United States

17 April 2020

New Residential Condo Holds Groundbreaking in Atlanta

From private single-family builds on quiet streets to transit-focused apartment communities and Midtown high-rises, the exemption for construction in Atlanta and Georgia’s orders mandating that...

16 April 2020

New Renderings Revealed of Nashville Residential Tower

Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) has designed Alcove, a new residential tower in Nashville, Tennessee, developed by Giarratana LLC. Located at 900 Church Street, adjacent to the...

15 April 2020

Office High-Rise Site Cleared and Ready In New York City’s Downtown Brooklyn

The site at 141 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn is planned to welcome a 23-story office building. Demolition has concluded and the land sits awaiting...

14 April 2020

New Skyscraper Underway in New York City’s Prospect Heights Neighborhood

The reinforced concrete superstructure of 18 Sixth Avenue, a 51-story residential skyscraper, has begun ascending in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Perkins Eastman and developed...

13 April 2020

Two High-Rise Projects Eyed for Office Plaza in Dallas

The owners of two key properties in North Dallas’ Preston Center business district are seeking zoning approvals to build a pair of high-rises. Rosebriar Holdings...

09 April 2020

New Affordable Housing Projects in Chicago Receive Federal Tax Credits

Eleven new developments bringing a combined 1,083 units of affordable housing to Chicago’s North, South, and West sides are moving forward after being selected by...

08 April 2020

Mixed-Use Development in Atlanta Begins Leasing

A major mixed-use development in the West Midtown neighborhood of Atlanta is moving forward with leasing efforts, inking a major deal with an international hospitality...

07 April 2020

San Francisco Orders Construction Sites to Shut Down Due to COVID-19

San Francisco joined the rest of the Bay Area on 31 March 2020 in lengthening its shelter-in-place order, which pushed the citywide shutdown until at...

06 April 2020

Third and Final Tower Tops Out at TOD in Dunwoody

The urbanization of Atlanta’s north Perimeter area soldiers on, as insurance giant State Farm’s massive mixed-use campus, comes together alongside MARTA tracks. Developer KDC relayed...

03 April 2020

Residential Tower Tops Off in New York City

The residential tower, One Boerum Place has topped out in Downtown Brooklyn. The slim reinforced concrete superstructure recently reached its 21-story parapet, and work is...

02 April 2020

Permits Filed for Mixed-Use Building in New York City

Permits have been filed for a 13-story mixed-use building at 2686 Broadway on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Located between West 102nd Street and West 103rd...

01 April 2020

Date Set for Implosion of Office Tower in Richmond

Dominion Energy has set a date to implode its vacant One James River Plaza office tower in downtown Richmond. The Richmond-based energy giant said it...

31 March 2020

Architecture Firm in Chicago Uses 3D Printer to Create Face Masks for Healthcare Workers

bKL Architecture, a firm headquartered at the Aqua tower in Chicago's Lakeshore East neighborhood, is doing its part to be of service during the COVID-19...

31 March 2020

CTBUH EIC Interviewed in Crain's Piece on How High-Rise Living Transformed Chicago's Skyline

How high-rise living has transformed Chicago's skyline The great Chicago apartment boom reshaped the city’s skyline with dozens of fancy new high-rises. But it didn’t...

30 March 2020

Timber Housing Development Being Planned for Skid Row in Los Angeles

Skid Row Housing Trust and Michael Maltzan Architecture are planning a 150-unit supportive housing development tower in Downtown Los Angeles, made almost entirely of wood....

27 March 2020

Under-Construction Skyscrapers in Chicago Secure Financing

Lendlease and Magellan Development have landed US$283 million in construction financing for their two residential towers rising in Chicago’s Lakeshore East. The projects will have...

26 March 2020

Under-Construction Chicago Skyscrapers Acquire New Tenants

Real estate investment firm Heitman has inked a lease for 60,000 square feet (5,600 square meters) at Riverside Investment & Development and Howard Hughes’ under-construction...

25 March 2020

Twin-Tower Condominium Project Approved in Honolulu

The Honolulu City Council approved a twin-tower condominium project at 805-919 Keeaumoku Street that is expected to have nearly 1,000 residential units.The council voted unanimously...

24 March 2020

Resort in Las Vegas On Hold, Other Construction Continues Amid Spread of COVID-19

With COVID-19 upending daily life in Las Vegas, at least one major real estate project has shelved construction work over the outbreak, and at least...

23 March 2020

Plans for Mixed-Use University Building in Harrisburg Scaled Down

When Harrisburg University of Science and Technology first envisioned building a new tower in downtown Harrisburg for the university’s new Health Science Education Center, their...

20 March 2020

Developers Hatch Plans for Towers On Former Proposed Headquarters Expansion Site in New York City

In the summer of 2019, four developers who own land on Long Island City's Anable Basin launched a public engagement initiative called Your LIC to...

19 March 2020

Downtown Fort Worth Landmark will Become Luxury Hotel

A landmark downtown Fort Worth skyscraper will be converted into a luxury hotel. San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants said it will open a 232-room...

18 March 2020

Façade Inspection Program in New York City Undergoes Overhaul

In December 2019, a piece of terra cotta fell from a Manhattan tower, killing a passerby and prompting the New York City Department of Buildings...

13 March 2020

Redevelopment Plan for New York City’s South Street Seaport Includes Skyscraper

As part of an integrated plan to redevelop several sites in the South Street Seaport, the Howard Hughes Corporation aims to build an up to...

11 March 2020

Ground Broken on New Office Complex in Plano

The Trammell Crow Company has broken ground on its new Plano high-rise project in Legacy business park, which will feature 15-story and 25-story towers. The...

09 March 2020

New York City’s Highest Outdoor Skydeck Set to Open

The opening of Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, offering 360-degree views of New York City’s iconic skyline will be celebrated...

06 March 2020

New Downtown Dallas High-Rise Will Offer Affordable Housing

Developers are breaking ground in downtown Dallas on a high-rise residential building. The apartment project at 2400 Bryan St. will include a combination of affordable...

04 March 2020

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Undergoing Major Expansion

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), bursting at the seams on its University City campus, has unleashed a US$3.4 billion building boom. Planned new construction...

03 March 2020

Los Angeles Residential Building Opens Decades After Damage from Earthquake

When she first laid eyes on Panorama Tower along Van Nuys Boulevard, Panorama City resident Cheryl Compton thought it “looked like a bomb had gone...

02 March 2020

Mixed-Use Building Proposed for Cambridge’s Kendall Square to Emphasize the Arts

For a long time, Kendall Square has lacked a public gathering space, or much in the way of any type of cultural space. Now, a...

28 February 2020

Apartment Tower Proposed for Transit-Adjacent Parking Lot in Los Angeles

Off the 110 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles, stands a low-rise Italianate-inspired student apartment complex—The Lorenzo. Now the developer of that project, G.H. Palmer Associates,...

27 February 2020

New York City Judge Rules Against Luxury Development Embraced by Mayor

A state judge barred a developer from building four high-rise towers at 260 South Street that had been set to offer hundreds of pricey apartments....

26 February 2020

Proposed Mixed-Use Complex in Los Angeles Will Include Rent-Restricted Units

Plans to redevelop a struggling mall into 34 acres (14 hectares) of housing, new shops, and an event venue has become the first major project...

24 February 2020

Residential Buildings Proposed for Chicago’s Fulton Market Receive Initial Approval

Chicago officials approved two high-rise apartment developments that would build 920 apartments in Fulton Market despite criticism that few apartments would be set aside for...

