United States

03 November 2023

Company Opens New Downtown Chicago Location

On 24 October 2023, it was announced that the newest location of UL Solutions opened in downtown Chicago. The company’s new approximately 40,000-square-foot space is...

31 October 2023

Luxury High-Rise Office Building Receives Unanimous Approval in Miami

The approval of Tower 36, a new lifestyle office tower adjacent to Miami’s Design District and designed by KPF, has been given by the Miami...

27 October 2023

Work Resumed in Hell's Kitchen After Crane Collapse

Construction has resumed on a residential skyscraper called 550 Tenth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen. This follows a fire and partial collapse of the tower crane...

20 October 2023

21-Story Building Proposed for Downtown Allentown

Ideal Concepts, an insurance marketing and technology firm, has proposed the construction of a new skyscraper in downtown Allentown. This building, named Ideal Tower, would...

17 October 2023

Building Tops Out in Salt Lake City

The Astra Tower, a stylish skyscraper with 40 floors in downtown Salt Lake City, has reached its tallest point. Standing at 449 feet high, the...

11 October 2023

Developers Unveil Plans to Revamp Closed Mall in White Plains

A new residential complex has been revealed as a replacement for the closed Galleria Mall in White Plains. The project, developed by Pacific Retail Capital...

09 October 2023

Largest Lease of Houston’s Third Quarter Announced

NRG Energy has secured a new office lease in downtown Houston. The company will move into a 51-story skyscraper, occupying the top 10 floors, totaling...

04 October 2023

Stepped Overline Development Completed in Atlanta

A residential project in Atlanta has been completed as part of the Overline development. The multifamily housing is located in the Old Fourth Ward of...

27 September 2023

New York City Mass Timber Studio Launches

The City of New York is taking a leading role in decarbonizing the built environment and promoting the clean construction industry. The New York City...

26 September 2023

New Antenna Installed Atop Willis Tower

ABC7 Chicago successfully installed a brand new antenna on the Willis Tower on a Sunday morning. The process was captured by Chopper 7. A helicopter...

22 September 2023

New Towers Proposed at Miami Worldcenter

Plans for the construction of five new towers are currently being reviewed at the Miami Worldcenter development, located just north of Downtown Miami. These towers,...

19 September 2023

Las Vegas’ New Resort Set to Open in December

The highly anticipated Fontainebleau Las Vegas resort is scheduled to open in December after 23 years of development. Real estate tycoon Jeffrey Soffer will introduce...

18 September 2023

Waterfront Tower Makes Market Debut

The leasing program for 60 Wharf Drive has generated significant interest since its quiet marketing campaign and soft opening in late July. Already, multiple leases...

07 September 2023

Chicago Development Seeks to Amend Prior Zoning Approval

Located at 800 West Lake Street, a previously approved development concept for a 21-story hotel with 476 rooms is seeking approval to amend the prior...

05 September 2023

Houston Condo-Hotel Nears Completion

Residences at the Allen, a luxury tower worth $290 million, is set to complete its construction after four years. The tower boasts 35 floors and...

01 September 2023

Sugar Land Campus to Become Mixed-Use Complex

Planned Community Developers (PCD) intends to convert the soon-to-be-vacated Lake Point Plaza, a 1.2 million-square-foot office campus in Sugar Land, into a 53-acre mixed-use complex....

30 August 2023

New 273-Foot-Tall Building to Be Built at Third Avenue in Lenox Hill

There is exciting news for the Upper East Side in NY, as plans have been filed for a new building on a vacant lot. The...

25 August 2023

Closed $52.5m Construction Loan for Houston Hotel

Arriba Capital recently closed a $52.5 million ground-up construction loan for a dual-brand property in Houston's central business district. The property, which consists of a...

22 August 2023

Skyscraper Development Site Overlooking Grant Park Now for Sale

Miami-based firm Crescent Heights has hired CBRE Vice President Tom Svoboda to sell a 43,100 sq. ft. parcel at 1201 S. Michigan Avenue near Grant...

15 August 2023

The Proposal for the Mixed-Use Stadium Has Been Updated to Include a Residential Tower

The Philadelphia 76ers have recently announced their plans for a $1.3 billion mixed-use stadium complex in Chinatown. The design, developed by Gensler and 76 DevCo,...

09 August 2023

One of the oldest skyscrapers in Seattle is seeking a new owner

Smith Tower is currently up for sale at an undisclosed price, according to a promotional flyer advertising the "investment offering" seen by The Seattle Times....

07 August 2023

5 World Trade Center Will Consist of 400 Housing Units That Are Permanently Affordable

5 World Trade Center originally housed the Deutsche Bank building, which was designed by Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon and demolished in 2011 due to damage...

04 August 2023

First-of-its-Kind Residential Tower Completed in Nashville

Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) announces the completion of Alcove, a new residential tower in Nashville, Tennessee, developed by Giarratana LLC. Located at 900...

02 August 2023

1000M Officially Topped Off

The 73-story 1000M tower, developed by Time Equities, JK Equities, and Oak Capitals, has officially topped off with the final concrete floor poured. The skyscraper...

31 July 2023

Supportive Housing Designed for Skid Row

Over half a million people in the US are homeless, as per the 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report by the US Department of Housing and...

25 July 2023

New Luxury High-Rise Planned for Kipling Street in Houston

The Southern Land Company (SLC) has announced a nearly two-acre project at 2811 Kirby Drive in Houston's Upper Kirby district. SLC plans to develop a...

25 July 2023

Construction Crane Falls in Hell's Kitchen

A construction crane caught fire and collapsed in Hell's Kitchen early Wednesday. The fire started in the engine compartment of a crane that sat at...

20 July 2023

Apartment Tower Cleared by LA Planning Commission

The proposed 562,700 square foot 8th, Grand & Hope development is set to rise in Los Angeles and add an additional strip to the downtown...

14 July 2023

First High-Rise on Treasure Island Topped Off

On July 11th, a steel beam was added to "top off" the first high-rise to be built on Treasure Island. The 22-story tower, Tidal House,...

12 July 2023

New Renderings Released for Tower in San Francisco

The proposed residential tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco has recently revealed new renderings from Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB), the architects behind the...

07 July 2023

Proposed Project Considers Increasing Building Height in Chicago

Developer Sterling Bay recently shared their revised proposal for a mixed-use development at 2033 N. Kingsbury. Originally announced in September 2022 as a 16-story building,...

28 June 2023

Preservationists Attempting to Save Historic Church in New York City

Multiple celecbraties rallid with city council member Gale Brewer and community activists for the preservation of the West Park Presbyterian Church in mid-June. The landmarked...

20 June 2023

Building Using Geothermal Energy Tops Out in New York City

LCOR and Ecosave USA have worked together to top off what could be among the first geothermal apartment complexes in New York City. Located at...

16 June 2023

Rezoning Request for 40-Stories in Raleigh

The Raleigh City Council heard a report from the planning commission on 30 May. The original request came from Capital City Urban Development who is...

12 June 2023

Mass Timber Tower Rising in Oakland

Construction is underway in Oakland for a first-of-its-kind high rise apartment building that could be among the tallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in the...

09 June 2023

Developer Tries to Team up with Teacher's Union in Chicago

Sterling Bay is trying to team up with the Chicago Teachers' Pension fund to bail out Lincoln Yards, a stalled North-Side megadevelopment. With the real estate...

05 June 2023

Hotel Set to Open in Boston in Summer 2023

Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel and Residences is set to open in summer 2023, and the hotel is now open for bookings beginning September 1,...

01 June 2023

Groundbreaking takes place for Mixed-Use Charlotte Complex

A construction company, Clark Construction Group, joined representatives with Riverside Investment & Development, Woodfield Development, Goettsch Partners, and CBRE on 24 May, 2023, to break...

30 May 2023

Branded Hotel Opens in Houston

Reservations have recently opened for the 14-story Hyatt Place and Hyatt House Houston Medical Center at 7329 Fannin St., Houston, less than two miles from...

25 May 2023

Triangle-Shaped Building Changes Hands in New York City

Jeff Gural has won the iconic New York Flatiron building at a public auction. A court-ordered partition sale settled a dispute between Gural and Nathan...

24 May 2023

Luxury Hotel Sale in Chicago Proceeds

The St. Regis hotel in Chicago has been sold for US$134 million. This makes it one of the city's biggest hotel sales in years. The...

18 May 2023

Office Complex Tops Out in Manhattan, New York City

A 270,000-square-foot (25,083-square-meter) 16-story office tower in New York City's Hudson Square has topped out. Built out at 555 Greenwich, it is being designed by...

