2017 city summary
Not everyone has the time to read through all the pages of development news in the city compilations forum or regional sub-forums. Summarize what happened in your city last year. Include noteworthy development news, political news, transit news, and any other significant news.
I'll start for DETROIT : Little Caesars Arena opened and the Detroit Pistons began playing games in the city after playing in suburban Auburn Hills for the previous 3 decades. They joined the Detroit Red Wings in their new home. The tallest skyscraper in the city was announced after state legislators passed a bill allowing developers to capture some tax revenue that would be generated by a so called "transformative project". The amount a developer could capture would depend on the population of the city the project was proposed for as well as the total cost of the project. The tower is currently proposed to reach a height of 800 ft. Mayor Mike Duggan was re-elected to a second term. Mayor Duggan has made significant progress in improving the city's finances, services, and quality of life for residents. Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn and Ford all announced they are opening offices or relocating their entire suburban offices to the city. Between the four companies, 610 new employees will be working in the city (depending on how many employees the LinkedIn office will have). Violent crime continued to decrease and the 2017 homicide total reached a several decade low. Transit took a small step forward when the Q line opened. This 3.3 mile streetcar line travels on Woodward Ave. from it's southern terminus at Congress St. downtown to Grand Blvd. at it's northern terminus in the New Center neighborhood. Housing market heating up. The city recorded an impressive five sales of private homes of $1 million or higher. Noteworthy for a city famous for it's $500 or $1000 houses. 2017 was very good to a significant part of the city of Detroit. The oft mentioned renaissance finally seemed to emerge from obscurity and is undeniably transforming they city of Detroit. :cheers: |
Houston: We flooded, won the World Series and then had some snow.
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Chicago 2017: "A disaster, a total disaster"
as seen through the eyes of our nation's "president". |
2017 saw the completion and start of many new skyscrapers in Toronto that brought the skyline that much closer to (hopefully) one day being mentioned in the same breath as the likes of such places as Jacksonville.
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I just spotted this photo browsing the 30 Hudson thread and I think for NYC, 2017 can best be summarized by this shot. A booming metropolis seems like its u/c all at once.
(photo source): 2017 1) The unprecedented rise of so many super talls 2) Signifies the continuing boom 3) Alteration of the skyline 4) 1st new bridge built for the ny region in decades 5) The year of DeBlasio's affordable housing plan kicking into high gear 6) .... and much much more! It was a very good year... like Sinatra would say. :D |
Flagstaff is on a never-ending quest to become "Northern Arizona University: The City" where we bend over backwards for Phoenecians who come up here to gawk at the snow they claimed to have been finished with once they moved from Chicago/Milwaukee/Minneapolis/Cleveland/Omaha and the California kids who couldn't get into any of the UCs or Cal States while basically telling actual residents (those of us who live/work here year round) to fuck off.
Phoenix discovered that homeless people like urban development just as much as the rest of us, but for different reasons. Arizona's population has exceeded 7,000,000 for the first time in its history (that we know of...maybe the Hohokam and Anasazi had that many people and they just weren't as good at census estimates as we are nowadays ;)) Politically and fiscally, we are Kansas, but with better scenery. |
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Ever since 2012, there has been a big transformation for many American cities.
The recession sucked, but after if ended, things started getting nice. In retrospect, it almost feels like having the recession was for the best. Cities have see massive growth and change. To name a few: Dallas, Houston, LA, SF, Seattle, D.C., Philly, NY/JC/Newark, Miami, Atlanta, Austin, and so on. Lots going on, lots of permits, acquisition of parcels for assemblages, light-rail and passenger rail improvement in a select-few places. Big moves for certain companies (tenants). The U.S. has seen a dramatic surge in its 300m+ stock both present and planned/u-c. 2017 was just leaping off the success of 2014-2016. Activity is still going strong, although slowing a tad bit, but its still positive news. These last 5 years have been a skyscraper and high rise revolution for many cities, especially in the 100-200m range. In general, the population growth of cores is the step in the right direction. Quote:
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Let's see, Montreal (from what I can think of now)
1. 375th birthday, year-long events (some amazing ones, some amazing flops as well) 2. completion of many buildings, further densifying downtown and the announcements of second, third phases. 3. Montreal establishes itself as an AI/Tech world leader, with FB, Google, Thales, DeepMind, etc... investing in the city with labs 4. Elected first female mayor in city history, MTL becomes the largest city in N.A with a female mayor. 5. Homicides down to 22 (24 with 2 open case files from 2016) lowest in history. 6. REM light rail (67km) approved by the government of Quebec, will start construction this year. 7. YUL hit 18 million passengers, nearly 3 years earlier than expected. |
A year ago, Downtown Seattle's boom was like any 2 or 3 past booms put together. Amazingly it's continued with similar strength since then.
This has three-year animations from the Space Needle Panocam's panos taken every 10 minutes: https://youtu.be/-2MTiUGvqyE The Panocam itself, including views of any pano from the past few years (foggy at the moment): https://spaceneedle.roundshot.com/ |
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Excellent video comparison. These are great. Always a fan of before and after pics with the same angle showing different years displaying the change, but when its in video format, its bar to none. Its like SC4 with cheetah speed on. :) Are there any more resources or channels showcasing other cities that you know of? These are difficult to find at times, even pics. |
nice to have some good news on detroit
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portland appears to be having a little boom of its own. apartment construction still seems to be going full tilt in every neighborhood in the inner quadrants and downtown construction is heating up. seems like were having a hotel boom also, with at least three or four new hotels finishing up or coming on line soon. lloyd district will be getting a new hotel at the convention center also, something that been rumored for at least a decade. housing supply is pretty tight also. i think we finished up the summer with about a two month supply. should continue to be a sellers market. on a recent bike ride i stopped at the top of the tillikum bridge and counted 12 construction cranes so things are moving along. rumor has it, some industrial se waterfront might also see some new development if omsi is able to move forward with their plans to develop some of their property. burnside bridge area is going crazy to. exciting times right now.
