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First, beautiful video that shows the dynamics of downtown Montreal. Second, look at all that new density from all the recent projects and more on the way now that 4 towers 200 metres are under construction, with a fifth breaking ground as we speak. Just like that, five new 200 metre towers, maestria phase 1 is 185 metres and all the other high rises, it is spectacular.
I assume this is by city proper you mean, obviously with the height limits for Washington. Because I can count off the top of my head at least 10 high rises of at least 100m going up in Arlington/Fairfax County suburbs of DC alone.
Boston has some serious buildings going up. I have always loved Boston’s skyline, even though some aren’t too high on it. But I think it will be impressive to all in a few years.
San Francisco has obviously had huge buildings go up. Montreal is on my list as a city I’ve always wanted to visit. It looks like it has had some beautiful buildings go up over the years.
What is currently in Boston's pipeline/under way is the most impressive by far.
-4 600ft+ buildings under construction at the moment
-12 buildings over 400ft under construction, approved or proposed.
-6 projects underway to build directly over a highway
-3 individual mass projects with more than 6 million square feet esch. Dorchester Bay Center, Cambridge Crossing, and Suffolk Downs.
-5 projects between 3-5 million square feet including Bulfinch Crossing, Allston Yards and the remainder of Seaport Square.
-100+ buildings over 100ft under construction between Bos Cam and Somerville.
-By 2025, 9/10 tallest buildings in Cambridge will have been built from 2014 onwards.
-20th most expensive building in the world was recently completed in 2017, the Encore.
-24 million square feet of lab has been completed since 2010, or is underway.
What is currently in Boston's pipeline/under way is the most impressive by far.
-4 600ft+ buildings under construction at the moment
-12 buildings over 400ft under construction, approved or proposed.
-6 projects underway to build directly over a highway
-3 individual mass projects with more than 6 million square feet esch. Dorchester Bay Center, Cambridge Crossing, and Suffolk Downs.
-5 projects between 3-5 million square feet including Bulfinch Crossing, Allston Yards and the remainder of Seaport Square.
-100+ buildings over 100ft under construction between Bos Cam and Somerville.
-By 2025, 9/10 tallest buildings in Cambridge will have been built from 2014 onwards.
-20th most expensive building in the world was recently completed in 2017, the Encore.
-24 million square feet of lab has been completed since 2010, or is underway.
I want to compare Boston to Montreal since they're of similar size
-MTL: for 600+ ft towers, 1 completed (2017) 4 under construction, 1 breaking ground and another went on sale: 6 total.
-More high rises U/C than all the cities listed here.
-67 km long heavy rail transit system under construction REM)- $6.5B project
-Royalmount project: A large mall, 4,500 residential units, office towers/hotels, $7B project.
-The completion of the Champlain bridge and Turcot interchange
-2 million square ft of office space U/C downtown, including a 1M sq ft HQ for National Bank.
- Even during the pandemic, another 500,000K of office space is proposed.
- St. Catherine street revamp (which, as much as I dislike the 1 lane, it looks fantastic)
-McGill College Avenue revamp into a pedestrian only thoroughfare/small nature park
-Brossard has a new downtown U/C next to Dix-30 (mega-mall) and the future REM station
-Longueuil is proposing a new downtown by 2035 with 8,000+ residential units
-100+ projects completed when factoring in low rise/mid rise projects
-Kirkland (suburb on the Island of Montreal) proposed their own downtown/TOD
-A few areas on the island proposing new mix-use areas (downtown, Rosemont, Hochelaga, NDG)
I'm sure I forgot a bunch of other things, but still shows a very diverse list of what's going on so far.
I think the amount of new construction throughout the DC area trumps the others on this list. You can walk (dense) blocks and blocks in parts of NoVa and not see a single building that wasn't built in the last 10 years. DC proper is another story because of its history and build, but the region has been on fire, periodt.
SF and Boston are doing their thing, but not sure why Montreal is on this list. I took a look at some of the links and the drone footage and I'm not seeing anything that would make it qualify as an "impressive construction boom."
I assume this is by city proper you mean, obviously with the height limits for Washington. Because I can count off the top of my head at least 10 high rises of at least 100m going up in Arlington/Fairfax County suburbs of DC alone.
I think the amount of new construction throughout the DC area trumps the others on this list. You can walk (dense) blocks and blocks in parts of NoVa and not see a single building that wasn't built in the last 10 years. DC proper is another story because of its history and build, but the region has been on fire, periodt.
SF and Boston are doing their thing, but not sure why Montreal is on this list. I took a look at some of the links and the drone footage and I'm not seeing anything that would make it qualify as an "impressive construction boom."
well montreal has built the most highrises in the last 10 years than the other 3 cities and has more under construction than the other 3 cities combined. I don't know what else you need to prove montreal has the most impressive construction boom
well montreal has built the most highrises in the last 10 years than the other 3 cities and has more under construction than the other 3 cities combined. I don't know what else you need to prove montreal has the most impressive construction boom
A bunch of tall buildings doesn't automatically make it impressive. I find constructing entire city centers from scratch the way that the Greater DC area has a much bigger feat and thus would definitely choose it for this poll.
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