20 February 2020

“Leaning Tower of Dallas” Becomes a City’s Star Attraction

The core of an 11-story Dallas office building was left standing after a planned implosion, creating what locals have dubbed the “Leaning Tower of Dallas.”...

19 February 2020

Proposed Hospital Tower Redevelopment in New York Undergoes Design Change

Northwell Health is looking to scrap its controversial plan to build a 41-story apartment tower on the Upper East Side of New York City, which...

18 February 2020

Financing Secured for Residential High-Rise in Philadelphia

Radnor Property Group has landed US$142.6 million in financing for The Hamilton, a new high-rise apartment community in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood. The core, Class...

14 February 2020

Skyscraper to Rise in Downtown Los Angeles’ Historic Core

A skyscraper is slated to rise over a future subway station near the Los Angeles Grand Central Market. The latest renderings by Solomon Cordwell Buenz...

13 February 2020

Developer Buys Frisco Site for Hotel and Residential Tower

Dallas-based JMJ Hospitality says that it has purchased land in Frisco for its previously announced hotel and residential tower. The developer bought 4.5 acres (1.8...

12 February 2020

Transit-Oriented Development Completed in Los Angeles

Park Fifth Tower 2, a 24-story high-rise building, and the adjacent Trademark, a seven-story mid-rise building in overlooking Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles, has...

12 February 2020

Financing Acquired for Miami Transit-Oriented Development

The developers at a massive mixed-use project along U.S. Highway 1 just closed on a US$99 million construction loan for Tower II of the Link...

10 February 2020

Construction on Duluth Residential Tower Expected to Start Within Months

Despite being twice delayed, a new 15-story apartment building, dubbed Lakeview Tower, soon should be coming to Duluth's downtown skyline. Adam Fulton, deputy director of...

06 February 2020

Renderings Approved for 27-Story Tower in Jersey City

The neighborhoods surrounding Jersey City’s Journal Square have quite a few high-rise developments that are either under construction or fully approved, and a new plan...

05 February 2020

Detroit High-Rise Projects Undergo Scale Backs and Restoration

The Michigan Opera Theatre confirmed on 31 January 2020 it’s pausing a plan to develop a new building, just days after Bedrock Detroit acknowledged it...

04 February 2020

Office and Residential Towers Proposed on Chicago’s North Side

Chicago’s lakefront rarely sees much in the way of new development since most of the prime waterfront real estate is already built-up. But in the...

03 February 2020

Residential Tower Moves Forward in Las Vegas

A new tall building in the Symphony Park District of Las Vegas by 2024 could be a residential tower stretching to 18 stories. The developer...

31 January 2020

A 37-Story Residential Tower, Other Homes, Coming to Fast-Changing Areas in Charlotte

In the first zoning meeting of 2020, the Charlotte city council approved a handful of projects that will add hundreds of homes to fast-growing areas...

30 January 2020

Fire Erupts at Los Angeles High-Rise Apartment Building for Second Time Since 2013

Thirteen people were injured, and countless residents were displaced after a windswept fire tore through a 25-story apartment building on the west side of Los...

29 January 2020

Skyscraper Inches Towards Approval in San Francisco

The Planning Commission in San Francisco has approved a new 61-story, 806-foot (246-meter) mixed-use tower at Transbay Center. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects for...

27 January 2020

Raleigh to Receive New City Hall in High-Rise Form

A new municipal tower will be designed to reflect Raleigh’s stature as a city of innovation, support high-quality public services, and an efficient healthy workplace,...

24 January 2020

Permit Filed for High-Rise Tower to Replace Parking Garage on Boston's Waterfront

Developers recently unveiled design proposals for The Pinnacle at Central Wharf, a 42-story skyscraper that would replace a parking garage on the Boston waterfront. The...

23 January 2020

Developer Delays Construction on Residential Tower in San Francisco

It’s been more than two years since San Francisco City Hall approved the residential 400-foot (122-meter) high-rise, One Oak tower, designed by Oslo-based Snøhetta. But...

22 January 2020

Atlanta High-Rise Projects Move Forward

Midtown planning leaders reviewed revised plans the week of 13 January 2020 for major construction projects that could make the subdistrict taller, denser, and more...

20 January 2020

High-Rise Residential Tower Under Construction in Austin

Natiivo, the high-rise condo-hotel building under construction in the Rainey Street district of Austin, has released new interior renderings in conjunction with the opening of...

09 January 2020

Cantilevered Hotel Begins Ascent In New York City's Midtown

Construction is now above street level at 58 West 39th Street, aka H Hotel W39, in Midtown. Designed by Peter F. Poon Architect and developed...

08 January 2020

San Antonio Hospital Site to Be Repurposed

A south Texas hotel and hospitality group has purchased the former Nix Medical Center. One of its owners said on 3 January 2020 he plans...

07 January 2020

Developer Pulls the Plug on Planned Berkeley Mixed-Use Project

The developer of an 18-story building in downtown Berkeley that faced early legal challenges from community members has unexpectedly scrapped its plans, officials said on...

06 January 2020

Mixed-Use Tower Planned for Austin

Ryan Companies, architect Page Southerland Page, and banking firm BBVA USA plan to build a 60-story downtown Austin skyscraper that will have both office and...

20 December 2019

Skyscraper Projects in Chicago’s Near West Side Move Forward

Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) announced the groundbreaking on 20 December 2019 for Union Station Tower, also known as BMO Tower, a new 50-story...

19 December 2019

Development Proposals in Brooklyn Move Forward

A new waterfront park and two mixed-use towers may soon come to the Brooklyn waterfront, north of the Domino Sugar Factory redevelopment site in the...

18 December 2019

Planned Amazon Headquarters Gets Approval from Arlington Officials

Amazon can start building its twin 22-story headquarters buildings in Pentagon City, the Arlington County Board agreed on 14 December 2019 in a 5-to-0 vote,...

17 December 2019

Two Boston Site Redevelopments Move Forward

The Abbey Group began demolition of the former site of the Boston Flower Exchange in the South End neighborhood of Boston on 12 December 2019....

16 December 2019

Site Acquired for Proposed Residential Complex in Los Angeles

Chinese developer City Century has acquired a prime development site across the street from L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, where it intends to build...

13 December 2019

Planned Miami Hotels Partner with Online Rental Companies

Miami’s first Airbnb-branded building is rising in its downtown area. The 48-story tower, dubbed Natiivo, will have 604 units, including 412 condos and 192 hotel...

12 December 2019

Atlanta High-Rise Proposals Move Forward

On 10 December 2019, the Midtown Development Review Committee (DRC) scrapped a proposed 46-story tower but advanced two other proposals for Atlanta’s skyline. During its...

11 December 2019

University Science Center Breaks Ground in Boston

Mayor Marty Walsh and Boston University (BU) President Robert Brown were the guests of honor at the 5 December groundbreaking for BU’s future Center for...

10 December 2019

Luxury Condo Tower in Miami Topped Off

Two Roads Development’s Elysee condominium tower in Downtown Miami is one step closer to completion. The Arquitectonica-designed tower, located on the waterfront at 788 Northeast...

09 December 2019

Financial Backing Clears Way for High-Rise in San Diego

Parkview Financial announced it has provided a US$7 million loan to San Francisco-based India & Beech, LLC for the acquisition of a land parcel and...

06 December 2019

New Renderings Released of Atlanta-Area Elevator Test Tower and HQ Office

The planned Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) in Vinings has a new look yet again. Designed by global architecture firm Gensler, the 420-foot (128-meter) structure...

05 December 2019

Chicago Skyscraper Plans to Start Construction After Securing Financial Backing

Work is set to begin in December 2019 on a 1.5 million-square-foot (139,000-square-meter) office tower alongside Union Station, after the developers landed a US$476 million...