15 May 2023

Excavation Begins For Two-Tower Project in Manhattan, New York City

Excavation and pilings are in progress at 570 Washington Street, which is the site of a two-tower residentail project in New York City being designed...

10 May 2023

Entertainment Company to add $100 million tower to Paris Las Vegas

Caesars Entertainment will renovate and rename the Jubilee Tower at Horseshoe Las Vegas to the Versailles Tower at the adjacent Paris Las Vegas. The renovation...

01 May 2023

Houston Plan for Residential Tower Moves Forward with Changes

For over a decade, the proposed Ashby High-Rise on Bissonnet Street has been opposed by the residents of the Boulevard Oaks neighborhood. This opposition included...

25 April 2023

Austin Tower Reduced in Height

Austin's Wilson Tower was first proposed in November 2022 and was originally planned to reach 1,035 feet in height, which would make it among the...

24 April 2023

Beverage Company Eyes Downsized Office Space Move

Molson Coors, a beer company, is looking to lease 70,000 square feet (6,503 square meters) of space in BMO Tower for its new headquarters. The...

17 April 2023

Skyscraper Proposal in San Francisco Increases in Height

Pre-applications have been filed for a mixed-use tower at 2700 Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco. The 51-story tower marks a significant change from previous versions....

14 April 2023

Mixed-Income Unit Development Coming to Chicago's Near West Side

McShane Construction Company and Ashlaur Construction have been chosen by Brinshore Development and The Michaels Organization to build Phase IID of Westhaven Park on Chicago's...

13 April 2023

Exterior Work Progresses on 500 West 18th in New York City

Façade installation is progressing at One High Line, a residential development at 500 West 18th Street in Chelsea, Manhattan. The project is being designed by...

06 April 2023

Chicago High-Rise Fire Results in Firefighter Death

A Chicago Fire Department lieutenant who died while battling a high-rise fire on the morning of 5 April, 2023 was determined to have died by...

29 March 2023

A 976-Room Hotel has Topped Off in Atlanta

A 976-room hotel, Signia, has topped off in Atlanta, led by Georgia World Congress Center Authority (GWCCA) along with Hilton and Skanska. The 453-foot-high (138.1-meter-tall)...

21 March 2023

HQ Development Plans Altered for Dallas Company

Earlier in March 2023, CBRE made a statement saying that it would move its headquarters in Dallas from 2100 McKinney Ave to a new building...

17 March 2023

Office Block with Unconventional Exterior Rises in Los Angeles

Hayden Tract, a former manufacturing hub in Culver City, California has been undergoing a transformation over the past four decades with buildings ideated by tech...

16 March 2023

Shelter-in-Place Order Lifted after Storm Causes Glass Panes to Fall from San Francisco Skyscraper

An order to shelter in place and evacuate the area surrounding a skyscraper in San Franciso has been lifted. The order was initially put in...

15 March 2023

An Upper East Side Hotel Fire is Under Investigation

A fire that broke up in a hotel on Manhattan's Upper East Side on 15 March, 2023, is under investigation by the FBI to determine...

14 March 2023

Renderings for What Could be the Tallest Building in Bayonne Revealed

Construction has been approved for the first phase of NY Vue, a residential tower that could be the city's tallest. The 26-story, 155,000-square-foot (14,399-square-meter) site...

07 March 2023

Construction Work Paused on Tech Giant's Arlington HQ

Construction has been paused on the Amazon HQ2 campus in Arlington, Virginia the company confirmed to News4 on Friday, 3 March, 2023. Not all phases...

02 March 2023

Preparations for Shake Table Testing of 10-Story Mass Timber Building Underway

Shake table testing preparations are underway for a 10-story mass timber building by the project team at NHERI@UCSD. These will take place over the course...

27 February 2023

Graveyard in Columbus to be Excavated before High-Rise Construction

A graveyard is being excavated in anticipation of the erection of a new skyscraper with 31 stories that will include a hotel and parking garage....

23 February 2023

Chicago Condominium Property Primed for Reconversion

A 28-story Edgewater high-rise has been listed for sale in Chicago, looking to attract investors that transform condo buildings into apartments. The brokerage group, Kiser...

15 February 2023

New Mass Timber Building in Milwaukee Could Rise 28 Stories

A revised version of The Edison apartment tower in Milwaukee could rise 28 stories at a riverfront site, potentially rising higher than the 25-story Ascent...

14 February 2023

Mixed-Use Building Rises Quickly In Chicago

North Wells Capital’s 15-story mixed-use tower at 311 W Huron Street in River North is quickly rising. The tower will stand 226 feet tall (68.8...

01 February 2023

Austin Design Commission Asks for Plan Revisions on 80-Story Supertall

HKS and developer Wilson Capital revealed plans in December 2022 for the Wilson Tower, an 80-story high-rise in Austin that plans to benefit from a...

31 January 2023

Residential High-Rise Planned for Seabrook

A mixed-use development may soon be constructed along NASA Parkway in Seabrook. Houston-based Highland Resources plans to build apartments and more than 8,000 square feet...

25 January 2023

Multiple Hospitalized and One Fatality in Kenwood High-Rise Fire in Chicago

A high-rise fire in Kenwood, Chicago on Wednesday, 25 January, 2023 killed one resident and sent eight others to the hospital. The building has many...

13 January 2023

Residential Project Near South Shore Cultural Center Proposed in Chicago

A high-rise apartment building is being proposed for a vacant lot near the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago. Described as an equitable transit-oriented development...

12 January 2023

Seven-Terraced Office Tower Proposed in New York City

A skyscraper that could reach 1,350 feet (411 meters) with 51 office floors and seven terraces has been proposed in New York City. The anchor...

05 January 2023

A Pair of Textured, Stepped Towers are Added to the Brooklyn Waterfront

A new waterfront development in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York—Eagle + West—is sited where Newtown Creek funnels into the East River. The complex's two towers, though...

04 January 2023

Transformation of Octagonal San Antonio Building to Begin in 2024

The historic 30-story Tower-Life Building will undergo a multi-million dollar transformation starting in 2024. The eight-sided building features a distinctive green-glazed roof. The building had...

03 January 2023

Developers Pitch Substantial Residential Conversions in Chicago

Many Chicago developers are collectively proposing more than US$1.2 billion-worth of projects to renovate a suite of office buildings on and near LaSalle Street into...

27 December 2022

Excavation Underway For Hotel And Observation Tower in Midtown, New York City

740 8th Avenue is a planned 1,067-foot (325.1-meter) hotel and observation tower in Midtown, Manhattan. The 52-story supertall was designed by ODA along with SLCE...

23 December 2022

Trading Firms Adds Two Floors to Chicago Office

A proprietary trading firm is adding to its office footprint in Chicago's Loop, bucking the post-pandemic trend of releasing downtown space back onto the market. ...

19 December 2022

"15-Minute City" Master Plan is Approved in Queens

A walkable master plan, designed as a "15-minute city", for a community in Queens dubbed Innovation QNS will offer an efficient way for residents to...

16 December 2022

Los Angeles Mandates All New Buildings Must be All-Electric

Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved an ordinance on 7 December requiring that all new buildings within city limits be constructed all-electric. With this vote,...

12 December 2022

18-Story University Building Completed in Boston

The newly completed 93-meter-tall Center for Computing & Data Sciences at Boston University (BU) is a new addition to the Boston area skyline. The US$305...

08 December 2022

Approval Won for 30-Story Rental Building in Fort Lauderdale

A proposed 30-story apartment development near downtown Fort Lauderdale was granted approval despite some design features that differ from city standards. The city's downtown master...

08 December 2022

Luxury Building with 86 Units Proposed in Aventura

Conditional approval has been granted for Tal Aventura, a luxury living residential complex in Aventura Florida as of October 3, 2022. General contractors hope to...

02 December 2022

Proposal Announced for Mixed-Use Neighborhood In Atlantic City

Connected through two major, ongoing developments in Philadelphia, Post Brothers and Bart Blatstein are seeking to formally partner on a job in Atlantic City that...

02 December 2022

Construction Completed at 20-Story Residential Building In Downtown Brooklyn, New York City

Work has reached completion on 22 Chapel Street, a 20-story residential building in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Delshah Capital and OTL...

02 December 2022

San Jose Approves High-Rise To Replace Historic Restaurant

A high-rise tower, offering hundreds of residences, is slated to rise in downtown San Jose on a less than one-acre (0.4-hectare) plot, following approval from...

