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There's a lot more than 8 under construction in Atlanta. Midtown Union has 3 under contruction alone. 1105 West Peachtree is also a 3 tower project under construction in Atlanta. Norfolk Southern Headquarters + the Student tower is another 3 highrises on the same block undr construction. That's already 9 U/C not including any other projects U/C in Midtown, Dowtown, and Buckhead.
Atlanta has more like 25 highrises under construction, but go off.
I agree, I like the Atlanta Business Journal because they include the developer and timeline/project changes.
I tend to think that developers are thinking long term, and the 4 month or so hiccup caused by the virus
may not have an effect on most projects. It really depends on how much damage the economy has suffered.
Where are you getting these numbers? Emporis? If so, just be aware that they are far from accurate. Orlando, for instance, lists 3 U/C on there, when I walk by 6 on my way to work...
Atlanta has much more than 8.
They're not building tall, I agree, but they're building. It's definitely slowed down in the past few years though.
Height is overrated anyway. Look at how ugly some of the recent height has turned out to be in Manhattan, for instance. Unless EVERYTHING is supertall, it's not very pretty, and undermines the rest of the skyline along with it.
Yeah, Atlanta has been building a lot of mid sized over the past decade, in the 200-350 foot range or so. Great infill projects.
I totally agree with the height comment.
Cities that build super-talls way out of scale with the rest of the skyline, essentially almost ruin the entire skyline.
Cities that come to mind immediately like this are Oklahoma City, Mobile, AL and to a lesser degree, "billionaires row" in Manhattan.
For the clueless posters commenting on Phoenix, sure it may not have as many under construction as larger cities, but the city of Phoenix has seen a tremendous uptick in construction downtown during the past few months and there are many cranes all over downtown.
For the clueless posters commenting on Phoenix, sure it may not have as many under construction as larger cities, but the city of Phoenix has seen a tremendous uptick in construction downtown during the past few months and there are many cranes all over downtown.
Yep. Definitely a lot of construction activity downtown. Could see about 15 cranes soon. Maybe not skyscrapers, but definitely a high-rise boom.
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For the clueless posters commenting on Phoenix, sure it may not have as many under construction as larger cities, but the city of Phoenix has seen a tremendous uptick in construction downtown during the past few months and there are many cranes all over downtown.
I'd say the residential development around Roosevelt and the blocks surrounding it have been some if the best infill development in the Sunbelt over the last decade. I know RoRo was always a thing, but really with the scale of development that's gone on there, they've created a new downtown district and a nice area of Phoenix to walk around. It's more midrise than anything, which honestly hasn't been a bad thing for Phoenix at all. It feels a lot more neighborhood'sh than a corridor of highrises .
Boston has built two since 2010 the Four Seasons last year and Millennium Tower in 2016 but it has three u/c called Winthrop, Bulfinch, and the Hub.
You’re forgetting about Avalon, the Alcott, the Raffles, and South Station tower. Course, I guess the Raffles tower will only be ~400ft. Also both the Hub and Bulfinch projects are composed of 2 towers.
I voted Nashville. Given that it just suffered severe tornado damage downtown, it may well have more trouble recovering from this than most places. It's actually made me reconsider the possibility of leaving Middle Tennessee altogether.
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