05 December 2019

Revised Design for San Francisco Tower Submitted

The proposed tower on Transbay Parcel F, in downtown San Francisco, has gone through a redesign that shaved off space and planned housing. The developers...

05 December 2019

Bank Headquarters Opens in Downtown Raleigh

FNB Tower, a new 22-story building at 501 Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh, opened its doors on 4 December 2019. Construction lasted for almost two...

02 December 2019

Planned Los Angeles Residential Complex to Proceed After Lawsuit Dismissed

Harridge Development has successfully dismissed a recent lawsuit against its Crossroads of the World megaproject in Hollywood. A judge has tossed the lawsuit from the...

27 November 2019

Blaze in Minneapolis High-Rise Results in Casualties

Five people died in the early morning of 27 November 2019 in a fire on the 14th floor of a Minneapolis public-housing high rise, with...

25 November 2019

Excavation Begins for New Residential Skyscraper in New York City

Excavation and foundation work on Bjarke Ingels Group‘s (BIG) Strata Tower at 8 West 30th Street, has gotten deeper below the streets of New York...

21 November 2019

Planned Chicago Supertall Undergoes Minimal Changes After Community Review

On 19 November 2019, developers unveiled updated plans for a mixed-use supertall tower slated for the parking lot just east of Chicago’s landmark Tribune Tower....

18 November 2019

Proposed Skyscraper in Salt Lake City Would Take Place of Aging Theater

Elected officials in Salt Lake City will discuss a sales price for the Utah Theater on 12 November 2019, after the city quietly inked a...

15 November 2019

Multi-Tenant Office Tower to be Built in Downtown Kansas City

A divided City Council approved a financing agreement for a multi-tenant downtown office tower, the likes of which Kansas City, Missouri hasn’t seen in more...

13 November 2019

Downtown Cleveland Gets First New Residential High-Rise in Decades

Cleveland-based real estate developer Stark Enterprises and joint partner Reuven Dessler celebrated the grand opening of its US$95 million residential high-rise development, The Beacon, at...

12 November 2019

Transit-Oriented High-Rise in Los Angeles Passes Environmental Review

Plans for a 31-story tower, near the landmark Grand Central Market at 340 South Hill Street, have made their way through the Los Angeles City...

11 November 2019

Mixed-Income High-Rise Planned for Federal Opportunity Zone in Milwaukee

The Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), through its development arm Travaux Inc., plans to construct a 32-story mixed-income tower to fill a...

08 November 2019

San Jose to See New High-Rise After Raising Height Restrictions

Calling it a watershed moment for the capital of Silicon Valley, city officials broke ground on what could eventually become San Jose’s tallest building. At...

07 November 2019

Permits Filed for New Skyscraper in Jersey City

Permits have been filed for a 68-story mixed-use skyscraper at 242 Hudson Street in Jersey City named Harborside 8. If approved, the 708-foot-tall (216-meter) building...

05 November 2019

Hotel, Retail Portions of Los Angeles’ Century Plaza Open in Spring 2020

The ambitious $2.5-billion Century Plaza project, centered on the landmark crescent-shaped hotel that has hosted presidents and rock stars over more than five decades, has...

04 November 2019

Renovations to Indianapolis High-Rise Will Replace its Golden Façade

Known as the Gold Building, Market Square Center in downtown Indianapolis is set to lose its distinct luster. After purchasing the 20-story office tower in...

01 November 2019

Miami’s Brickell Flatiron Receives Key Occupancy Certificate

Brickell Flatiron, the new 64-story luxury condominium tower in Downtown Miami’s Brickell Financial District, has received its Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) from the City...

25 October 2019

Luxury Residential Tower Breaks Ground in Minneapolis

Construction has begun on Eleven, a 44-story, 118-residence luxury condominium that is planned to rise to 547 feet (167 meters), potentially becoming the tallest residential...

24 October 2019

Planned Skyscraper Above Boston Rail Station Moves Forward

South Station Tower is planned to rise 677 feet (206.4 meters) above South Station, an aging transportation hub in Boston that’s swarmed daily by thousands...

23 October 2019

Designs for New San Francisco Development Revealed

A canyon-like tower by MVRDV and a twisting structure by Studio Gang are among the buildings to be revealed for a new San Francisco development....

22 October 2019

Two Greater Washington DC-Area Projects Receive Key Approvals

A large mixed-use development near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station just earned a green light from the Fairfax Board of Supervisors. To the southeast, a...

21 October 2019

One of Two Damaged Cranes Demolished at Collapsed New Orleans Hotel

The demolition of two construction cranes that were in danger of falling didn’t go exactly as planned on 20 October 2019, at the site of...

18 October 2019

Construction Suspended on San Francisco High-Rise Due to Rising Costs

Chinese developer Oceanwide Holdings suspended construction on a 605-foot (184-meter) tower in San Francisco’s Transbay district, one of the city’s largest projects, as it grapples...

18 October 2019

Student Housing Scheme to Rise in Bristol

Bristol City Council has waved away criticism of proposed high-rise student blocks designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and approved the designs. The accommodation will...

16 October 2019

Tower to be Built Above Toll Road in Boston

The first office tower to get built above the Massachusetts Turnpike in nearly 40 years could start work in early 2020, with a tenant in...

15 October 2019

Australian Developer to Build Hotel Tower in Houston

One of Midtown’s most transformative projects, Caydon’s Laneways, announced boutique hotel and dining operator Kimpton Hotels will be coming to the 2.5 million square-foot (232,000...

14 October 2019

Hotel Under Construction in New Orleans Partially Collapses

One person is still missing, believed to be trapped inside the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans after the building partially collapsed without warning on the...

11 October 2019

Over 330 Luxury Apartments Delivered in New Frisco Residential High-Rise

What could be Frisco’s tallest building is about to open its doors. The 25-story SkyHouse Frisco Station is easy to spot on the west side...

10 October 2019

Architect Chosen for Rolex Headquarters in New York City

Following an international design competition, David Chipperfield Architects has been selected to build the Rolex USA Headquarters in New York. The new 25-story tower will...

09 October 2019

Ann Arbor High-Rise Gets Initial Approval

A 19-story high-rise behind the Michigan Theater in downtown Ann Arbor is headed to City Council. After hearing mostly support from several residents who spoke...

08 October 2019

Chicago’s Next Supertall Nears Approval Amid Flurry of Development

The developer of a proposed supertall skyscraper on North Michigan Avenue next to Tribune Tower is nearing an agreement with the city in “a couple...

07 October 2019

Mixed-Use Development in Miami Beach Gets Approval

Matis Cohen and the Galbut family’s proposal to significantly make over Miami Beach’s Carlyle and Byron avenues scored an important approval on 2 October 2019....

03 October 2019

Three New Projects in Development for Chicago’s West Loop Neighborhood

Already a forest of construction cranes, Chicago’s booming Fulton Market District is preparing to welcome more big projects to its pipeline. Developers have submitted zoning...

01 October 2019

Mixed-Use Development Planned for Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip

New imagery and details have been released by Morphosis that highlight 8850 Sunset Boulevard, a 15-story mixed-use project slated for development on the Sunset Strip...

30 September 2019

Proposed Wooden High-Rise in Milwaukee Gets Final Changes Approved

The City of Milwaukee Plan Commission and the Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee have unanimously approved changes to New Land Enterprises’ Ascent residential project that...

27 September 2019

Providence Residential Tower Moves One Step Closer To Construction

New York developer Jason Fane is one step closer to building a downtown skyscraper that he hopes will become as symbolic to Providence as the...

