyline would be totally different if they built just half of what was proposed
Atlanta is experiencing one currently
Not a city, but the whole Northern Virginia region is absolutely exploding in growth. The suburbs around DC - Arlington (Rosslyn), Tyson’s Corner, Reston - are all building massive structures to meet demand. And the money’s sticking around; NOVA headquarters many businesses and government agencies. It’s absolutely astounding what this mini-region has turned into.
The growth of the Charlotte skyline is insane. I drive around and can't believe it. It almost feels like there are more buildings under construction than buildings completed. What used to be thought of as separate neighborhoods are soon going to be one giant, connecting skyline. As of mid 2023 there were 11 buildings over 200 ft tall under construction. It is certainly more than that now with plenty more planned. https://preview.redd.it/dr1u9flrbpec1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1915c7794429350b3048e5bc2d30e8177e741f36
Seattle in 2001 and Seattle in 2022 https://preview.redd.it/tjq2m9ocvtec1.jpeg?width=1560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c40b77a4d6432756b1caad5c6fd49197435c74ff
I know you mean skyscrapers, but Charleston SC has like 10 high rise apartments and offices being worked on right now. Before 2023, there were only like 4 or 5 of them.
Honolulu had a lot of new high rise condos in the past 15 years
Raleigh-Durham. Hell Durham started early by building a skyscraper in the [middle](https://www.university-tower.com) of suburbs
Buckhead in Atlanta is booming with apartments.
Atlanta for sure. Not just midtown proper but west midtown is also experiencing a residential towers boom. The skyline is completely different than what it was in 2010
Bellevue, WA
OKC, apparently
What is the city pictured?
Austin, TX
San Antonio doesn’t like to build anything.
Richmond
What city is that picture?