Outside of Chicago which has completely lapped all other major metros in the midwest with 222 highrises Since 2000 :
Minneapolis is the clear runner up for adding 21 buildings that qualify for highrise status according to SSP definition.
Then Milwaukee with 16 and Madison with 13. St.L, KC and Indy are tied for 4th with 10 highrises.
Super Subs Evanston, Clayton and Windsor showing new millennium momentum.
Notable that Detroit has 6 new highrises but 3 are 12+ floors of parking decks and 2 are Casinos.
Southfield ad St.Paul have lost momentum since 1999.
For all of the good press that Des Moines gets for it's economy, it is not reflected in highrises.
All Data from SSP - Sorted by: UC/Site prep>00-14>Total 12+
City 12 Fl+ Since'80 '80-'99 '00-'14 UC+Prep
Chicago 1151 383 161 222 20
Minneapolis 155 62 41 21 2
Pittsburgh 127 25 19 6 2
Cincinnati 92 31 25 6 2
Milwaukee 88 30 14 16 1
Madison 27 15 2 13 0
St. Louis 115 26 16 10 0
Kansas City 110 25 15 10 0
Indianapolis 60 29 19 10 0
Clayton, Mo 26 14 5 9 0
Cleveland 110 32 24 8 0
Columbus 71 27 20 7 0
WindsorOntCA 18 11 4 7 0
Evanston, IL 13 8 1 7 0
Detroit 131 23 17 6 0
Louisville 42 14 10 4 0
Bloomington, MN 21 12 8 4 0
Omaha 37 8 5 3 0
Grand Rapids 11 7 4 3 0
Rochester, MN 14 8 6 2 0
Covington, KY 9 5 3 2 0
Schaumburg, IL 8 6 4 2 0
Ann Arbor 8 2 0 2 0
St. Paul 33 11 10 1 0
Southfield, MI 27 9 8 1 0
Des Moines 24 7 6 1 0
Dayton 23 3 2 1 0
Troy, MI 8 8 7 1 0
Akron 18 2 2 0 0
Toledo 16 5 5 0 0
Duluth, MN 13 1 1 0 0
OakBrook/Terrace8 5 5 0 0
Cedar Rapids,IA 8 1 1 0 0
Ft Wayne 8 1 1 0 0