26 September 2019

New Skyscraper in Seattle Set to Receive High-Tech Tenants

Tech company Qualtrics, which two years ago designated Seattle as its co-headquarters, doubled down Wednesday, 26 September 2019, with the announcement of a huge new...

25 September 2019

Demolition Begins to Make Way for New Tampa Mixed-Use High-Rise

The six-story CapTrust building on the Southwest corner of Ashley Drive and Whiting Street started coming down on 25 September 2019. The demolition of the...

23 September 2019

Rochester’s Former Rotating Rooftop Restaurant Gets New High-Tech Tenant

On September 19th, Panasonic, a Japanese electronics company, announced that it has opened an office in First Federal Plaza‘s flying saucer-shaped penthouse, which offers panoramic...

18 September 2019

Two Supertalls Top Out in New York City

The Grand Central Terminal-adjacent supertall One Vanderbilt officially topped out this week, reaching its full 1,401-foot (427-meter) height. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the tower...

16 September 2019

Residential Skyscraper Proposed for Salt Lake City

Salt Lake City is poised to get another addition to its already fast-growing skyline—and this high-rise could shatter the city’s height record. The proposed Kensington...

13 September 2019

Proposed Skyscraper Glides through Los Angeles Planning Commission

Plans for what could become one of Downtown’s most unique-looking skyscrapers received unanimous approval today from the Los Angeles city planning commission. With cantilevered swimming...

12 September 2019

Seattle’s Second Avenue Hosts New Crop of Residential Towers

Seattle’s Second Avenue has quickly morphed into a corridor of new towers rising around Pike Place Market. West Edge, a 39-story, 440-foot-tall skyscraper, was the...

11 September 2019

Detroit’s Historic Book Tower Undergoing Major Redevelopment

ODA-Architecture out of New York City has been hired as design architect for the Book Tower and Book Building redevelopment on Washington Boulevard in downtown...

10 September 2019

Chicago Renovation Pays Homage to Building’s Mod Design History

The South Loop apartment building that was once headquarters to the Ebony/Jet publishing empire is in the final stages of renovation. The groovy look of...

09 September 2019

New Permits Filed for Tower in New York City

Boston Properties has filed permits for a 888-foot-tall (270-meter-tall) tower at 3 Hudson Boulevard. There have been many changes to the development since the Moinian...

06 September 2019

Bright Red Skyscraper to Anchor Neighborhood-Making Project in Philadelphia

Brilliant red terra-cotta laces the design scheme of architect Vishaan Chakrabarti’s first Philadelphia skyscraper. He chose the fire-engine red material for a reason: It’s the...

05 September 2019

Las Vegas to See 52-Story, Non-Gaming Resort Tower

Las Vegas developer Lorenzo Doumani is set to break ground on an $850 million luxury resort in Las Vegas. The five-star, non-gaming, 720-room, all-suite resort...

04 September 2019

Residents of San Francisco’s Millennium Tower Tentatively Reach Lawsuit Settlement

A settlement has been tentatively reached in a lawsuit involving tenants of the sinking Millennium Tower in downtown San Francisco, an attorney representing the luxury...

30 August 2019

New York City’s Grand Hyatt to be Demolished and Replaced With Office Building

A New York city building once owned and reclad by US President Donald Trump is headed for the wrecking ball. A new joint development by...

29 August 2019

Multi-Phase Residential Tower Complex Nears Completion in Chicago

On Chicago’s Near North Side, the third and final high-rise of the multi-phase plan to redevelop the Atrium Village housing complex into Old Town Park...

27 August 2019

Downtown Fort Worth Plans for Residential Boom

In the near future, residential growth will be a prominent feature on downtown Fort Worth skyline. Two residential buildings are moving forward: a 17- to...

26 August 2019

Redesign Revealed for Hotel Tower on New York City’s Far West Side

A new rendering has been released for 450 Eleventh Avenue, a 487-foot (148.4-meter) hotel tower by Marx Development Groups near Hudson Yards. The redesign appears...

23 August 2019

Los Angeles Flower Market Redevelopment is Moving Forward

The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved the redevelopment of the city’s Southern California Flower Market by local firm Brooks + Scarpa Architects. The...

22 August 2019

New Renderings for 184-Meter Skyscraper in New Rochelle Released

Hill West Architects recently released new renderings for 11 Lawton Street, which would be New Rochelle’s new tallest skyscraper. Permit filing began in June for...

21 August 2019

Seattle’s Rainier Square Tops Out

With construction topping off, Rainier Square is set to become the second-tallest skyscraper in the city of Seattle. The last steel beam was placed on...

20 August 2019

Construction at Los Angeles’ Cumulus Development Nears Peak

Three cranes are in full swing on the corner of Jefferson and La Cienega Boulevards, as construction goes vertical at the 11-acre (4.5-hectare) Cumulus site....

16 August 2019

Upper West Side Tower Tops Out in New York City Amid Legal Conflict

A controversial Upper West Side condo tower has topped out at 52 stories, despite an ongoing legal battle over whether the project violates the city’s...

14 August 2019

New Tower to Rise on Site of Landmark Hollywood, Florida Hotel

A dead zone on a prime downtown Hollywood corner, once home to a bustling 1920s-era hotel, will soon get new life in the form of...

13 August 2019

Glass-Clad Mixed-Use Tower to Replace Old Brick Building in Chicago

Just weeks after securing a zoning change from city officials, developer Sterling Bay is moving forward with its plans to demolish an older building on...

12 August 2019

Federal Court Overturns Ruling to Seize Iran-Linked Skyscraper in New York City

A federal appeals court in the United States has overturned a previous ruling by a lower court that had ordered the seizure of an Iran-linked...

09 August 2019

Developers to Present Final Design for Providence Skyscraper

Developer the Fane Organization has received a one-month extension to file a request for city property tax incentives for the project known as the Hope...

08 August 2019

Height of Future Detroit Skyscraper to be Revised; Sky Deck Plan is Canceled

During a news conference on 7 August 2019 on the construction process of the so-called Hudson Skyscraper, officials with Detroit-based commercial real estate firm Bedrock...

07 August 2019

Controversy Surrounds Chicago West Loop Apartment Towers

Despite pushback from neighbors, a West Loop alderman said he is likely to sign off on a trio of new buildings that would bring nearly...

06 August 2019

New York City’s Sutton 58 Rises Past Cantilever

A yellow safety cocoon has been installed around the perimeter of the floor plates at Sutton 58 (also known as 3 Sutton Place and 426-432...

05 August 2019

Downtown San Diego Skyscraper to Provide Affordable Housing Units

The former courthouse in San Diego’s civic core will be demolished and replaced with a 37-story apartment and office complex. Due to the developer’s preferred...

02 August 2019

Mixed-Use Tower to Rise in Dallas’ Uptown District

An Austin, Texas commercial developer plans to build a 19-story mixed-use tower in Dallas’ Uptown district. Endeavor Real Estate Group purchased the half-block site last...

01 August 2019

Construction Complete on Paramount Miami Worldcenter

Four years ago, developers launched sales of the Paramount Miami Worldcenter condominiums, and now construction of the downtown Miami tower is complete. Developer Dan Kodsi...

31 July 2019

New York City Building That Spurred Modern Zoning Gets Makeover

When completed in 1915, New York’s Equitable Building was the largest building in the world. Located at 120 Broadway in Manhattan’s financial district, it stands...

30 July 2019

Historic Seattle Façade Prioritized in Emerging Skyscraper Design

Kengo Kuma & Associates has gone to great lengths to preserve and highlight a century-old Gothic Revival building in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood, proposing a mixed-use...