01 December 2022

New Look Revealed for Fort Worth High-Rise Apartments

The latest renderings of a proposed 12-story apartment building in downtown Fort Worth show an updated look for the building's exterior. Fort Worth's design review...

01 December 2022

Commercial Skyscraper Completes Construction In Downtown Brooklyn

Construction is complete on One Willoughby Square, a 35-story commercial skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by JEMB Realty, the 552-foot-tall (168.3-meter-tall)...

30 November 2022

Condominium Project Offering 600 Units Planned for Miami Site

A new condiminium project is being planned by Aria Development Group and Merrimac Ventures after acquiring a redevelopment site for US$17.5 million. The joint venture...

29 November 2022

Ann Arbor Streets Closing to Reconfigure Tower Crane at High-Rise under Construction

New street closures will affect Ann Arbor as construction carries forward on a 13-story high-rise that is expected to cater to University of Michigan students...

29 November 2022

Chicago Apartment Building Sells for US$10.5 million

A historic Harry-Weese designed 14-story building in Streeterville, Chicago has been sold for US$10.5 million from Brad Management to Chicago-based Altitude Capital Partners. Built in...

25 November 2022

Under-Construction University Hospital Tower Was Not Found to Have Sunk Due to Structural Damage

Earlier in the week of Nov 21st, 2022, Ohio State University temporarily stopped construction on part of its new inpatient hospital tower after cracks were...

23 November 2022

Major University Unveils a Transparent Design for Research Building Named After Henrietta Lacks

The Henrietta Lacks Research Building, named as a part of the legacy of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from Baltimore County whose cell samples have...

22 November 2022

Seattle Apartment Building Receives Investment from Developer

Skanska starts work in December 2022 on a 31-story apartment building it’s developing in the hip Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. Dubbed “Kaye,” the building will...

21 November 2022

Construction Begins on First Two High-Rises of a Large Mixed-Use Development in Atlanta

On 17 November 2022, Centennial Yards Company announced that the groundbreaking of Centennial Yards, one of the largest city-center developments in the US, had taken...

17 November 2022

Brooklyn Crossing Completes Construction in New York City

Construction has reached completion on Brooklyn Crossing, a 51-story residential skyscraper at 18 Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn and the tallest building in the 22-acre...

17 November 2022

Denver Mass Timber Project will Break Ground in 2023

What could be Denver's tallest mass timber building is set to break ground in July 2023. Situated in the River North (RiNo) Arts District, the...

16 November 2022

Residents Evacuated from Miami Beach Tower Cleared for Return

A contractor has deemed the 164-unit Port 6969 Collins Avenue at 6969 Collins Avenue safe for occupancy after the shorting or reinforcement of beams in the...

15 November 2022

Austin Announces Supertall Tower

Austin-based real estate development firm Wilson Capital announced that its redevelopment of the Avenue Lofts site will be significantly larger than previously reported. The multifamily...

11 November 2022

Excavation Begins At 300 East 83rd Street On Manhattan’s Upper East Side in New York City

Excavation is in progress at 300 East 83rd Street, the site of a 22-story residential building in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side. Designed...

09 November 2022

New York Penthouse Sells for US$72 Million

A penthouse on Manhattan's Billionaire's Row at 220 Central Park South has sold for US$72 million, records show. The full-floor unit is just over 5,000 square...

08 November 2022

38 Injured after Fire Breaks Out in NYC High-Rise

Injuries were sustained after a fire broke out in Midtown, New York City at a high-rise on 5 November, 2022. Dozens of people were injured...

08 November 2022

Judge Rules Against Group Suing to Stop Presidential Center in Chicago

The long-waged fight by the group Protect Our Parks to halt construction of former President Barack Obama’s Jackson Park museum and campus has reached the...

04 November 2022

Building Has Topping Off Ceremony in Portland, Maine

The apartment building at 201 Federal Street, in downtown Portland and a block away from City Hall, had its “topping off” ceremony – the last...

02 November 2022

Mass Timber Luxury Residential Development Proposed for Spokane

atelierjones led an integrated design team for the proposal of a 178,000-square-foot (16,536-square-meter) mass timber housing project in Spokane, Washington that would deliver both market...

01 November 2022

Miami Beach Condo Evacuated Due to Structural Concerns

The city of Miami Beach ordered residents of a 164-unit condo tower to evacuate the building Thursday, 27 October, 2022 after engineers found significant damage...

31 October 2022

Downtown Jersey City Approves 60-Story Building and Redevelopment Plan

The transformation of a piece of Downtown Jersey City progress significantly the week of 20 October, 2022. The Jersey City City Council officially began the...

31 October 2022

Office Building Structurally Tops Out in Dallas

CTBUH has just received confirmation that the 27-story No. 14 Harwood has recently structurally topped out. Located in Dallas, Texas, the design for the project...

28 October 2022

Residential 36-Story High-Rise Gets City Council Approval in Chicago.

A US$166 million, 35-story residential tower is coming to Greektown after getting City Council approval Wednesday. The high-rise at 301 S. Green St. will replace a...

25 October 2022

Office Tower in Hudson Yards Development Officially Opens in New York City

Foster + Partners has completed 50 Hudson Yards in New York City as part of the Hudson Yards major development in Midtown Manhattan. The 981-foot-tall (299...

25 October 2022

New 43-Story Tower Breaks Ground in Booming Austin District

Construction has begun on a a 43-story apartment tower in the Rainey Street area in downtown Austin, which has recently experienced a surge in development....

24 October 2022

Trustee Gives US$121 Million to Expand University's Biomedical Research Center

Northwestern University Trustee Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P) and the Louis Simpson Trust have made a new US$121 million gift to Northwestern to advance...

21 October 2022

New Insurance Headquarters Building Coming to Downtown Omaha's Skyline

Mutual of Omaha’s new headquarters will be adding a proposed 44-story skyscraper in the heart of downtown. The now-completed construction plans for the US$600 million...

20 October 2022

New York City Announces US$1.6 Billion Life Sciences Campus

Plans have been announced for a US$1.6 billion life sciences campus to be located on the east side of Manhattan and administered in partnership with...

19 October 2022

Approval Sought on 28-Story Mixed-Use Tower in San Antonio

The push to revitalize downtown San Antonio with projects like Civic Park in progress continues as plans for a 28-story residential tower are revealed next...

18 October 2022

Distressed Loop Building set for Apartment Conversion in Chicago

N.Y.-based Intersection Realty Group Intersection paid US$19.3 million last month for a 25-story office building at 65 East Wacker Place, according to Cook County property...

17 October 2022

Another Historic Tacoma Building is Renovating to Rentals

Owners of a historic office building, originally known as the Sandberg-Schoenfeld building that was completed in 1908 and has since been called DaVita Building, will...

14 October 2022

Solar Cell Façade is Proposed for Miami Residential High-Rise

Miami-based real estate development firm Ytech has announced The Residences at 1428 Brickell, a high-rise luxury condominium development that integrates photovoltaic glazing within the building’s...

14 October 2022

Beachside Residential High-Rise Evacuated for Safety in South Carolina

A 21-story high-rise condominium building, the Renaissance Tower, has been deemed unsafe by Horry County officials as of Friday, 7 October, 2022 leaving residents without...

13 October 2022

New Renderings For Residential Tower in Oakland Revealed

Pre-application documents were submitted by The CIM Group for a 46-story residential tower at 325 22nd Street, named Town Tower, in Downtown Oakland. The project's...

12 October 2022

Excavation Begins For 325-Meter Development in New York City

Excavation and pilings have begun at 740 Eighth Avenue, the site of a 52-story, 1,067-foot-tall (325-meter-tall) hotel and observation tower in Midtown, Manhattan offering 776,000...

11 October 2022

Multifamily Project Receives Funding in Los Angeles

A residential high-rise and four-story luxury hotel has just received development funding in downtown Woodlands Hills, Los Angeles. Existing currently on the site are a...

10 October 2022

Landmark Building in Chicago is Up for Sale

The developer that transformed the landmark 17-story Chicago Motor Club building into a Hampton Inn is looking to sell. Chicago-based Murphy Development Group has hired...

07 October 2022

Over 80-Year-Old Tower in Austin is Getting First Major Renovation

On Wednesday, 5 October 2022, the University of Texas-Austin’s Board of Regents announced plans to provide a USD$26 million lead investment that will go toward...

06 October 2022

Excavation And Pilings Underway at Residential Skyscraper in Queens, New York City

Below-grade work is underway at 27-48 Jackson Avenue, the site of a 69-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square district of Long Island City, Queens....

