What U.S. cities have built the most tall buildings since 2010?

[Ten Minute Metro]

Hi all -

What U.S. cities have built the most tall buildings (400 feet (122 m)) since 2010?

I've noticed that Austin, Miami, New York City, and Seattle have built 25+ new tall buildings since 2010.

What other U.S. cities could we add to this list that also have built 25+ new tall buildings since 2010?

[Bonsai Tree]

Uh, Chicago? That one's pretty obvious.

[Ten Minute Metro]

Originally Posted by Bonsai Tree

Uh, Chicago? That one's pretty obvious.

I looked at Chicago, but I saw between 15 and 20 new tall buildings since 2010.

[Steely Dan]

122m is an odd cut-off.

The chart below shows all 150+ meter skyscrapers that have ever been built in the Midwest, including U/C.



Data source: CTBUH


Over the past decade or so, Chicago has built 27 towers over 150m, the 3rd highest such tally in the US after NYC and Miami.

[Ten Minute Metro]

Good information - Thank you!

[ChiSoxRox]

Scouring our diagrams, using the built filter (so missing topped out but not completed):

US as a whole - 425 over 400 feet completed since 2010

New York - 169

Chicago - 52

Miami - 34

Seattle - 24

Jersey City - 19

Houston - 16

Austin - 15

Los Angeles - 12

Sunny Isles Beach, FL - 11 (!)

San Francisco - 10

[MolsonExport]

Jacksonville?

[mhays]

I like the 400' cutoff because it favors Seattle, a good criteria for any list. We have substantial areas zoned for towers in the 400s, and they all use every inch of the allowable height (the rentable part).

If we have 24 completed since 2010, two more are topped out, two will top out by summer, and two are rising at the bottom of a pit. We'll probably see a slower pace of groundbreakings though some might start this year.

Interestingly, four towers (two starting to rise, two that could start this spring) will be on one block that's well under two acres. That's got to be unusual.

Bellevue would be two plus one topped out and one starting to poke above its hole.

[Ten Minute Metro]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Scouring our diagrams, using the built filter (so missing topped out but not completed):

US as a whole - 425 over 400 feet completed since 2010

New York - 169

Chicago - 52

Miami - 34

Seattle - 24

Jersey City - 19

Houston - 16

Austin - 15

Los Angeles - 12

Sunny Isles Beach, FL - 11 (!)

San Francisco - 10

Did any "search" function automatically count for you? I am looking at the Diagrams page.

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

122m is an odd cut-off

The problem is, everyone's got a different idea of what constitutes a skyscraper. While it is widely agreed that a supertall is 300 meters, numbers vary widely for defining a skyscraper, I consider any 25+ story building a skyscraper which means it only needs to be ~75 meters/250 feet tall if it's a flat topped residential building but most others consider the height to be the deciding factor and that number usually varies between 100 and 250 meters

Per capita i'm pretty sure Austin's the champ, that's city construction industry has been booming for years and if it keeps up it's not hard to imagine it overtaking Dallas and Houston's skyline eventually since both cities have been moribund for a long time

Outside of the US of A Toronto's been in a crazy building boom for years too

[sentinel]

The CTBUH has pretty clear definitions of what constitute 'tall' buildings:

https://cloud.ctbuh.org/CTBUH_HeightCriteria.pdf

https://www.ctbuh.org/resource/height

[SFBruin]

Iirc, they leave Jacksonville, FL off of these lists, so that other cities don't feel bad.

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

Jacksonville?

[BnaBreaker]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Scouring our diagrams, using the built filter (so missing topped out but not completed):

US as a whole - 425 over 400 feet completed since 2010

New York - 169

Chicago - 52

Miami - 34

Seattle - 24

Jersey City - 19

Houston - 16

Austin - 15

Los Angeles - 12

Sunny Isles Beach, FL - 11 (!)

San Francisco - 10

With all due respect to our excellent diagram and the great artists that populate it with their work, the SSP diagram is a pretty poor resource for information of this kind, simply because in order for a building to be included there an artist has to have actually taken the time and made the effort to actually draw it.