29 July 2019

Elevator Malfunctions Continue in Chicago Skyscraper

A group of people on floor 96 of the former John Hancock Center in Chicago became entrapped on their elevator to the ground floor over...

26 July 2019

Downtown St. Paul Riverfront Project Proposed

Developers of a Ramsey County project hoping to place high-rises and public recreational space along a large swath of St. Paul’s downtown riverfront presented a...

25 July 2019

Foundation Work Begins For 29th & 5th, New York City’s Latest Skyscraper

Excavation work has commenced for 29th & 5th, Bjarke Ingels Group‘s proposed skyscraper at 3 West 29th Street in NoMad, New York City. Excavators, piling...

24 July 2019

Skyline-Defining Tower Proposed in San Jose

The Market Towers complex, a new downtown San Jose office high-rise that features four towers designed to coalesce into a single striking complex, will redefine...

23 July 2019

A Condo Tower Will Break Ground in Chicago in September

A 47-story condo tower known as Cirrus readies to break ground in Chicago. Located steps from Lake Michigan, Navy Pier, Maggie Daley Park, and the...

19 July 2019

Uptown Dallas’ Next Big Development Will Have Office, Residential, and Hotel Towers

Dallas’ Uptown district is getting a new high-rise development. The project at Cedar Springs Road and Routh Street just south of Turtle Creek is one...

18 July 2019

Transformation of Chicago’s Willis Tower Begins with New Art-Filled Lobby

EQ Office, the US office portfolio company owned by Blackstone, has reopened Willis Tower’s Wacker Drive lobby, featuring a new, one-of-a-kind art installation created by...

17 July 2019

Chicago’s Fulton Market Sees Continued Expansion

Online job marketplace Glassdoor plans to hire 500 employees in Chicago over the next few years and has expanded its office in the Fulton Market...

16 July 2019

Demolition Wraps for Two New Residential Skyscrapers in New York City

Demolition has been completed at the site of 601 West 29th Street in Hudson Yards for an upcoming 695-foot-tall (211-meter-tall), 58-story skyscraper designed by FXCollaborative...

15 July 2019

Tech Giant to Expand Into Chicago’s West Loop

Downtown Chicago’s booming tech scene is in for another big jump. Accenture will be expanding into seven floors of the newly named Accenture Tower, bringing...

12 July 2019

Details Emerge for New Long Beach Skyscraper

An environmental report published last week by the City of Long Beach, California details plans from Trammell Crow Residential to build a skyline-altering development on...

11 July 2019

Shreveport’s First Skyscraper Gets New Life

When the Commercial National Bank was built in 1910, it was the first skyscraper built in Shreveport. Peter Youree, president of the Commercial National Bank,...

10 July 2019

Plan For New 18-Story Tower Receives Approval From Philadelphia Committee

Developer Parkway Corp. is getting positive early feedback from members of a Center City neighborhood group whose support it could need to build a proposed...

09 July 2019

Two-Tower Seattle Condominium Development Site Sells for $60 Million

Concord Pacific, the largest master-planning urban community builder in Canada, has purchased a 38,934-square-foot (3,617-square-meter) half-block in downtown Seattle adjacent to Amazon’s headquarters for a...

05 July 2019

One Thousand Museum in Downtown Miami Has Officially Opened for Business

One Thousand Museum, the late Zaha Hadid’s final residential tower in the United States, is the newest high-end condominium to grace Biscayne Boulevard in the...

03 July 2019

Tech Giant to Build New Office Tower in Bellevue

Amazon plans to build a 43-story tower in Bellevue, projected to be its tallest office building anywhere, as well as possibly becoming the city’s tallest...

01 July 2019

New Tech Hub in Charlotte to Bring a 23-Story Tower

In a major nod to Charlotte’s growing technology workforce, Lowe’s announced June 27 that it has selected the city for a 2,000-employee global tech hub,...

28 June 2019

Mall Owners Plan 30-Story Tower on Property in Raleigh

Earlier this year, the owners of Raleigh’s Crabtree Valley Mall said they were beginning to plot a new future for one of the area’s most...

27 June 2019

Construction of 438-Condo Skyscraper Approved in Los Angeles

The Los Angeles City Council’s planning and land use management committee voted Tuesday, 25 June to approve plans for a 41-story tower at Figueroa and...

26 June 2019

Two Downtown Houston Skyscrapers to be Sold for US$627 Million

The downtown Houston skyscraper commonly called JPMorgan Chase Tower, located at 600 Travis St., and the adjacent Chase Center building are reportedly being sold in...

25 June 2019

Jersey City’s 72-Story Journal Squared Rising Rapidly

Work on the second phase of Journal Squared at 537 Summit Avenue in Jersey City is progressing quickly. Construction workers are pouring the floor slabs...

21 June 2019

Ground Broken for New Skyscraper in Downtown Boston

The Boston skyline will be changing, as construction is underway for what could become the tallest office building built in the city since 1984. Mayor...

20 June 2019

New 28-Story Skyscraper to be Built in Oakland

The CEO of Kaiser Permanente announced 17 June 2019 that the company will be constructing a new headquarters in Oakland and will call it The...

19 June 2019

Portland Building Renovation Could Kill its Historic Status

An audit by the City of Portland, Oregon, has found that the DLR Group’s renovation of the Michael Graves–designed Portland Building is over budget and,...

18 June 2019

Design for New 47-Story Condo Tower in Philadelphia Revealed

In a ceremony at the Kimmel Center Tuesday, Carl Dranoff revealed what he called “the crowning achievement of my career.” That achievement is a 47-story,...

17 June 2019

A 56-Story Luxury Residential Tower in San Francisco Has Completed

OMA has completed a 56-story glass tower in San Francisco’s Transbay District, which contains a combination of condominium residences and apartment rentals. The project, titled...

13 June 2019

Office Tower Would be the First Phase of Downtown San Jose Mega-Campus

A new downtown San Jose office tower is expected to begin construction in autumn, marking the beginning of a mega-campus envisioned by developer Jay Paul...

12 June 2019

Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against Chicago’s Obama Center

A federal judge declared Tuesday, 11 June, 2019 that “construction should commence without delay” on the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park....

11 June 2019

Helicopter Crash-Lands on Midtown Manhattan Building, Killing Pilot

A helicopter crash-landed atop a 51-story office tower in Midtown Manhattan, killing the pilot, clogging the skyscraper’s stairwells with thousands of evacuating workers and sending...

10 June 2019

Crane Falls on Dallas Apartment Building, Killing One and Injuring Six

At least one person has died and six were injured after a crane being used on the under-construction The Gabriella fell onto an apartment complex...

07 June 2019

Scalloped Condominium Tower Tops Out in Brooklyn, New York City

The Studio Gang-designed 11 Hoyt has topped out in Brooklyn to its full height of 626 feet (191 meters), offering 481 luxury residential condominiums, with...

06 June 2019

Excavation Begins For 25 Columbus Drive In Jersey City

The first stages of excavation at 25 Columbus Drive are apparent, as the asphalt from the former parking lot is now being ripped up. This...

05 June 2019

Luxury 57-Story Condominium Takes Shape in Miami

Arquitectonica’s newest luxury high-rise on the Miami skyline is reaching new heights. Vertical construction of Two Roads Development’s Elysee condominiums, a 57-story waterfront glass tower...

04 June 2019

Co-Housing High-Rise Latest “X Social” Community in Phoenix

A residential high-rise under construction in the downtown core marks a milestone in downtown Phoenix residential development, city officials say. The 20-story, 253-unit apartment, retail...