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Chicago: outside of the disasters Steely mentioned, a couple of things come to mind. 1) West Loop boom continued with more retail/restaurants, hotels, offices, and residential remaking the entire area. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4490/...9962eb5ab4.jpgThe Parker apartments and five of the West Loop's tower cranes by YoChicago, on Flickr 2) Highrise canyon that sprouted up along Wells Street in River North was significantly completed. 2014: https://goo.gl/maps/ZvxCq534P372 2017: https://goo.gl/maps/MQv8KTath2z 3) A number of anticipated mega-developments were revealed thanks mainly to the Amazon HQ2 competition. 4) One Chicago Square supertall was proposed for a prominent block off of Michigan Avenue. http://www.j-carlson.com/ancilary/ho...roject-two.jpg |
The NIMBYs of San Francisco don't seem as capable of preventing development when the city and developers focus on fairly small areas at a time. For the last decade we've been building out Rincon Hill and the adjacent TransBay Transit District.
http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/CDG/i...ndary_4_09.jpg https://www.google.com/search?q=Tran...w=1453&bih=713 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/4...d73c7d60_o.gif https://www.google.com/search?q=Rinc...GC0OKkJE8unmM: The ghost-like white and greenish massing images here show most of (but not all of) the projects in these areas (2 prominent ones missing are the 900 ft Ocanwide Center and the 750 ft TransBay Parcel F): http://sfocii.org/sites/default/file...itle%20pic.png https://www.google.com/search?q=Rinc...JiRGEtQ4GuvuM: Now, with these areas nearly built out in the current boom (Parcel F is the main remaining lot and its proposal is well all in review), the city is moving on to 2 new areas called "Central SOMA" and "The Hub". The Hub http://default.sfplanning.org/plans-...B_boundary.jpg New Proposed height limits in The Hub are as shown here: http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...oposed-Map.png http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...oot-tower.html This is a view of what the "Hub" proposals will bring (again in ghostly white): http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...sed-Zoning.jpg http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...-proposed.html Similarly, Central Soma is in the planning phase: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chor...661395/map.jpg https://sf.curbed.com/2016/12/16/139...pact-report-sf This area is less ambitious height-wise but proposals already contain some interesting buildings: https://imageserver-bisnow1.netdna-s...rCreamery.jpeg http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...ign-2017-1.jpg http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...-proposed.html http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...lly-Massed.jpg http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...o-in-2018.html |
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In 2016 it was thought bu Duggan at least that there might be an increase in the population due to the ever increasing number of hookups not just downtown but in the neighborhoods as well. the 2nd half of 2016 seems to have been the turning point where new hookups passes shut offs and 2017 the trend was only gaining strength. There was a recent study done by Detroit Future City called 139 Square Miles & funded by the Knight Foundation that Quote:
https://detroit.curbed.com/2017/8/23...-report-trends I believe the numbers used in the Future City report only go through 2015 things have really begun to heat up exponentially so I wouldn't be surprised to see the 60,000 new residents forecast by 2040 revised upwards. Quote:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...wth/104031902/ I think the 3,000 new hookups came from DTE's March 2015 - 2016 numbers although it's possible 3,000 more hookups have occurred according to the 15-16 numbers. I'm inclined to believe that 2017 numbers aren't fully out yet though. Quote:
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...its-challenges *Edit I forgot to add in one more article in it's from a site called USPopulation2017.com which in its about section site aims to give most accurate population of USA states and its city in 2017. I didn't look too deep into the site while attempting to find the criteria they use so take these numbers with a grain of salt. Quote:
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YOUNGSTOWN:
(See full city compilation thread here) - Downtown development continues to grow. Several new renovation projects in the neighborhood. - The Wells Building, a historic mixed-use redevelopment project was completed. - The Stambaugh Building, a historic skyscraper, began renovations to convert it into a DoubleTree by Hilton. The first floor will have 2 restaurants and will be completed in March. - Construction has finally begun on our upcoming Riverfront Park - we are using old steel mill land in front of Downtown to build a huge park with a new amphitheater as its centerpiece. - Development around the YSU campus continues - two new luxury apartment buildings completed, a new full size Barnes & Noble, and a mixed use development is under construction. - The Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC) cleaned up 367 properties, demolished 256 buildings, and fully renovated 43 houses - this has helped stabilize a few neighborhoods within the city. - The Youngstown Business Incubator continues to grow its campus in Downtown, where it recently finished renovating a historic building for additive manufacturing use. - Around 10 new restaurants have opened or announced they will open/relocate to Downtown. Downtown is becoming the area's main entertainment/nightlife center. A rendering of our upcoming Riverfront Amphitheater Park in Downtown: http://wfmj.images.worldnow.com/images/15499427_G.jpg The Wells Building (apartments & offices) renovations: https://i.imgur.com/SursIVT.jpg?1 One of the several new apartments popping up around the YSU campus: https://i.imgur.com/AclRxbn.jpg?1 Whistle & Keg Self-Serve Taproom: One of the many new bars/restaurants that opened in Downtown this year: https://i.imgur.com/tljSbpA.jpg?1 |
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