[craigs]

Per Wikipedia, LA has built 22 towers 400' or taller since 2010, with a 23rd just now getting underway.

Nearby Long Beach also constructed a 400-footer since 2010.

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by craigs

Per Wikipedia, LA has built 22 towers 400' or taller since 2010, with a 23rd just now getting underway.

Nearby Long Beach also constructed a 400-footer since 2010.

I counted 18 buildings over 400 feet tall since 2010 not 22 although two more are listed as finished in 2022. Still that's twice as many as I would have figured for LA

[craigs]

Originally Posted by Phil McAvity

I counted 18 buildings over 400 feet tall since 2010 not 22 although two more are listed as finished in 2022. Still that's twice as many as I would have figured for LA

I'm counting buildings that have opened or are topped out, and included 2010 itself.

1. Eighth & Fig - 530' - 42 floors (topped out) 2023
2. Hallasan Tower - 439' - 38 floors - (topped out) 2023
3. Fig+Pico Tower I - 529' - 42 floors - 2022
4. Beaudry Tower - 695' -64 Floors - 2022
5. The Grand by Gehry - 522' - 29 floors - 2022
6. Century Plaza North Tower - 600' - 46 floors - 2021
7. Century Plaza South Tower - 600' - 46 floors - 2021
8. Oceanwide Plaza Tower 1 - 677' - 49 floors - (topped out) 2019
9. Metropolis Tower D - 647' - 58 - 2019
10. 820 Olive - 637' - 48 floors - 2019
11. Oceanwide Plaza II - 530' - 40 floors - (topped out) 2019
12. Oceanwide Plaza Tower III -530' - 40 floors - (topped out) 2019
13. Hope+Flower Tower 1 - 529] - 40 floors - 2019
14. Hope+Flower Tower 2 - 421] 31 floors - 2019
15. Metropolis Tower C - 451' - 40 floors - 2018
16. Circa Tower I - 400' 35 floors - 2018
17. Circa Tower II - 400' 35 floors - 2018
18. Wilshire Grand Center - 1,100' - 73 floors - 2017
19. Metropolis Tower B - 442' - 38 floors - 2017
20. Ten Thousand - 483' - 40 floors - 2016
21. The Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles - 667' - 54 floors 2010
22. The Century - 478' - 42 floors - 2010

Under construction is Olympic and Hill, at 760' and 60 floors, which supposedly will open in 2024.

[Lobotomizer]

According to Wikipedia Austin has 16 buildings 400' or taller completed since 2010.

There are 11 more buildings 400' or taller currently under construction.

[mhays]

Originally Posted by sentinel

The CTBUH has pretty clear definitions of what constitute 'tall' buildings:

https://cloud.ctbuh.org/CTBUH_HeightCriteria.pdf

https://www.ctbuh.org/resource/height

That's one opinion, albeit an oft-quoted one and one with actual industry professionals behind it.

[Maldive]

Originally Posted by ChiSoxRox

Scouring our diagrams, using the built filter (so missing topped out but not completed):

US as a whole - 425 over 400 feet completed since 2010

New York - 169

Just using the ssp diagrams, TORONTO City (no 'burbs!) is about 182 (includes a few topped out but not occupied).

...

20 more are just shy of the 400' mark... could have rounded up nicely to an even 200 built since 2010.

If under construction was included... you could bump that number by more than 50 lol. √ btw ignore lists are full-philing

[Phil McAvity]

Originally Posted by Maldive

Just using the ssp diagrams, TORONTO City (no 'burbs!) is about 182 (includes a few topped out but not occupied).

...

20 more are just shy of the 400' mark... could have rounded up nicely to an even 200 built since 2010.

If under construction was included... you could bump that number by more than 50 lol.

Yup, that's why I as a proud Canuck mentioned Taranna but the tallest in NYC tower over TO's tallest. The two tallest in Taranna under construction are supertalls (barely) but I think in NYC they'd hardly be noticed whereas in Toronto they're kind of a big deal

It's weird that the CTBUH doesn't even attempt to define "skyscraper", all they talk about are Tall, Supertall & Megatall Buildings so Maybe they can't agree on a definition so they just avoid defining it altogether and leave it to others