03 June 2019

New Design Revealed for Massive Two-Towered Development in New York City

Possibly the final design for 520 West 41st Street, located in Midtown West between Eleventh Avenue and Galvin Avenue, has been revealed. Silverstein Properties, the...

29 May 2019

NBA Superstar Sets Opening Day for Newark Skyscraper

New Brunswick-based Boraie Development and Newark native and former National Basketball Association superstar Shaquille O’Neal have set June 20, 2019 as the date for the...

28 May 2019

Detroit’s Michigan Central Station Renovation Continues Apace, Unearthing Artifacts in the Process

Ford Motor Company said on 23 May, 2019 that it is on track on the renovation of the Michigan Central Depot, entering the second of...

23 May 2019

Vacant St. Louis Skyscraper May Have a Buyer

The vacant AT&T skyscraper at 900 Pine Street in downtown St. Louis, empty since the fall of 2017, may finally get a new owner. During...

22 May 2019

Consular Tower Tops Out in New York City

The Turkevi Center has topped out at 821 First Avenue in the Midtown East neighborhood of Turtle Bay. Work on the curving, sloped crown of...

21 May 2019

Construction on Minneapolis Skyscraper Expected to Begin

The Minneapolis skyline has been mostly untouched for nearly 20 years. But by the end of June, the city is expected to finalize the sale...

20 May 2019

Martin Tower Vanishes from the Lehigh Valley Landscape

In 14 seconds on Sunday, 19 May, a poignant and fittingly spectacular end came to the former world headquarters of Bethlehem Steel. As bystanders lined...

16 May 2019

Window Washers Rescued From Rogue Lift Atop Oklahoma City’s Tallest Building

Two window washers were working atop a 52-story skyscraper in Oklahoma City on Wednesday morning, 15 May, 2019, when strong gusts of wind began swinging...

15 May 2019

Mass Timber Apartment Tower Moves Forward with Grant in Milwaukee

A downtown Milwaukee high-rise has found support from an unlikely source: the United States Department of Agriculture. The department’s Forestry Service division announced this week...

13 May 2019

A 45-Story Jail Tower May Rise in New York City

New York City’s 10-year plan to close Rikers Island, a 413.17-acre (167.204-hectare) island in the East River between Queens and the Bronx that is home...

09 May 2019

Vacant Dallas Tower is Being Restored

A new team has come to the rescue of downtown Dallas’ biggest building project. Revival of the First National Bank tower, vacant for almost a ...

07 May 2019

Hotel and Condo Tower is the Latest Addition to a Nashville Skyline on the Rise

Work is underway at SoBro’s 151 site (i.e., South of Broadway at 151 First Avenue) to become one of downtown Nashville’s four largest skyscrapers. The...

06 May 2019

Latest Plan for a New York City Supertall Revealed

Amidst the ongoing evolution of the Manhattan skyline, one of the most notable recent changes has been the completion of the Midtown East rezoning, which...

03 May 2019

Medical Skyscraper Proposed for Downtown Orlando

The developer of the proposed Vertical Medical City in downtown Orlando has filed an application with the city for the construction of a mixed-use medical...

02 May 2019

Raleigh’s City Council May Request Affordable Units for Proposed Skyscraper

Developer John Kane’s proposed 40-story skyscraper seems to check every box for Raleigh’s downtown growth and density plans. The three-acre (1.2 hectare) lot at the...

01 May 2019

Shuttered New Orleans Landmark Tower to be Fully Renovated

Construction has started on the complete transformation of a one of the most prominent buildings on the New Orleans skyline into a Four Seasons Hotel...

30 April 2019

Two Towers Progress onto Chicago’s Iconic Skyline

Vista Tower reached its final height on April 26 2019, when construction workers poured concrete to form the Chicago skyscraper’s 101st and final floor. That...

29 April 2019

Modular High-Rise Hotel in New York City Assembled in Poland

Marriott International Inc. has begun constructing what it says will be the tallest modular hotel in the world, in Manhattan’s NoMad neighborhood. Its 168 guest...

26 April 2019

New Life for Unfinished Las Vegas Hotel

A victim of the 2008 financial crisis, the former Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort and casino has stood empty, unfinished and dark over the bright lights...

25 April 2019

Residential Project Coming to Downtown Atlanta

Banyan Street Capital and Greystar have announced the acquisition of the air rights and closing of construction financing for Ascent Peachtree, a multifamily project in...

24 April 2019

Historic Chicago Board of Trade Building Up for Sale

The owners of the Chicago Board of Trade Building are putting the landmark tower up for sale, looking to cash out with a big profit...

23 April 2019

A Higher, Denser Skyline is on the Rise in Salt Lake City

“There’s no question, Salt Lake City’s skyline is about to get higher and denser,” said Nick Norris, Salt Lake City’s planning director. “We are definitely...

22 April 2019

“Kaleidoscopic” Los Angeles Skyscraper Moves Ahead

By 2023, the car wash at the corner of Figueroa and Olympic could be replaced with a “kaleidoscopic” 58-story skyscraper. That’s according to a new...

19 April 2019

New Legislation Limits Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Buildings in New York City

New York City is about to embark on an ambitious plan to fight climate change that would force thousands of large buildings, like the Empire...

18 April 2019

Slender Skyscraper Designed to Soften New York City’s Skyline

MAD Architects have revealed a new vision for New York City skyscrapers with a sinuous slender tower near the Empire State Building. Dubbed “East 34th”,...

17 April 2019

Two New Apartment Projects Proposed in Chicago’s Gold Coast

Chicago-based developer Newcastle Limited has presented its plans for a pair of mixed-use Gold Coast developments. The two State Street projects would replace a cluster...

16 April 2019

New York City’s “Leaning Tower” Ensnarled in Legal Disputes and Plenty of Blame

Construction at One Seaport, aka 161 Maiden Lane, has been noticeably paused for the past several months. The 60-story reinforced concrete structure topped out back...

15 April 2019

Oklahoma City to Help Fund Retrofit of Landmark Building

With demolition set to wrap up and construction to start at First National Center, the Oklahoma City Council approved a tentative agreement to loan $26...

12 April 2019

Prize-Winning Architect has First Project in New York City

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Álvaro Siza has worked on numerous projects across the globe, many located in his native Portgual, but has yet to make his...

11 April 2019

Chicago City Council Approves Two Major Projects

After some aldermanic debate and occasional protester outbursts, the Chicago City Council approved up to $2.4 billion in public subsidies to support The 78 and...

10 April 2019

High-Rises Proposed for Downtown Phoenix Transit Hub

A major bus hub and light rail stop in downtown Phoenix could be getting a major makeover. The 2.6-acre (1.05-hectare) city-owned site at Central Avenue...

09 April 2019

Bethlehem Headquarters of Former Steel Giant Set to Come Down in May

Despite being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, the former Bethlehem Steel headquarters will be imploded on May 19, 2019, making...

08 April 2019

Renderings Revealed for 99 Hudson Boulevard, New York City

Developer Tishman Speyer has released renderings for 99 Hudson Boulevard, a 44-story office building at Hudson Yards. The site sits along 11th Avenue between West...

05 April 2019

Amazon Planning to Move Worldwide Operations Team from Seattle to Bellevue

  In yet another sign that Amazon is cooling on its hometown of Seattle, the retail-entertainment-tech giant says it is planning to move its entire...

04 April 2019

Springfield Tower Development Gets Renovations, New Name

  Related Companies, owners of Springfield’s beleaguered 489-unit Chestnut Park high-rise apartment complex, have changed the name of Chestnut Tower to Skyview Downtown just before...

