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Old 05-14-2011, 05:00 PM
 
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According to wikipedia and emporis, the tallest building in Anchorage is the Conoco-Phillips Building at 22 stories. However, is there any plans for anything taller than that now that Anchorage is approaching 300,000 people? You see, wikipedia and emporis have a abundance of information on future skyscrapers being planned in all the other states. However, I could find nothing about future plans for the Anchorage skyline. I know that Anchorage is certainly not NY, but is anything else going up in Anchorage in the next 5 years? I am just curious since no other information was found by me.
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Old 05-14-2011, 05:37 PM
 
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According to wikipedia and emporis, the tallest building in Anchorage is the Conoco-Phillips Building at 22 stories. However, is there any plans for anything taller than that now that Anchorage is approaching 300,000 people? You see, wikipedia and emporis have a abundance of information on future skyscrapers being planned in all the other states. However, I could find nothing about future plans for the Anchorage skyline. I know that Anchorage is certainly not NY, but is anything else going up in Anchorage in the next 5 years? I am just curious since no other information was found by me.
you might want to check the facts of the major earthquake and the relationship to not building taller buildings in Anchorage!
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Old 05-14-2011, 05:49 PM
 
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Blueflames - Look at LA and San Francisco...Skyscrapers can be designed quake-proof. Its not really an issue.
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Old 05-14-2011, 05:56 PM
 
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The construction of tall skyscrapers isn't dictated by a city's population. It's driven by the need for office space, and other economic factors. There are many cities with populations far greater than Anchorage which still don't have tall skyscrapers to "match their population". For instance, one would think Phoenix would have some of the tallest skyscrapers in the country, because its population is nearly 1.5 million - but its tallest building is only 486'. There are many smaller cities with buildings taller than that. Cincinnati, for example, has less than 300,000 people - but its tallest building is 665'. Granted, Phoenix has height restrictions due to the proximity of its downtown to the airport, but population really has nothing to do with it. There are other examples that could be cited.
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Old 05-14-2011, 05:57 PM
 
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So what about Anchorage?
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Old 05-14-2011, 06:01 PM
 
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What about Anchorage?
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Old 05-14-2011, 06:05 PM
 
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So what about Anchorage?
again...look at the earthquake statistic and such....the structure of the soil and such is totally different....I am sure some one here can give you a more scientific explanation ... building are built on rollers...just because other cities are building higher an have experienced earthquakes the fact that Anchorage engineers and approval governing bodies do not allow it....might be that some architects, engineers etc are a bit smarter!....look at Japan...hello...keep going higher and see what happens those buildings were supposedly earthquake proof!
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Old 05-14-2011, 06:05 PM
 
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Does Anchorage have height restrictions, a lack of need for office space, etc.?

Is it that there simply are no plans for additional skyscrapers in the city?
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Old 05-14-2011, 06:10 PM
 
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I don't think Anchorage is lacking office space, there was a couple of new larger buildings built in the last two or three years that aren't rented at capacity, for example the JL Tower over on 36th (the one with the multi-color light displays on the top) and a smaller building on the corner of C and Northern Lights.
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Old 05-14-2011, 06:25 PM
 
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Does Anchorage have height restrictions, a lack of need for office space, etc.?

Is it that there simply are no plans for additional skyscrapers in the city?
I don't know of any plans for addtional skyscrapers to be built in Anchorage, but I found this article on the internet: The Alaska Journal of Commerce - Anchorage's office space looking to tighten in 2011 04/14/11 (http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/041411/loc_aoslt.shtml - broken link) Whether or not any drop in vacancy rates would be significant enough to translate into a new skyscraper...? I have no idea.

I've read there is a height restriction in Anchorage, but I don't know if that's true, or what it might be.
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