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Thought I'd put together an "at-a-glance" list of US cities and their number of skyscrapers exceeding 600 feet high.
Also, listing out any under construction/near construction skyscrapers upcoming soon (by 2023).
Kind of interesting looking at this list. Some cities I thought would be higher, are not really.
Los Angeles really surprised me. They are bucking the perception that they are a large city with few skyscrapers. Ever so briskly, building towers over 600 feet.
Also, Austin will be rising the ranks very fast, and their skyscraper building is just absolutely booming.
US cities with the most skyscrapers to the least skyscrapers, with a height exceeding 600 feet:
New York City
125+
10+ u/c
Chicago
55
2 u/c
Miami
22
7 u/c
Los Angeles
20
2 u/c
Houston
20
1 u/c
San Francisco
11
1 u/c
Atlanta
11
Dallas
11
Las Vegas
10
Philadelphia
9
1 u/c
Boston
9
1 u/c
Seattle
8
1 u/c
Jersey City
5
3 u/c
Pittsburgh
5
Denver
5
Charlotte
4
Minneapolis
4
Cleveland
3
1 u/c
Austin
2
7 u/c
Detroit
2
1 u/c
New Orleans
2
Nashville
1
2 u/c
Oklahoma City
1
Indianapolis
1
Mobile
1
Atlantic City
1
Columbus
1
Cincinnati
1
Milwaukee
1
Jacksonville
1
Kansas City
1
Des Moines
1
Omaha
1
*Source is Wikipedia, so there could be some that are not listed
*This list does not count observation towers or monuments
Seattle had one under construction but they paused to let construction prices mellow a little.
Bellevue has two UC that are I believe within inches of 600'. They might be called 600' depending who's counting and the method they use.
Zoning codes can define heights based on the middle of a sloped site (not bothering to look at Bellevue's). If you measure from downhill these would be over 600'.
The Columbia Center in Seattle gets screwed in some lists (CTBUH at least)...it's on a steep hill and they measured it from the uphill side. That's the entry plaza. But most workers enter from downhill on 4th, which is closer to most transit.
Also, Omaha will be breaking ground in January, for its 2nd 600+ footer: The Mutual of Omaha HQ’s skyscraper- 677 FT, 44 stores and 800,000 square feet. The first 15 floors will be indoor parking. Omaha’s other 600 footer, is the First National Center at 634 Feet; so the new Mutual skyscraper will be Omaha’s new tallest. For a 1 million population metro, this puts Omaha in a pretty rare class regionally having two 600+ ft skyscrapers. Many metropolitan areas 2 or so times larger don’t have that.
LA may be a bit overstated. One of the ones listed as completed has topped out but is not yet completed. Construction stalled 4 years ago. One of the two listed as under construction hasn't quite yet started construction. The site is still being excavated but is probably just weeks away from construction.
If it's a shored excavation, with shoring steel in the ground, that's construction, speaking from the builder perspective.
My main criteria for a real start is installation of the first steel for shoring...the construction team has a notice to proceed with full construction and real money is being spent. (It would be different for projects with different footing/shoring systems of course, including work that doesn't go below-grade, but in my area this method dominates on large work.)
Also, Omaha will be breaking ground in January, for its 2nd 600+ footer: The Mutual of Omaha HQ’s skyscraper- 677 FT, 44 stores and 800,000 square feet. The first 15 floors will be indoor parking. Omaha’s other 600 footer, is the First National Center at 634 Feet; so the new Mutual skyscraper will be Omaha’s new tallest. For a 1 million population metro, this puts Omaha in a pretty rare class regionally having two 600+ ft skyscrapers. Many metropolitan areas 2 or so times larger don’t have that.
Ah, thank you! I cannot believe I left Tulsa off of the list.
Tulsa has TWO skyscrapers over 600 feet high. For its metro population size, that is extremely good, compared to the vast majority of cities in that range.
Amazing news for Omaha! So exciting to hear that--I'll keep a close eye on it.
A nice tall skyscraper too. Sweet!
Omaha should build 4-6 towers in the 300 to 500 foot range, for infill. Then they will have a very solid skyline for their size.
If it's a shored excavation, with shoring steel in the ground, that's construction, speaking from the builder perspective.
My main criteria for a real start is installation of the first steel for shoring...the construction team has a notice to proceed with full construction and real money is being spent. (It would be different for projects with different footing/shoring systems of course, including work that doesn't go below-grade, but in my area this method dominates on large work.)
Thanks for the tip. Going by that, yes it's under construction and has been for several of months.
Great list! Wow, Austin will really jump in the ranks once it's under construction buildings are completed.
It is amazing for sure. And rare. I'd be surprised if any other city on the list ever had 7 over 600' under construction at the same time, aside from the top 3. Austin makes 4.
It is amazing for sure. And rare. I'd be surprised if any other city on the list ever had 7 over 600' under construction at the same time, aside from the top 3. Austin makes 4.
Houston definitely needs to be in that grp. Most of its towers were UC circa 1980-84; the same number of years Wikipedia lists for the building UC in Austin.
Houston's top 4 tallest were all under construction at the same time. All 4 over 780 feet. 18 of the it's top tallest were UC at that time and 12 of those were over 600ft.
The metro was less than 3M people at the time. All the "Austin is greatest thing since slice bread" is actually not as big as building booms in other cities. By the start of the 80s Houston only had 3 buildings over 600ft tall. 3 years later it had 15.
Also wikipedia only lists 6 buildings UC in Austin over 600ft. That is half of the number Houston had during the same # of years in the early 80s.
1. Enterprise Tower 1980- 756ft
2. Three Allen Center 1980 - 685ft
3. First City Tower 1981- 662ft
4. Chase - 1982 - 1002ft
5. Williams -1982- 901ft
6. Fulbright- 1982- 725ft
Huntingdon- 1982 - 503ft
7. Wells Fargo - 1983 - 992ft
8. BOA - 1983 - 780ft
9. 1400 Smith - 1983- 691ft
10. America Tower - 1983 - 590ft
Marathon - 1983 - 562ft
Wedge International- 1983 - 550ft
11. 1600 Smith - 1984 - 732ft
12. San Felipe Plaza - 1984 - 625ft.
Dallas also had 7 buildings over 600ft UC in a 4 year period in the 80s so it should be in that group too
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