03 April 2019

Houston Medical Tower Gets New Life

Houston’s newest high-profile hotel project is a win for preservationists, and an unlikely but fortuitous outcome for a once-acclaimed modernist building, which until recently was...

02 April 2019

New Skyscraper Leased to Tech Company in Austin

Topped by what’s labeled a “pyramidal crown,” Austin’s 33-story Frost Bank Tower debuted in 2004 at East Fourth Street and Congress Avenue. It soon earned...

29 March 2019

New York City May Close Zoning Loophole for Tall Buildings

Following a growing public uproar over developers exploiting loopholes to build tall buildings, the Department of City Planning on Friday March 28th proposed a zoning...

29 March 2019

Construction Completed on Miami-Dade Apartment Tower

13th Floor Investments and Adler Group, in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Transportation & Public Works have announced that Motion at Dadeland, a mixed-use project next...

28 March 2019

Chicago to See a New Skyscraper on Michigan Avenue

One of Chicago’s busiest real estate developers wants to build a 47-story residential and hotel tower on a stretch of North Michigan. Sterling Bay is...

26 March 2019

Mixed-Use High-Rise Tops Off in Nashville

Turner Construction Company’s Nashville office announced the topping out of 1200 Broadway, the luxury mixed-use high-rise in downtown Nashville. The 26-floor complex began construction in...

25 March 2019

Two-Skyscraper Development Coming to Midtown Detroit

Two new skyscrapers will be constructed in Midtown just north of the Whole Foods at Woodward and Mack avenues. The project, dubbed The Mid, will...

22 March 2019

Luxury Co-Working Firm Leases Penthouse in New Wacker Drive Tower in Chicago

The development team behind the new Bank of America Tower going up at 110 N. Wacker Drive today announced a 58,000-square-foot (5,388-square-meter) lease with No18,...

20 March 2019

Proposed San Diego Tower Moves Closer to Approval

A proposed 40-story apartment development in the East Village community of San Diego got high marks from the design committee of downtown’s planning agency, Civic...

19 March 2019

Renderings Released for Charlotte’s New Uptown Tower

Duke Energy released a rendering of its new uptown tower, providing a first look at one of several projects reshaping South Tryon Street. A spokesman...

18 March 2019

New York City Skyscraper Hits Roadblock After Legal Challenge

One of the forthcoming towers on New York’s Upper West Side may be stopped short after a court ruled this week against an earlier decision...

15 March 2019

New York City’s Hudson Yards’ Shops, Restaurants, Officially Open to The Public

At noon on March 15, 2019, New York’s newest neighborhood ceremonially opened for business. Hudson Yards‘ first public-facing attractions, the Shops & Restaurants and Thomas...

14 March 2019

Multiple Developments Approved and Proposed in Chicago

Chicago’s City Council has approved multiple new projects that are set to change the face of the skyline. Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards was approved by...

14 March 2019

CTBUH Ratifies “World’s Tallest Timber Building” Following Height Criteria Update

Photo credit: (c) Moelven — Nina Rundsveen The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has verified the completion of Mjøstårnet, a mixed-use building...

12 March 2019

Two Residential Skyscrapers Proposed for New York City’s Hunters Point South

Permits have been filed for two major new towers in Hunters Point South. The two proposed, glass residential buildings are being designed by Handel Architects...

12 March 2019

Drones Used to Inspect Salesforce Tower in San Francisco Indicative of Larger Trend

  Months before two cracks were discovered on interior windows of Salesforce Tower – San Francisco’s tallest building, owner Boston Properties enlisted a drone to...

11 March 2019

A Pair of Zigzagging Waterfront Towers is Set to Rise in New York City

The Greenpoint Landing megaproject in Brooklyn has gained a duo of interlocking rental towers courtesy of OMA. The ten-tower mixed-use development will ultimately bring 5,500...

08 March 2019

Construction Begins on 47-Story Office Tower in Downtown Houston

Houston-based real estate firm Hines plans to pour the concrete mat foundation for its latest downtown Houston project, Texas Tower, on the former Houston Chronicle...

07 March 2019

Tower Tops Out at 27-Story Luxury Condominium Development in Plano

Last week, Windrose Partners LP celebrated the official topping out of Windrose Tower, its 27-story luxury residential condominium high-rise, the only one of its kind...

06 March 2019

Chicago Development Plans to Include Unprecedented Amount of Affordable Units

The $6 billion Lincoln Yards megadevelopment will include 600 affordable housing units – twice as many as required in a compromise by Sterling Bay as...

05 March 2019

New Residential Details Revealed for New York City’s 35 Hudson Yards

New details and renderings have been released for 35 Hudson Yards, set to be the tallest residential tower in the Hudson Yards neighborhood at over...

04 March 2019

Amazon Backs Out of Seattle’s Rainier Square

Long Island City isn’t the only place that Amazon is pulling out of. The tech giant made waves when it threatened to withdraw from its...

01 March 2019

As One Chicago Lakefront Project Gets a New Deadline, Another is Announced

The owner of the Chicago Spire site could have another year to begin developing the lakefront site, four months after a downtown alderman rejected a...

27 February 2019

New Owners to Redevelop Dallas’ CityPlace Tower

The new owners of Dallas’ Cityplace Tower are preparing to make the biggest investment in the property since the skyscraper opened in the 1980s. An...

26 February 2019

Tree-Inspired Tower Slated for Downtown Los Angeles

A new mixed-use tower slated for a growing section of Downtown Los Angeles, designed by Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects, could rise as high as...

25 February 2019

Renderings Revealed for 260-270 West 126th Street in New York City

A new mixed-use residential skyscraper is scheduled to rise at 260-270 West 126th Street in Central Harlem. Renderings have recently been released for the upcoming...

21 February 2019

Denver Skyscraper Projects Transform Skyline

Denver’s skyline reached rarely visited heights in 2018 when the 40-story 1144 Fifteenth office tower opened in March. Topping out at 183-meters (603-feet), it is...

19 February 2019

Wall of The Vandewater Starts Rising Above New York City’s Morningside Heights

Curtain wall installation has begun on the lower floors of The Vandewater in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. The Vandewater was designed...

18 February 2019

After 20 Years Vacant, 17 Crumbling Stories of Detroit’s Lee Plaza to be Restored

Detroit has a buyer for a 17-story, severely dilapidated high-rise that the city hopes to see restored. Lee Plaza could be sold to Detroit-based Roxbury...

15 February 2019

Tech Giant Cancels HQ2 Plans for New York City

Amazon has withdrawn its plans to bring half of its second North American headquarters to New York City. This comes after a report last week...

14 February 2019

Cleveland’s nuCLEus Building Will be Shorter than Previously Thought

The proposed 54-story nuCLEus skyscraper in downtown Cleveland looks to be trimmed by half in images of the project that surfaced Wednesday, January 23, 2019....

13 February 2019

The Grand Development Breaks Ground in Los Angeles

Gehry Partners’ twin-towered The Grand development in Downtown Los Angeles broke ground on 12 February, 2019. The sizable mixed-use complex is to be located directly...

12 February 2019

Two World Trade Center in New York City May Rise Without an Anchor Tenant

One of the final pieces of the World Trade Center puzzle may be put into place—albeit in a somewhat risky fashion. Bloomberg reports that Larry...

11 February 2019

Site of Grand Hyatt in Midtown East, New York City to be Redeveloped

The Grand Hyatt New York next to Grand Central Terminal may soon be replaced. Developers TF Cornerstone and MSD Partners, L.P. recently announced their plans...