05 October 2022

Pharmaceutical Company Expanding, Moving HQ to Fulton Market, Chicago

A drug maker that moved its research division from California to Chicago early in the COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to invest in its office and...

04 October 2022

Luxury Hotel Brand Coming to South Station Tower in Boston

The residences being built at South Station Tower are within walking distance of Boston public transit system the T. Famed hotelier Ritz-Carlton will be the...

04 October 2022

New Renderings Revealed for Supertall Slated for San Francisco

New renderings of 50 Main Street have been revealed for the Foster + Partners-designed project, permitting a glimpse of one of the tallest proposals for...

03 October 2022

26 Story Building in Brooklyn has Topped Out

A 26-story residential building on 69 Adams street in Brooklyn has hit a construction milestone and structurally topped out. Located in the DUMBO neighborhood, the...

30 September 2022

Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Traps Residents on 22nd Floor

Hurricane Ian landed in Fort Myers, Florida in the United States on 28 September, 2022 as a Category 4 hurricane. Terry Mazany, who moved to...

29 September 2022

Investment Firm Signs 32,281-Square-Meter Lease at Madison-Avenue Development in New York City

SL Green Realty Corp an office landlord has announced that investment management firm Franklin Templeton has signed a 15-year, 347,474 square foot (32,281 square meter)...

28 September 2022

Site of Upcoming 15-Story Building in Harlem to Host Apartments, Not Offices in New York City

Instead of an office building, developer Extell will construct a large apartment tower on the site of the former Pathmark supermarket on East 125th Street,...

27 September 2022

Cosmeceuticals Company Relocates Headquarters from California to Houston

The Howard Hughes Corporation has announced that Obagi Cosmeceuticals LLC is relocating its corporate headquarters from California to The Woodlands®, Texas, adding to the now...

27 September 2022

Condominium Sells for US$20.5 million in Chicago

A condominium at the St. Regis tower sold Wednesday for a little more than US$20.56 million, the highest price anyone has paid for a Chicago-area...

26 September 2022

First Look Offered for Fulton Market Site in Chicago

Chicago developer Fred Latsko unveiled a rendering of the apartment tower on tap to accompany the nation’s second Guinness brewery planned for Fulton Market. The...

23 September 2022

Developers Announce the Closing of a US$176 Million Construction Loan for Salt Lake City Project

A US$176.2 million construction loan was secured for the development of Astra Tower, a 39-story, 377-unit residential project located in a qualified opportunity zone in Downtown...

21 September 2022

Potential $240 Million Land Sale Could Clear The Way For 80-Story Condo Tower In Miami

Miami’s oldest Presbyterian church has been given clearance to move forward with the US$240 million sale of 2.2 acres (0.89 hectares) of land at 609...

21 September 2022

Residential Building Proposed to Replace 60-Meter Hotel in Chicago

CTBUH has just received confirmation that a 143-meter residential building, 1234 West Randolph, located in Chicago has been proposed to replace a 60-meter hotel. The...

19 September 2022

Coworking Company to Open in Chicago Uptown Apartment Project

The Chicago developer turning Uptown's landmark Bridgeview Bank building into apartments has enlisted WeWork to operate co-working space on the property's lower floors, the shared-office...

16 September 2022

Vote Delayed for Landmark Status of Two Chicago Buildings

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks delayed a vote on the preliminary landmark designation of the Century and Consumers Buildings during its recent monthly meeting on...

15 September 2022

Two Commercial Office Buildings Announced in Austin

One Ladybird Lake and 901 South Congress are two new office buildings coming to Austin. One Ladybird Lake, a joint venture partnership with Christopher Investment...

14 September 2022

Changes to Charlotte Complex Include Increased Height

A Chicago developer said Tuesday, 13 September 2022, that it has done away with plans for a third tower at its US$750 million project on...

14 September 2022

Design Revealed for Cylindrical Mixed-Use Building in Fort Lauderdale

New York-based architecture and design studio ODA reveals the design of its newest project in South Florida, located in the Rio Vista neighborhood of Fort...

12 September 2022

Nashville Block Tower Structurally Tops Out

CTBUH has just received confirmation that a 34-story building, located in Nashville, Tennesee in the United States has structurally topped out. The project is being...

09 September 2022

BART Board Approves TOD of Residential Towers in Oakland

The BART Board of Directors has voted to approve plans for the Lake Merritt Transit-Oriented Development that includes two towers in Downtown Oakland. The approval...

08 September 2022

Residential Construction Begins Atop Garage in Grand Rapids

CTBUH has just received confirmation that a 22-story building, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, US, has begun construction. The project consists of 16 floors built...

06 September 2022

Further Details about Chicago Football Team's Vision for Arlington Heights Stadium Released

The Chicago Bears have opted not to seek out public funding for a new stadium in Arlington Heights, but will pursue taxpayer support in completing...

02 September 2022

Health and Human Services Headquarters Construction Begins in Raleigh

Workers have begun demolishing a former book and mail warehouse in West Raleigh to make way for a new headquarters for the state Department of...

01 September 2022

Tower in Downtown San Jose Pauses After Unexpected Archaeological Find

Construction on a tower in downtown San Jose has been halted after a discovery that led to an archaeological assessment of the project site and...

31 August 2022

Developers Sign Utilities Deal For Luxury 55-Story High Rise in Miami

A utility deal for water and sewer connections has been signed with the City of Miami for 710 Edge, a 55-story ultra-luxury residential high-rise planned...

30 August 2022

Developer Lands US$200M to Build a 40-Story Residential Tower in New York City

Rockefeller Group and Park Tower Group have secured a US$200 million construction loan to build a 40-story residential tower at 16 Dupont Street as part...

29 August 2022

A Proposed Hollywood Office Complex Gets Closer to Approval in Los Angeles

A proposed Hollywood office complex, Sunset + Wilcox, would replace a Staples office supply store and similar commercial buildings at 6450 Sunset Boulevard. The proposed...

26 August 2022

Extensive Renovation to Convert Offices to Luxury Apartments in Downtown Houston

An iconic component of the Downtown Houston skyline is set to undergo a US$50 million renovation. The developer, Cameron Management, is planning to convert the...

26 August 2022

25-Story Residential Building in Chicago is Up for Sale

John Buck, the Chicago-based development firm has hired Jones Lang LaSalle to sell 3Eleven, a 25-story building with 245 apartments at 311 W. Illinois St....

25 August 2022

Boston Mixed-Use Building Built to Passive House Standards

Winthrop Center, a new 691-foot-tall (210.5-meter-tall) mixed-use tower in Boston was built to Passive House standards. The structure’s 812,000 square feet (75,437 square meters) of...

24 August 2022

Student Housing Tower Opens Ahead of Schedule in Austin

Waterloo Tower, the tallest new student-housing tower is now open. The building was delivered ahead of schedule and is already fully leased, according to a...

23 August 2022

Cincinnati's Office-and-Retail Tower Sells for US$18 Million

After months of delays, Downtown's landmark Carew Tower has been sold. Greg Power, who owns the iconic 49-story office-and-retail tower at 441 Vine St., first...

23 August 2022

Construction Tops Out on 28-Story Residential Building in New York City

Construction has topped out on 249 East 62nd Street, a 28-story residential tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Designed by INC Architecture & Design with...

22 August 2022

Two Towers are Proposed for Downtown Los Angeles

Set to be built on a site between Hill Street and California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles, a proposed development called Angels Landing will have...

18 August 2022

New Apartment Tower is Proposed for North Miami Beach

Miami-based developer BH Group is planning to build a 30-story apartment tower, that will have 400 units at 2261 Northeast 164th Street. The purchased the...

17 August 2022

Office Tower in San Antonio will Become Residential with some Affordable Housing

The historic 1929 Tower Life Building that stands at 123.1 meters (404 ft) has plans to retrofit its office spaces for condominiums and apartments, at...

16 August 2022

Construction Begins on New Affordable Housing Tower in New Rochelle

Simone Development Companies and Stagg Group have begun construction on West View Apartments, a 186-unit affordable housing development that marks Phase 2 of a mixed-use...

15 August 2022

Residents in Limbo After Evacuated Over Safety Concerns in Houston High-Rise

The City of Houston has pulled the occupancy permit of The Royalton at River Oaks condos where hundreds of residents had to be evacuated on...

15 August 2022

New Renderings for a Proposed Downtown Oakland Tower

New renderings for a residential design have been published for the skyscraper redevelopment of 1431 Franklin Street in Downtown Oakland. The developer is applying for...

