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Actually half of Uptown Houston is inside of the I-610 loop.
And if you take downtown on west, 90% of Houston's highrises are in a 150 square mile area which includes Memorial City, Westchase, Energy Corridor and the like. Houston's profile of highrises and skylines are larger than the city it's being compared to here and both the eye test and data back that up. Though you don't have to stretch out to 150 square miles, it's like someone else said, 75% of the city's highrises are concentrated in a 54 square miles area spanning the western half of Inner Loop + the western half of Uptown, which is the part of Uptown outside of the 610 loop. All but one 500+ foot tower are in this 54 square mile area. It doesn't matter though, TMC is like 2-3 miles south of Downtown and Uptown is 4 miles west of Downtown and those two plus Downtown and the areas in between them are the super grand majority of Houston's highrises.
It appears that in the last decade, the bulk of the construction of highrises has been in the areas between Downtown and TMC and Downtown and Uptown, in particular Neartown (Allen Parkway), Midtown, the Museum District, Upper Kirby, so it's filling up in the areas in between those large clusters. Uptown itself has changed a lot in the last decade, the entire midsection of the skyline is completely brand new with highrises, that's a skyline that's changed dramatically. Probably more so than any of Houston's other skylines. Upper Kirby and Neartown, in particular, are going a long way to connecting the overall skylines of Downtown, Greenway Plaza, and Uptown and if it keeps up then in 20 years it will be a wall of highrises from Downtown to Uptown. I just saw Houston recently, it went from large to larger.
Since 2010 Houston has added 8 towers at or over 500 feet, whereas the city it is being compared to here has only added 1 tower at or over 500 feet since 2010 (and none over 600 feet), that lone 500+ foot tower is the Icon Midtown at 515 feet. Houston's added 2 towers over 700 feet in the last 5 years, both are in Downtown and another 600+ footer in Downtown too. All of the towers constructed since 2010 over 500 feet in Houston have been in the core of the city too, the western half of the Inner Loop.
It'll be interesting to see what the skylines look like in the near future. I've heard that more highrises may be built between downtown and the TMC linking the two. That'd be crazy!
It'll be interesting to see what the skylines look like in the near future. I've heard that more highrises may be built between downtown and the TMC linking the two. That'd be crazy!
Houston's growth has slowed down with the shrinking oil industry. Houston was 4th behind Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth for jobs recovered post covid in Texas. Houston has the highest office vacancy rate of any major market.
Houston's growth has slowed down with the shrinking oil industry. Houston was 4th behind Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth for jobs recovered post covid in Texas. Houston has the highest office vacancy rate of any major market.
Most underwhelming skylines:
1. Virginia Beach
2. LA
3. Memphis
4. Orlando
5. Tampa
Tampa definitely isn't impressive. But I wouldn't say its underwhelming either. It is a very compact city with only 400,000 people and takes up a small chunk of its 3 million people metro area with St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Brandon. Not to mention, St. Petersburg has a nice little skyline of its own. From my time there, I would say a lot of people go to retire there and it has a lot slower pace than most cities its size, and feels smaller and more local. Anyways, the skyline is respectable and it lights up well at night. It just wouldn't win any awards. With Ybor and Harbor Island, it stretches out pretty well:
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