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Waterline (the one linked) is currently under construction and it will become the tallest building in Texas. Austin also announced the Wilson Tower (which would be 1035 feet) but unfortunately the project has been scaled down from 80 floors to 45 so it probably will not hit 1000 feet. Don’t know why people were not voting Austin in this poll.
I think maybe since the poll was from 2019? Austin has really taken off to another level in terms of skyscraper construction since then.
Excited to see Austin building more and more.
Other cities I'd put on this list would be Miami, San Fran, Seattle, LA, Charlotte, NYC of course, Chicago, Philadelphia and an outlier could be Nashville.
I think maybe since the poll was from 2019? Austin has really taken off to another level in terms of skyscraper construction since then.
Excited to see Austin building more and more.
Other cities I'd put on this list would be Miami, San Fran, Seattle, LA, Charlotte, NYC of course, Chicago, Philadelphia and an outlier could be Nashville.
San Francisco, LA, NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia already have 1000 foot skyscrapers in place, the entire point of the poll was to identify a city that does not have one that could get one.
Waterline (the one linked) is currently under construction and it will become the tallest building in Texas. Austin also announced the Wilson Tower (which would be 1035 feet) but unfortunately the project has been scaled down from 80 floors to 45 so it probably will not hit 1000 feet. Don’t know why people were not voting Austin in this poll.
The one thing Austin actually deserves hype for it couldn't get.
San Francisco, LA, NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia already have 1000 foot skyscrapers in place, the entire point of the poll was to identify a city that does not have one that could get one.
These cities I listed have good chances of building MORE over 1000 feet.
That was my point of calling those cities out: San Fran, LA, Chicago, NYC, Miami, Philly.
Waterline (the one linked) is currently under construction and it will become the tallest building in Texas. Austin also announced the Wilson Tower (which would be 1035 feet) but unfortunately the project has been scaled down from 80 floors to 45 so it probably will not hit 1000 feet. Don’t know why people were not voting Austin in this poll.
As far as I understand The Wilson tower was not a real proposal; it was basically a publicity stunt by a small time developer. We'll see if they even end up building the ~550 ft version that is proposed now. There were 1-2 other potential supertall sites in Austin but I imagine that the pandemic and rising interest rates has sent those plans into hibernation for the moment. Residential demand is pretty healthy but there is a glut of office space like everywhere else.
People voting were either voting with their heart or they don't understand the height restrictions posed by Dallas' Love Field.
The train has likely left the station for Dallas.
I love skyscrapers and a supertall would be great, but there are only a few sites in Downtown that I know for sure that can have one (these sites have unlimited height). The site that Perot owns, which he has proposed numerous office towers for, including a supertall. Perot now has another proposed skyscraper called Field St Tower and it’s like 600 ft. The site directly across the street on Field St, where the Field St District is proposed is another one. In the 80s, a supertall was proposed on that site. That site is where developers got zoning permission for a 100 story tower. The 80s crash killed that. The height would’ve been nearly equivalent to the Sears Tower in Chicago. Now, they’ve reduced the planned skyscrapers in that new development to 18-25 story high-rises. So, I don’t have hope for one happening in the future…unless something dramatic happens by then.
For cost and demand reasons I don't see any cities other than NY and Chicago building supertalls any time soon.
Miami are building lots of tall buildings, but those are residential so they are not that tall.
SF is short on building space but I don't see them going the 1000+ route either.
In the hierarchy of possibility I would say:
NY, Chicago- highly likely
Philadelphia, SF- next best bets
Los Angeles, Houston- markets would have to be REALLY good
Miami, Boston, Seattle, Dallas- eccentric billionaires do crazy stuff,
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Originally Posted by elchevere
Miami has 5 proposed buildings that would exceed 1000 feet, with a few more barely short of that:
I believe there is a 900 footer and a couple of 800's under construction.
I'm not sure how tall this one is, but it will be a beauty if/when its built.
I think maybe since the poll was from 2019? Austin has really taken off to another level in terms of skyscraper construction since then.
Excited to see Austin building more and more.
Other cities I'd put on this list would be Miami, San Fran, Seattle, LA, Charlotte, NYC of course, Chicago, Philadelphia and an outlier could be Nashville.
I remember reading an article that said that Austin is now the tallest city in Tx.
I remember reading an article that said that Austin is now the tallest city in Tx.
Nowhere close. Houston is almost neck and neck with Miami by +100m buildings.
Austin definitely will catch and pass Dallas however.
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