12 August 2022

18 Story Building is Under Construction in Chicago

CTBUH has just received confirmation that the 18-story building, located at 210 North Aberdeen Street in Chicago has had a status change. The project designed...

11 August 2022

Plans are Revealed for a Tall Timber Building in Chicago

Noted Chicago developer Sterling Bay is planning a nine-story, 130-unit apartment building at 2100 N Southport Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. The techniques utilized...

11 August 2022

Twin Tower Condo Project has Groundbreaking in Honolulu

On 8 August 2022, a 44-story, 972 unit twin tower project had a groundbreaking ceremony at the three and a half acre site in the...

10 August 2022

Demolition Permits Filed to Clear Site for New San Francisco Tower

Plans for a new development in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco have passed a new milestone. Demolition permits have been filed to remove...

09 August 2022

New Building Height is Filed for New York City Tower

On 5 August, 2022, developer Boston Properties filed new plans for the building at 343 Madison Avenue. The building's new height is listed at 237.7...

09 August 2022

New Tower is Proposed for Downtown Los Angeles

At 700 South Flower Street in downtown Los Angeles, the Bloc is a proposal for a 53-story tower at a heigh of 216.4 meters (710...

08 August 2022

Design Team Selected to Lead Port Authority Bus Terminal Replacement in NYC

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has revealed the that Foster + Partners and the Chicago-headquartered design and engineering firm, Epstein will...

05 August 2022

Financial Firm will Occupy other Miami Towers Prior to Building Their Own

Citadel, a hedge fund firm headed by Ken Griffin, is in the process of completing deals for new office space as it prepares to expand...

04 August 2022

Chicago Loop Office Tower Put for Sale with Hopes to be Bought by Tech Giant

Developer John Buck is putting his LaSalle Street office tower up for sale, testing whether investors will clamor to own property on the corridor now...

03 August 2022

Tower in Pittsburgh May be Converted into Luxury Hotel

Gulf Tower, a 44-story skyscraper that opened 90 years ago, could be converted into a luxury hotel and condominiums or apartments under a plan being...

02 August 2022

41-Story Residential Tower Tops Off in Chicago

The Reed, a 41-story, 440-unit residential tower at 234 W. Polk, has officially topped off at 136.2 meters (447 ft.). Perched along the Chicago River,...

01 August 2022

25-Story Hotel and Arts Tower Proposed in Harlem, NYC

According to new plans that appeared on a city website the week of July 27, 2022, a 25 story tower containing a 305-room hotel could...

29 July 2022

Mixed-Use Building in Chicago Tops Out

The 160 N. Elizabeth Street building has reached its full height of 89.4 meters (293 feet) and 27 floors in July 2022. This mixed-use project...

28 July 2022

Global Real Estate Firm Acquires New Office Building in Houston

Hines, the global real estate firm, today announced that Hines Global Income Trust (“HGIT”) has acquired 200 Park Place for $145 million. As one of...

27 July 2022

Large Tech Company Announces Plan to Buy Chicago’s Thompson Center

In a surprise deal that gives new life to an iconic but aging downtown office building, Google plans to buy the James R. Thompson Center...

26 July 2022

48-Story Hotel in Times Square is Completed and Opened

Construction is complete and occupancy has begun at the RIU Plaza Hotel, a 48-story skyscraper at 145 West 47th Street in Times Square. Designed by...

22 July 2022

Mexico-Based JV Developers Plans 22 Story Apartment Tower in Miami

Menesse International bought the development site in Miami's financial district of Brickell at 143 Southwest Ninth Street from an affiliate of Miami-based Habitat Group. The...

22 July 2022

High-Rise in Milwaukee Takes Title of World’s Tallest Mass Timber Hybrid

On July 20, 2022 New Land Enterprises welcomed the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional...

21 July 2022

Houston's Parkside Residences at Discovery Green is Completed

CTBUH has just recieved confirmation that 43-story Parkside Residencies at Discovery Green in Houston, Texas has reached CTBUH's base-level criteria for completion. Several units are...

20 July 2022

Three-Year-Old Boy Dies After Fall From Chicago Building

Officials say that a three-year-old boy has died after he fell more than 15 stories from a window of an Uptown residence on the evening...

20 July 2022

Global Architecture Firm Opens New Office in Denver

Global architecture firm Goettsch Partners (GP) has opened a new office in Denver, Colorado. As of July 1 2022, the firm has taken space in...

19 July 2022

Demolition Begins for 741 N Wells Street in Chicago

Following up on a demolition permit article, partial site clearing has begun for a 21-story mixed-use tower at 741 N Wells Street in River North....

19 July 2022

Residential Building in Miami Beach Anticipated to Complete in 2024

Japan-based Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the design for what will become the firm’s first residential tower in the United States. The 18-story building,...

18 July 2022

New Tenant for Redeveloped Marshall Field Building in Chicago

Parsippany, New Jersey-based Ferrero North America announced they will open a 45,000-square-foot (4,180-square-meter) facility next year in the landmark Marshall Field building at 24 E....

15 July 2022

Mixed-Use 425 Grand Concourse Completes Construction in the Bronx, New York

The 86.9-meter, 26-story mixed-use building in Mott Haven, Bronx in New York City has completed construction. Designed by Dattner Architects and developed by Trinity Financial...

13 July 2022

Construction Breaks Ground at 28-Story Residential Building in New York City

Excavation has begun at 126 East 57th Street, site of a 28-story residential tower on Billionaires’ Row in Midtown East, Manhattan. Designed by ODA Architecture...

12 July 2022

Developers Celebrate the Grand Opening of Residential Building in Brooklyn

Developers recently celebrated the grand opening of Magnolia DUMBO, a 21-story residential building at 160 Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects...

12 July 2022

Miami Office Tower Tops Out at 55 Stories

In Miami, construction of OKO Group and Cain International’s 830 Brickell office tower is nearing completion. The building’s general contractor, Civic Construction, recently topped off...

11 July 2022

NYC Tower Completion Date Updates and New Tenants

The 58-story commercial tower developed by Brookfield Properties is slated for completion in 2023 and recently confirmed that the international law firm Clifford Chance has...

08 July 2022

High-Rise Building Condemned After Fire in Revere

Residents of the Water's Edge Apartments at 370 Ocean Ave. learned on 6 July 2022 that the 16-story building has been condemned two weeks after...

07 July 2022

Developer of Chicago Office Towers Expands into Residential

A developer that has built three trophy office towers near the Chicago River in recent years is planning its first apartment project in the city,...

06 July 2022

Progress Continues on Mandarin Oriental Residencies in Manhattan

Work is continuing to progress on the Mandarin Oriental Residences Fifth Avenue, a 29-story building at 685 Fifth Avenue in Midtown and the first east...

05 July 2022

St. Louis Tower Passes Key Milestone Toward Final Approval

A St. Louis board approved a series of variances for a new 30-story apartment tower in the Central West End, bringing the US$135 million project...

01 July 2022

Miami Tower Featured in Music Video Sold

Oak Row Equities announced that it has closed on the acquisition of a 2.1-acre (0.8-hectare) site on one of the last remaining undeveloped city blocks...

30 June 2022

Luxury Condominium Development Breaks Ground in Downtown St. Petersburg

Florida-based real estate development and investment firm Kolter Urban has broken ground on Art House, a 42-story luxury condominium development located at 200 Central Avenue...

28 June 2022

Demolition, Excavation Continue For Potential Supertall At 570 Fifth Avenue In Midtown, New York City

Demolition is progressing at 570 Fifth Avenue, the site of a potential supertall skyscraper in Midtown, Manhattan. Developed by Extell, the tower could reach an...

27 June 2022

Mixed-Use Tower Proposed in Fort Lauderdale

Plans for a new 48-story mixed-use tower named 11 Andrews have been submitted to Fort Lauderdale’s Design Review Committee (DRC) for review. The project is...

24 June 2022

Brutalist Building Converted into "Passive House" Hotel

Architecture studio Becker + Becker has converted a 1970s brutalist building in New Haven, designed by Hungarian-American architect Marcel Breuer, into a Passive House hotel. Connecticut-based...

23 June 2022

Future Orlando Skyscraper Makes Progress Towards Breaking Ground

A building that is expected to become among downtown Orlando’s new tallest skyscraper just took a big step toward breaking ground. Developers of the property...

23 June 2022

Rhode Island Supreme Court Clears Way for Skyscraper in Providence

The proposed US$300 million Hope Point Tower project at 250 Dyer St. in the city’s Jewelry District was approved by the city more than three...

23 June 2022

Excavation Underway for 51-Story Residential Tower in New York City

Excavation has begun for The Brook, a 51-story residential skyscraper at 589 Fulton Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and developed by...

