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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.
Wiki lists skyscrapers at 150m or 494 ft. Avalon is 449 ft, Alcott is 487 ft, the Raffles is 390 ft, and the shorter Bulfinch tower is 299 ft.
The south station tower and hub resi tower are the ones I forgot about. They meet the min. height limit. That puts BOS at 7 skyscrapers. Thats not too shabby but many cities have been better. BOS has done more in the last 5 yrs than Atlanta this century but NYC, Chicago, SF, MIA, etc all built more than Boston.
One thing that's come to my attention (being in MEP engineering, this was crucial to me) is that construction is highly dependent on city/county. Orlando/Orange County classifies Architectural&Engineering to be "essential," therefore we continue to work, whereas the City of Austin does not, and (as of right now) all construction projects must come to a halt by 5PM today.
So, ironically, in this case, Orlando is continuing, while Austin is not. Complete opposite of what I expected.
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Yes, and so far construction is also considered/remains “essential” in Miami...passed a hotel site at Mary Brickell Village this morning that is all systems go. Closings referenced in above article were site /covid19 specific.
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One thing that's come to my attention (being in MEP engineering, this was crucial to me) is that construction is highly dependent on city/county. Orlando/Orange County classifies Architectural&Engineering to be "essential," therefore we continue to work, whereas the City of Austin does not, and (as of right now) all construction projects must come to a halt by 5PM today.
So, ironically, in this case, Orlando is continuing, while Austin is not. Complete opposite of what I expected.
Denver's been slowing down significantly from a couple of years ago and the recent oil price plunge will probably kill a lot of potential projects as oil and gas are a decent chunk of the economy. The rents have stabilized and while home prices are high, land prices for new development are even higher, which is causing the market to freeze up. From the crane studded skyline of 2016-2017, Denver now mostly has cranes on projects finishing up. Beyond that, I don't think too much in the pipeline, at least nothing to compare to the recent boom, where 100 story skyscrapers were being floated around.
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.
I disagree. Nashville is one large construction zone. That hasn't stopped. The permanently closed businesses will be replaced given Nashville's desirability. Cities that were already struggling/declining will have a much tougher time after the pandemic calms down.
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.
There's no severe tornado destruction downtown--it's in Germantown and East Nashville.
Nashville has one of the more diverse economies in the US, so I tend to think it will be stronger than most cities during this downturn--if there is one.
Nashville has approximately 12-16 high rises under construction now. A lot of them are hotels, but also many office towers and residential--a decent mix.
I think economies that are not very diverse, or economies that have super expensive housing, may get hit with more stalled projects. I voted for New York, Miami and Vegas.
Miami could slow significantly--but I think a large part of that is due to how Latin American money slows with their investments and construction there. Tourism will take a hit.
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