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In a sense, the growth of the skyline since 2000 is impressive compared to previous 20 year periods. But compared to other cities, it's a lot less impressive than I expected. Also, the skyline is sorta mediocre looking--is it just me?
From certain angles, it looks pretty dense and cohesive, but short. Those images weren't impressive in my mind but they've come a long way.
I think the tallest residential addresses in Dallas are at The National in Downtown which is a renovated 52 story building. The other taller residential buildings are Museum Tower and Amli Fountain Place which are both around 560’. Beyond those, the downtown residential buildings are 39 floors and below. Uptown’s tallest residential building is 39 floors. There are some proposed buildings for downtown and uptown that are taller and in areas with less height restrictions. We shall see how all of that unfolds. Dallas and it’s burbs has high rise residential outside of the core even as far out as Frisco. So it’s not all low rise development in other areas here.
Love Austin to death but this video makes it look ugly, generic, basic, and soulless. Much prefer the aesthetics of the growth of Charlotte, Tampa, or Nashville, based on this video at least. Even if Austin surpasses Dallas in height or density, unless Austin’s towers diversify a bit, I think Dallas’ skyline will continue to have a lot more character.
It's also not the "money shot" view of the Austin skyline from the river
The surroundings just doesn't do it justice, those images could be of a midwest city for all that I know. For example, Houston or LAs skyline very likely dwarves Seattle's. Yet, I find Seattle's to be much more attractive. Is it because of the vistas? Or the Puget sound? The actual skyscrapers?
It could happen.......But then there's still the possibility of higher cost of living driving people (and development) "down the street" to nearby San Antonio before it happens. So my guess is "who knows".
Not very likely. San Antonio is not 'down the street'. It's over 80 miles away and through a heavily congested corridor. It's an infeasible commute between the two metro's which is why they will not likely become a CSA within the near future. After all the suburban sprawl wraps around both of them - then maybe they'll become a CSA... but employers will not be able to poach Austin employees to commute to SATX, and commuters will not reliably beable to feasibly commute from SATX to an employer to Austin. In Austin, you MUST live close to where you work if you're a commuter.
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The densification of a downtown can definitely occur without massive metro area growth. I just remember reading an Austin Business Journal article which mentioned Memphis, Oklahoma City, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin as having the highest apartment vacancies in the Nation. This doesn't necessarily mean that Austin is due for a slow down, but it could mean that other cities with lower vacancies (such as Dallas) are overdue for a boom.
I'd have to see a source. Despite what the media says, Austin's rental market was mostly non-impacted by Covid-19. It experienced a mild slow down but for the most part rents remained stable, and fairly high. https://austin.curbed.com/2020/4/1/2...20-coronavirus
"Rents at this time last year were about $20 more expensive than they are today," explained Tenenbaum."So we're not talking about this huge rent drop everywhere."
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As a check, here is where were at with buildings taller than 150 meters in the US right now:
New York City: 287
Chicago: 126
Miami: 59
Houston: 42
Los Angeles: 32
San Francisco: 25
Boston: 21
Seattle: 21
Dallas: 20
Atlanta: 17
Jersey City: 16
Sunny Isles Beach, FL: 14
Las Vegas: 14
Philadelphia: 13
Minneapolis: 10
Philadelphia: 10
Those are all that have more than 10 in the US. Austin has 5
Here are the numbers of buildings under construction by the same metric:
New York City: 34
Chicago: 13
Miami: 7
Los Angeles: 7
Austin: 5
Houston: 5
Boston: 5
San Francisco: 4
Dallas: 3
Philadelphia: 3
Seattle: 2
Minneapolis: 2
Atlanta: 2
Austin definitely deserves props for punching way above its weight in its skyline. However, Dallas is so far ahead of Austin that Austin's skyline will not rival Dallas' anytime soon.
As a check, here is where were at with buildings taller than 150 meters in the US right now:
New York City: 287
Chicago: 126
Miami: 59
Houston: 42
Los Angeles: 32
San Francisco: 25
Boston: 21
Seattle: 21
Dallas: 20
Atlanta: 17
Jersey City: 16
Sunny Isles Beach, FL: 14
Las Vegas: 14
Philadelphia: 13
Minneapolis: 10
Philadelphia: 10
Those are all that have more than 10 in the US. Austin has 5
Here are the numbers of buildings under construction by the same metric:
New York City: 34
Chicago: 13
Miami: 7
Los Angeles: 7
Austin: 5
Houston: 5
Boston: 5
San Francisco: 4
Dallas: 3
Philadelphia: 3
Seattle: 2
Minneapolis: 2
Atlanta: 2
Austin definitely deserves props for punching way above its weight in its skyline. However, Dallas is so far ahead of Austin that Austin's skyline will not rival Dallas' anytime soon.
Austin’s Walnut Creek is to become the third super tall in Texas. The other 2 are in Houston. And Walnut Creek might end up becoming the tallest tower in Texas. Would be impressive if it works out.
As a check, here is where were at with buildings taller than 150 meters in the US right now:
New York City: 287
Chicago: 126
Miami: 59
Houston: 42
Los Angeles: 32
San Francisco: 25
Boston: 21
Seattle: 21
Dallas: 20
Atlanta: 17
Jersey City: 16
Sunny Isles Beach, FL: 14
Las Vegas: 14
Philadelphia: 13
Minneapolis: 10
Philadelphia: 10
Those are all that have more than 10 in the US. Austin has 5
Here are the numbers of buildings under construction by the same metric:
New York City: 34
Chicago: 13
Miami: 7
Los Angeles: 7
Austin: 5
Houston: 5
Boston: 5
San Francisco: 4
Dallas: 3
Philadelphia: 3
Seattle: 2
Minneapolis: 2
Atlanta: 2
Austin definitely deserves props for punching way above its weight in its skyline. However, Dallas is so far ahead of Austin that Austin's skyline will not rival Dallas' anytime soon.
What’s your source for this?
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