22 June 2022

Laboratory Company Opening Office in Chicago's Tallest Building

Abbott Laboratories is opening a big new office at Willis Tower that could bring as many as 450 jobs downtown, a move meant to provide...

22 June 2022

Two-Building Residential Complex Breaks Ground in Jersey City, Signs Anchor Tenant

On June 16, 2022, principals of Kushner hosted Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop and other dignitaries to mark the true beginning of their 1,723-unit One...

21 June 2022

Construction to Start Summer 2022 on 27-Story Durham Skyscraper in Place of 1970s Bank

Construction is poised to begin in June 2022 on a glassy 27-story skyscraper that will transform the Durham skyline and bring a wealth of residential...

21 June 2022

Downtown Salt Lake City Office Skyscraper to be Converted to Housing

The global development company Hines announced it has acquired the 24-story South Temple Tower building with the intention of renovating the building and converting 217,000...

20 June 2022

Over 2,200 Apartments Proposed Near Casino Site in Chicago

One of Fulton Market District's most prolific developers wants to build more than 2,200 apartments and a hotel on a series of sites between the...

16 June 2022

Foundation Permit Issued For 47-Story Residential Tower in Miami

A phased foundation permit has been issued to Miami-based real estate developer Related Group for a 47-story residential tower at 77 Southeast 5th Street in...

15 June 2022

Milwaukee Office Building Could be Redeveloped

The 100 East office tower in Milwaukee could be partially converted to apartments, condominiums, or a hotel as part of resolving the foreclosure case facing...

13 June 2022

Proposal for 524 New Homes in San Francisco Progresses

Trada has filed a request for a project review meeting with city staff for 395 3rd Street, a 36-story mixed-use infill proposed in SoMa, San...

13 June 2022

Second-Highest Condo at St. Regis Sells in Chicago

A condominium nearly at the top of the new St. Regis sold for US$9.2 million, the highest recorded sale price so far in the Studio...

10 June 2022

Developer Proposes Residential San Diego Tower

A developer is proposing a 37-story residential tower in downtown San Diego, adding to a growing list of new projects. San Francisco-based Cresley Homes, which has...

09 June 2022

Launch of Sales Announced for West Palm Beach High-Rise

Palm Beach-based real estate investment firm, Frisbie Group, and global real estate company, Hines, today announced the launch of sales for South Flagler House located...

09 June 2022

Luxury Residential Development Nears Completion in Chelsea, New York City

Work is wrapping up on The Cortland, a 26-story residential tower at 555 West 22nd Street in West Chelsea. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects...

07 June 2022

Construction Completed At 368 Third Avenue In New York City

Construction is complete on VU, a 36-story residential tower at 368 Third Avenue in the Midtown, Manhattan neighborhood of Kips Bay. Designed by SLCE Architects...

06 June 2022

Nashville Venue Owner Purchases Austin Hotel

The Nashville company that owns the Grand Ole Opry has purchased a large piece of the Austin music scene. Stratus Properties sold Block 21, site...

06 June 2022

Luxury Hotel Brand Signs on to Downtown Phoenix Property

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, a global chain of luxury hotels, has signed a definitive agreement for the development and management of a new hotel and...

03 June 2022

Proposal for Pair of Terrace-Wrapped Residential Towers Revealed in Fort Lauderdale

New York City–based design and architecture studio ODA has proposed a sizable mixed-use project with a duo of sculptural, 43-story residential towers topping a nine-story...

03 June 2022

Sprawling Multi-Use Development Approved in Dallas

Spanning four acres (1.6 hectares) north of Downtown Dallas, the District development will include luxury residences, retail spaces, offices, and a boutique hotel. A public...

01 June 2022

Limestone-Clad Skyscraper in New York City Reaches Completion

Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza has revealed the 611 West 56th Street skyscraper in Manhattan, which is the architect's first building in the United States. The 440-foot-tall...

31 May 2022

Person Dies After Falling from West Palm Beach High-Rise Under Construction

A South Florida flooring company employee died after she fell from the 13th floor of a high-rise condominium under construction in West Palm Beach, police...

27 May 2022

Foundation Permits Issued For Hotel and Residences in Miami Skyscraper

Foundation permits have been issued for 300 Biscayne Boulevard, the site of the upcoming 98-story Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences. The project’s developers, Property Markets...

26 May 2022

Demolition Underway For Residential Skyscraper In Hell’s Kitchen, New York City

Demolition has begun at 550 Tenth Avenue, the site of a 47-story residential skyscraper in Hell’s Kitchen. Designed by Handel Architects and developed by Gotham...

23 May 2022

Plaza Transformation Moves Forward with Plans for a 60-Story High-Rise in Jersey City

A 60-story tower with a new supermarket could join an area that is already set for a massive transformation right across from the Sixth Street...

23 May 2022

New Luxury High-Rise Coming to Henderson

The City of Henderson has approved a new high-rise condo development. Construction will soon begin on the Pinnacle Residencies, located inside Macdonald Highlands. This will be...

19 May 2022

New Renderings Released for Mixed-Use Project in Detroit

Dan Gilbert's real estate firm has released updated renderings of what its ambitious Hudson's site development will look like once construction finishes in a few...

19 May 2022

Surfside Condo Collapse Tentative Settlement Reaches Nearly US$1 Billion

A nearly US$1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of June’ 2021's condominium collapse...

18 May 2022

Demolished Upper East Side Block Being Replaced By Apartment Building in New York City

A stretch of Upper East Side walk-up buildings that were torn down in recent months will be replaced by an 18-story apartment tower, according to...

17 May 2022

Developer Plans 20-Story, 139-Unit Multifamily Project in Miami

Developer Blue Road won conditional approval to build a 20-story, 139-unit multifamily project in North Miami. Emblem Tower Apartments is planned for a site just west...

17 May 2022

Rental Project Completes Construction In Jersey City

Construction is complete on 351 Marin Boulevard, a 38-story rental tower in the Powerhouse Arts District of Jersey City. Designed by Hollwich Kushner and HLW...

16 May 2022

Grand Opening of New High-Rise Apartment Building Takes Place in Dallas

Toll Brothers Apartment Living®, the rental subsidiary of Toll Brothers, Inc. has announced the grand opening of Aster, the company’s new 22-story, 270-unit luxury high-rise...

13 May 2022

Excavation Underway at Residential Tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in New York City

Excavation is progressing at 250-252 East 83rd Street, the site of a 23-story residential tower in the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side. Designed...

13 May 2022

High-Rise Complex Planned for Landmark Los Angeles Mall

Primestor Development, which owns the approximately 20-acre (8-hectare) Panorama Mall at 8401 N. Van Nuys Boulevard, filed plans in April of 2022 with the City...

12 May 2022

27-Story Uptown Apartment Tower Hits the Market in Chicago

The developers of a 27-story apartment tower in Uptown have decided to sell the property, one of the biggest residential buildings in the North Side...

12 May 2022

131-141 East 47th Street Tops Out Over Midtown East in New York City

Construction has topped out on 131-141 East 47th Street, a 35-story residential skyscraper in Midtown East. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed by Lex...

11 May 2022

Demolition Permits Issued To Make Way For 44-Story Miami Residential Building

Full demolition permits have been issued by the City of Miami for the removal of a 20,000-square-foot (1,858-square-meter) structure located at 99 Southwest 7th Street,...

11 May 2022

Minneapolis Public Service Building to be Designed with a Gridded Façade

Global firm Henning Larsen Architects prioritized openness and connectivity to create a Minnesota government building that is part of a "new coalition of civic architecture...

10 May 2022

Casino Details for Downtown Chicago Revealed

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has picked a winning casino for the City of Chicago: It's Bally's, which will get the right to build and operate the...

09 May 2022

Chicago Apartment Developer Eyes Another Massive Riverfront Project

The Canadian developer planning to build almost 2,700 apartments on the southern tip of Goose Island has a deal to buy another big development site...

09 May 2022

Historic Theatre Lifted Nearly 10 Meters During Construction of New York City Hotel Tower

Construction on TSX Broadway has reached a significant milestone with the completion of the historic Palace Theatre’s lift to its new position 30 feet (9.1...

06 May 2022

Retail Giant Executive Buys Condo in News Tower Development in Chicago

A Walmart executive is the latest buyer at the renovated Tribune Towers condo development. Judith McKenna, president and CEO of Walmart’s international division, and her...

