from time to time i like to compile lists of how skyscraper construction has been going recently in US cities. this one will focus on the past handful of years since the great-recession brought a significant slow-down to skyscraper construction nationwide.
for the purposes of this list, i'm counting any 500+ footer completed in or after 2011, or that is currently U/C, as a post-recession skyscraper. the great recession technically ended in 2009, but most of the skyscraper projects completed in 2009 and 2010 actually began construction prior to the great recession, and were thus echoes of the previous building boom.
U.S. 500+ footers completed
+ U/C since 2011 by metro area:- NYC: 35 + 42 = 78
- Miami: 8 + 23 = 31
- Chicago: 5 + 9 = 14
- LA: 1 + 6 = 7
- Seattle: 2 + 5 = 7
- SF: 1 + 5 = 6
- Houston: 4 + 1 = 5
- Philly: 1 + 2 = 3
- Boston: 1 + 1 = 2
- Austin: 0 + 2 = 2
- Denver: 0 + 1 = 1
- Nashville: 0 + 1 = 1
- Baltimore: 0 + 1 = 1
- OKC: 1 + 0 = 1
- Atlantic City: 1 + 0 = 1
- Cincinnati: 1 + 0 = 1
- Pittsburgh: 1 + 0 = 1
- Dallas: 1 + 0 = 1
- Milwaukee: 1 + 0 = 1
all stats from the SSP database.
Miami is in another galaxi right now, and NYC is in another universe.
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