08 February 2019

Residential High-Rise Tower Breaks Ground in Los Angeles

A $300 million 23-story residential tower has broken ground in Koreatown, a major submarket adjacent to downtown Los Angeles. Located at 2900 Wilshire Blvd., the...

05 February 2019

One Vanderbilt Reaches Supertall Territory Above Midtown East, New York City

One Vanderbilt is officially the latest skyscraper in New York City to achieve a height equivalent to “supertall” (300 meters and higher) status. Located at...

05 February 2019

Los Angeles City Council Unanimously Approves $1 Billion Hollywood Crossroads Construction

The Los Angeles Planning Commission voted on January 23rd 2019 to endorse the $1 billion Crossroads Hollywood mixed-use project. Harridge Development Group will allow current...

04 February 2019

Designs Revealed for The Preston in Downtown Houston

Houston-based Hines, the 61-year-old international real estate firm that’s been involved in 29 developments in downtown alone, plans to start construction next month on its...

01 February 2019

“The Hub,” a Cluster of Towers, Has Been Proposed in San Francisco

The tower proposed for Market Street and South Van Ness Avenue hasn’t even been approved, but it’s already raised the bar for how developers and...

01 February 2019

Construction Schedule Set for Houston’s Innovation Tower

Construction is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 2019 on Innovation Tower, a 48-story mixed-use tower slated for Main Street in the Texas...

31 January 2019

Crown Installation for 99 Hudson Street Underway in Jersey City

After topping out at the end of 2018, 99 Hudson Street has become the tallest skyscraper in both Jersey City and all of New Jersey,...

30 January 2019

Work On Hold at Oceanwide Plaza in Los Angeles

Construction on one of the largest projects under construction in Downtown Los Angeles, Oceanwide Plaza, has ground to a halt, according to The Los Angeles...

29 January 2019

Demolition Permits Filed for Modernist Union Carbide Building in New York City

The modernist Union Carbide building at 270 Park Avenue, due to be replaced by a new 70-story skyscraper, is now one step closer to coming...

28 January 2019

Another Tower for the Fort Lauderdale Skyline, this One 45 Stories High

The skyline in downtown Fort Lauderdale will keep reaching great heights — this time with RD Las Olas, a tower that soars 45 stories high....

28 January 2019

New York City Penthouse Sets Record for Highest-Priced Home Ever Sold in US

The sale of a New York penthouse for around $238 million has broken the record for the most expensive home ever sold in the U.S....

25 January 2019

Lincoln Yards Wins Plan Commission Approval in Chicago

A $6 billion development that would transform 55 acres (22 hectares) along the North Branch of the Chicago River is a key step closer to...

24 January 2019

Timber Frame, 21-Story Milwaukee Apartment Tower Wins Plan Commission Approval

  A downtown Milwaukee apartment high-rise that would use high-grade timber, not steel, for its frame has won Plan Commission approval. The 21-story Ascent would...

23 January 2019

The Waldorf-Astoria’s Developer Has a New Luxury Condo Plan in Chicago

The developer that built the Waldorf Astoria hotel and condominium tower about a decade ago is dipping back into the market for ultra-luxe condos in...

22 January 2019

Residential Towers Near Completion at Plano’s Hottest Corner

Plano’s $3 billion Legacy West development has been a non-stop construction zone for almost four years. The 250-acre mixed-use project at the Dallas North Tollway...

21 January 2019

“Tower Fifth” Could Become New York City’s Second-Tallest

For decades, the New York City skyline was dominated by one building, the 1,250-foot-tall (381-meter) Empire State Building. But 17 “supertall” skyscrapers — defined as...

07 January 2019

21-Story Tower on Track to Begin Construction in Los Angeles

A proposed high-rise development featuring a hotel and condominiums is on pace to begin construction in early 2019, according to its developer, Leo Lee. The...

04 January 2019

Pre-Leasing Launched at Art Plaza Apartments in Miami

Art Plaza, currently under construction at 58 Northeast 14th Street, has opened units for pre-leasing, with move-ins anticipated in mid-2019. As Downtown Miami’s newest transit-oriented...

03 January 2019

Morningside Heights Seminary Plans 42-Story Condo Tower in New York City

The Union Theological Seminary Campus in Morningside Heights is planning to construct a 42-story tower as part of a $125 million rehab of its campus....

02 January 2019

Final Segment of 53 West 53rd Street’s Apex Installed in New York City

The final piece of the third and highest apex of Jean Nouvel’s first residential skyscraper was anchored and installed over Midtown in late December 2018....

09 April 2018

Fire at New York City’s Trump Tower Kills One

A fire broke out at Trump Tower on April 7, leaving one man dead and six firefighters injured, the New York City Fire Department said....

06 April 2018

New Rendering Revealed for Queens Residential Tower in New York City

A new rendering has surfaced for the massive residential tower taking shape at 29-55 Northern Boulevard, adjacent to Long Island City’s historic Clock Tower, revealing...

05 April 2018

Loggia-Wrapped New York City Condo Tower Starts to Rise

The Adjaye Associates-designed 130 William, the firm’s first skyscraper in New York, is on the rise. AN has spotted crews working above grade, and a...

04 April 2018

Miami’s One Brickell City Centre Resubmitted to FAA

Swire Properties has once again filed plans with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build a supertall tower at Brickell City Centre in Miami. According...

03 April 2018

Official Renderings Revealed for New Office Tower at 3 West 29th Street in New York City

When the old Bancroft Bank Building met the wrecking ball a few years ago, the site, at 3 West 29th Street, was tentatively planned to...

02 April 2018

New York City’s 1710 Broadway Site Up for Sale

Gary Barnett’s Extell Development Company is selling off a parcel on West 54th Street, that is zoned for residential condominiums, Yoron Cohen of Colliers International,...

30 March 2018

Renderings Revealed for ALTA LIC Tower in New York City

New renderings have been released for 29-22 Northern Boulevard, officially dubbed ALTA LIC, in Long Island City, Queens. The 43-story building stands across the street...

29 March 2018

Developers Tweak Plans for Tallest Tower in Chicago’s Fulton Market

A pair of developers hoping to build the tallest tower in the Fulton Market District of Chicago have cut down their plan by eight floors...

28 March 2018

Façade Installation Begins for 1050 Sixth Avenue in New York

The Gene Kaufman-designed-1050 Sixth Avenue, dubbed ML House, is making significant progress in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. In a break from the architect’s norm,...

27 March 2018

First Renderings Revealed for Cumulus Tower in LA

A major project planned for a West Adams property has been mostly a mystery since it was first proposed in 2015. Now, we’re getting our...

26 March 2018

Portland’s Three Finalists for Post Office Redevelopment Don’t Include Twin Skyscrapers

An eye-catching proposal for a pair of interlinked skyscrapers that would have reshaped Portland’s skyline won’t be realized after all. While renderings of the twin...

23 March 2018

Apartment Tower is Ready to Rise in Chicago’s Hyde Park

A 26-story apartment tower is ready to break ground in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood after receiving its first construction permit on March 19. The South...

22 March 2018

Automaker May Buy Detroit’s Abandoned Michigan Central Station

Ford Motor Co. is in discussions to purchase the dilapidated Michigan Central Station in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood just outside of downtown, Crain’s has learned from...

20 March 2018

Capital Plaza Tower Demolished in Frankfort

The Capital Plaza Office Tower in Frankfort, Ky., disappeared on March 18 into a cloud of dust. There were a few booms of dynamite and...

19 March 2018

Demolition Begins for 50 West 66th Street in New York City

Demolition has begun on the final building left at 50 West 66th Street, where Extell will soon be adding yet another punctuation mark to the...

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