06 May 2022

Construction Begins on Carbon Efficient Denver Hotel

As construction begins on Populus, a Denver hotel designed by architecture firm Studio Gang, developer Urban Villages has announced that it has aspirations to be...

03 May 2022

Delayed River North Condo Building in Chicago Tries a New Name

Giving an Erie Street building the appellation of a wine region is part of the effort to uncork sales at the 31-unit building, where one...

03 May 2022

Upscale Apartment Planned for Former High-Rise Site in Houston

A luxury apartment building is in the works at the former site of the planned Ashby high-rise at 1717 Bissonnet St., Houston. El Paso-based Hunt...

02 May 2022

Residential Tower Climbs Beyond Halfway Mark In Jersey City

Construction has passed the halfway mark on 413 Summit Avenue, a 19-story residential tower in the Journal Square section of Jersey City. Designed by Uforma...

29 April 2022

Hard Rock Hotel Opens For Business in Time Square in New York City

The Hard Rock Hotel at 159 West 48th Street is the newest hotel to open in Midtown, Manhattan’s iconic Times Square district. Designed by SLCE...

28 April 2022

Tech Giant HQ Gets Permission to Build in Arlington

The spiral-shaped glass tower designed by architecture studio NBBJ for Amazon's second headquarters has been given permission to be built in Arlington, Virginia. Called The...

28 April 2022

New York City Developers Propose 44-Story Mixed-Use Skyscraper For Downtown Jacksonville’s Riverfront

American Lions LLC, a joint venture between New York City-based residential developers Fetner Properties and the Lions Group, have proposed to develop a 44-story mixed-use...

26 April 2022

Foundations Underway For Third Tower in Residential Complex In Jersey City

Foundations are progressing for Journal Squared Tower 3, a 60-story residential skyscraper and the final component in the three-building complex in Journal Square, Jersey City....

25 April 2022

Mixed-Use Building at Downtown Brooklyn Campus Reaches Completion

Construction is complete on The Willoughby, a 34-story mixed-use tower at 196 Willoughby Street on Long Island University‘s Downtown Brooklyn campus. Designed by Perkins Eastman...

22 April 2022

U.S. West Coast Firms to Build an Office Tower in Austin

Two real estate firms on the West Coast are teaming up on a new Downtown Austin skyscraper. Lincoln Property Company and its equity partner DivcoWest announced...

21 April 2022

Developer Breaks Ground on 32-Story Downtown Apartments in San Antonio

Weston Urban's next big skyline-altering project in San Antonio is underway, kicking off the Frost Tower developer's refocus on the residential market. Dallas-based builder Rogers-O'Brien...

21 April 2022

Harrisburg University Finishes Construction on US$100 Million Tower

Harrisburg University is nearing completion on the outside portion of its new US$110 million Science Education Center in downtown Harrisburg. The last days for final lifts,...

21 April 2022

Former Bank Building in Detroit Redeveloped as Mixed-Use Project

A long-vacant bank building in Southgate has been sold, with announced plans for a major redevelopment project. On Monday, 19 April, 2022, Friedman Real Estate announced...

20 April 2022

Two High-Rise Buildings Planned for Dallas

A New Jersey developer is planning a 27-story high-rise in Dallas’ Design District as part of a complex it is developing. A real estate development...

19 April 2022

Construction of Vertical Medical City Announced in Orlando

Ponte Health Global Corporation has announced the establishment of the Vertical Medical City Foundation, in Florida, to promote the progress of Geriatric Medical, Geriatric Biomedical,...

19 April 2022

Condo in Chicago's Gold Coast Sells for US$17.4 Million

A condo at super-luxury building No. 9 Walton sold in March, 2022 for US$17.4 million, the second-highest price so far in a year where the...

18 April 2022

Downtown Chicago Office Buildings Slowly Bounce Back in Year Three of the Pandemic

Demand for Chicago offices is starting to emerge as the pandemic wanes. The conundrum resulted in a new record-high vacancy rate of 21.2 percent in the...

15 April 2022

First Official Renderings Revealed for New Bank Headquarters in New York City

Foster + Partners has been announced as the architect for JPMorgan Chase‘s 60-story headquarters at 270 Park Avenue, and has released the first set of...

13 April 2022

Stalled New York City Complex Set to Resume Construction

Construction is set to resume on The XI, with a revised completion date of “Winter 2024” posted for the stalled two-tower mixed-use project at 76...

11 April 2022

Water Tower Place Lender Taking Over Chicago Mall

About a year after losing Macy’s, its largest tenant, the owner of big North Michigan Avenue shopping mall, Brookfield Property Partners, has decided to hand...

08 April 2022

Residential, Hotel, and Theater Harlem Development to Move Forward

A development that will bring apartments, retail and more arts to an uptown New York City cultural center is moving forward. Lam Group and Exact Capital...

07 April 2022

Retired Airplane to be Suspended Between a Seattle Complex

Japan-based architecture firm OSO has released a plan to suspend a Boeing 747 aircraft between two towers in a downtown Seattle complex designed by Henriquez...

07 April 2022

Hotel Nears Halfway Mark in Manhattan, New York City

Construction is nearing the halfway mark on H Hotel W39, a 29-story hotel tower at 58 West 39th Street in Midtown. Designed by Peter F....

05 April 2022

Developer Buys Uptown Museum Site With Plans for High-Rise Apartment Building in Charlotte

The Levine Museum of the New South has sold its uptown building for US$10.75 million to a New York developer that plans to build luxury...

01 April 2022

Chicago Investor in Megadeal for Wacker Drive Tower

Chicago real estate investor Tim Callahan has returned to the downtown office market, partnering with a New York firm to buy the 55-story tower at...

31 March 2022

Lobby and Atrium of Denver Tower Revamped

Design studio MAWD has redone the interiors of an IM Pei tower in Denver, Colorado, including the lobby and an adjoining Philip Johnson-designed atrium. The...

30 March 2022

San Francisco’s Iconic Transamerica Tower to Receive Retrofit

Foster + Partners is set to give San Francisco’s landmark Transamerica Tower its biggest overhaul in the building’s 50-year history. The US$250 million scheme for developer...

25 March 2022

Social Media Company Nears Deal for Larger Office in Chicago's Fulton Market

After its deal to lease a new office in the Fulton Market District fell through, social media app company Snap has set its sights on...

25 March 2022

57-Story Apartment Building to Rise Across from Seattle City Hall

A permit was issued Wednesday, 16 March, 2022 to allow shoring and excavation work on unfinished lot on Third & Cherry, across from Seattle City...

24 March 2022

Atlanta Residential Building Continues Unit Sales

Seven88 West Midtown, a high-rise residential condominium in West Midtown, brings sales in-house with agents from McKinley Homes. The condo building is now open seven...

23 March 2022

Firm Announces Sales for their First Miami Beach Condo Tower

The Perigon has just launched sales in Miami Beach, becoming the first ever condo tower in the city designed by Rem Koolhaas’s OMA. The 17-story tower...

23 March 2022

New York City University Expansion Nears Completion

Construction is nearing completion on NYU‘s campus expansion at 181 Mercer Street in Greenwich Village. Designed by Davis Brody Bond and KieranTimberlake, the 735,000-square-foot (68,283-square-meter)...

22 March 2022

Finalized Plans for Louisville Complex Unveiled

Seven years and 17 public meetings later, finalized plans for the last portion of the controversial One Park plaza project near Cherokee Park have been...

21 March 2022

Construction Permits Filed for 73-Story Residential Condo Tower In Miami

New construction permits have been filed for Baccarat Residences, a 73-story residential skyscraper located at 99 Southeast 5th Street in Brickell. The permit filing has...

18 March 2022

Third Ward Board Approves New Tower in Milwaukee

The Historic Third Ward Architectural Review Board gave final approval Wednesday, 16 March, 2022 to a plan to construct a 31-story apartment tower at the...

18 March 2022

Architect Tapped for Major Hoboken Waterfront Redevelopment Plan

In Hoboken, New Jersey, a waterfront redevelopment may soon bring new housing, offices, retail, and public space to an area surrounding the city's major interstate...

16 March 2022

Latest Addition to Austin's Skyline to be 58-Story Skyscraper

Joining a recent spate of new tower announcements, a partnership between two developers says it has started work on a 58-story, 675-foot-tall (205-meter-tall) skyscraper that...

16 March 2022

Cancer Care Tower to Rise 31 Stories in New York City

The medical tower boom on the Upper East Side will continue with a new 31-story pavilion planned by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the organization...

15 March 2022

15-Story Affordable Housing Coming To East Harlem in New York City

A 15-story affordable apartment tower will soon replace a row of buildings on an East Harlem block, according to new plans. Developer Elie Fouerti filed plans...

15 March 2022

Major Brands Fill Fulton Market Office Building in Chicago

The company that makes White Claw and billionaire Lukas Walton's philanthropic and investment venture have leased new Fulton Market District offices, helping fill the remaining...

11 March 2022

Boston Hotel and Residences Tops Out at 35 Stories

Raffles Boston Back Bay Hotel & Residences, part of world hospitality group Accor, topped off on 3 March, 2022, reaching 35 floors and raising a...

10 March 2022

Downtown San Francisco Complex Officially Opens

After years of planning and development, the 5M project celebrated its official opening. Located on a 4-acre (1.6-hectare) site in the heart of Downtown San Francisco,...

10 March 2022

Developer Closes on Site in Jersey City for Residential Development

A developer has acquired a series of parcels on the west side of Jersey City for US$25.5 million, with plans calling for a large residential...

09 March 2022

This Cannabis Firm Lease in Chicago Would Mark a New Trend

One of Chicago's publicly traded marijuana companies is close to leasing space for a new headquarters in River North, a potential breakthrough for cannibis firms...

08 March 2022

Former John Hancock Center Seeking Medical Tenants in Chicago

Chicago-based real estate firm Hearn is looking for medical providers to move into the former John Hancock Center, now formally known as 875 North Michigan...

07 March 2022

Brooklyn Residential High-Rise Tops Out

Exterior work is finishing up on One Bell Slip, a 30-story residential tower in Greenpoint, Brooklyn‘s Greenpoint Landing waterfront master plan. Designed by Handel Architects...

07 March 2022

Chicago Mixed-Use Supertall Makes its Highest-Priced Sale to Date

A condominium on the 80th floor of the new St. Regis tower, formerly known as Vista, sold for nearly US$8.85 million. The condo, about 6,400 square...

04 March 2022

Residential Renderings Revealed in Fort Lauderdale

300 West Broward, in Fort Lauderdale's Downtown comprises two 38-story volumes on top of a shared 10-story podium, bringing together a mixed use program of...

02 March 2022

Agreement Announced to Preserve Affordable Housing At New York City Tower for 30 Years

Inwood Tower, a New York State-supervised Mitchell-Lama cooperative, will remain an affordable housing property for the next 30 years following an agreement forged by Governor...

28 February 2022

Mutual of Omaha Seeking Funding for New Skyscraper

Mutual of Omaha is requesting up to US$68.6 million in tax-increment financing to help with construction of a new skyscraper in downtown Omaha. If the city...

25 February 2022

Major Hotel Brand Ends Partnership with Chicago High-Rise Hotel

As they stare down a US$70 million foreclosure lawsuit, the owners of the Conrad Chicago hotel have split with Hilton Worldwide as the shuttered inn's...

24 February 2022

Developer Offers First Look at 43-Story Houston Tower

Developers of a new 43-story skyscraper rising near Discovery Green Park have named the luxury apartment building Parkside Residences and expect to complete the 309-unit...

21 February 2022

New York City Upper West Side Tower Secures Sizable Construction Loan

After some legal issues, Gary Barnett’s Extell Development is beginning to make progress on an Upper West Side condo tower. Extell landed US$967 million in...

21 February 2022

311 West Huron Interiors Revealed in Chicago

CTBUH has just received an update on the interiors of 311 West Huron in Chicago, US. The project is being designed by NORR Group Consultants...

18 February 2022

Offer Placed on $30 Million Unfinished Penthouse in Chicago

The unfinished penthouse at the top of Trump International Hotel & Tower is tentatively under contract to a buyer. The unit, more than 14,200 square feet...

18 February 2022

Planned Tower Stalled Over Neighborhood Concerns

A developer has said that an Upper East Side synagogue is unfairly blocking the construction of a 20-story tower next door—but the synagogue contends that...

17 February 2022

Company Proposes 45-Story Tower for Site of Famous Seattle Car Wash

It’s been almost a year and a half since the Elephant Super Car Wash was demolished and the historic pink signs were dismantled at Denny...

17 February 2022

Long Island University Student Center Could be Supplanted with a 29-Story Residential Tower

The designers behind a Brooklyn luxury building want to build an apartment tower where a Long Island University student center currently stands, permits show.The new...

16 February 2022

Downtown Durham YMCA set for Major Transformation

The downtown Durham YMCA is set for a radical transformation in the coming years, after agreeing to a deal with a developer to build a...

14 February 2022

Plans in the Works to Demolish Raleigh Hotel for 20-Story Building

The iconic circular Holiday Inn in downtown Raleigh is still open for now. The days are winding down before it is demolished and replaced by...

11 February 2022

Mixed-Use Building Tops Out in New York City

Construction has topped out on TSX Broadway, a 46-story mixed-use hotel tower at 1568 Broadway in Times Square. Designed by Perkins Eastman and Mancini Duffy...

10 February 2022

New York-Based Developers Propose Residential Project in Fort Lauderdale

A pair of New York-based developers have filed plans with the Development Review Committee of the City of Fort Lauderdale seeking approvals for the construction...

09 February 2022

Exterior Begins to Take Shape on Topped-Out New York City Complex

Façade installation has begun on 595 Dean Street, a two-building mixed-use development in the Pacific Park complex in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. Designed by Handel Architects...

08 February 2022

Mixed-Use Building Proposed for Chicago's Fulton Market

CTBUH has just received confirmation that a tall building has been proposed for the Fulton Market neighborhood in Chicago, US. 170 Green is a mixed-use...

08 February 2022

Residential Building Reaches Completion in New York City

The certificate of occupancy was released to 102 Charlton Street on 12 January, 2022, which is a 22-story residential building in Hudson Square. Designed by...

07 February 2022

Talent Agency to Move to New Headquarters in Los Angeles

Los Angeles talent and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has announced that it will be moving from its current Century City offices at 2000...

04 February 2022

Updated Plans Revealed For Mixed-Use Development in Chicago's West Loop

Updated renderings and plans have been revealed for a mixed-use development at 640 W Washington Boulevard in West Loop Gate. Located just east of the...

03 February 2022

Redevelopment Project to Deliver Housing, Offices, and Retail to Los Angeles Site

Plans to redevelop a storage facility next to Metro's La Cienega/Jefferson Station with housing, offices, and retail are moving forward, with the publication of a...

02 February 2022

Groundbreaking for Luxury Car Residences to Take Place Soon

Luxury carmakers Aston Martin and Porsche have initiated architectural design projects and now Bentley Motors is following suite with a Bentley-branded residential tower in Sunny...

01 February 2022

Proposal for New Residential Development in Arlington Moves Forward

After years of delays, plans for half of an undeveloped parcel of land in Potomac Yard, called Land Bay C East, are taking shape. Two...

01 February 2022

Applications will be Accepted for New Affordable Housing Units in Honolulu

The Hale Kalele affordable rental housing project is projected to be completed in May, 2022. The project is currently architecturally topped out. The Kobayashi group...

31 January 2022

Rhodes State Office Tower Renovation Wraps Up in Columbus

The largest Ohio state renovation project in quite some time has reached completion, US$5 million under budget and a few hours before deadline. Workers finished...

28 January 2022

Fire in Honolulu High-Rise Ruled Accidental

A two-alarm fire at a high-rise building in Kakaako on Sunday, Jan 23, 2022 was started by accident, the Honolulu Fire Department says. Nearly 45...

28 January 2022

Plan Revealed for Downtown Omaha Skyscraper Along Streetcar Line

Downtown Omaha may see a new high-rise corporate headquarters and a new midtown streetcar line—with no projected tax increase—under a new development plan announced by Mutual...

28 January 2022

New York City Office Set for US$100M Redevelopment

Nearly two years after Brookfield Properties and WatermanClark took control of the Lever House at 390 Park Avenue, the developers are ready to put their...

27 January 2022

Investors Near Deals to Buy Office Towers in Chicago's Downtown

A pair of investors backed by foreign capital are poised to take over two prominent downtown office buildings in deals totaling US$400 million, deals that...

27 January 2022

Midtown Skyscraper Tops Out in New York City

Two Manhattan West, a 58-story commercial tower, has officially topped out in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the 935-foot-tall (285-meter-tall) 2-million-square-foot (185,806...

26 January 2022

Rooftop Fire Sends Smoke Billowing Over Center City Philadelphia

Heavy smoke could be seen billowing from a high-rise in Center City Philadelphia on Sunday, 23 January, 2022. The flames broke out around 11:30 a.m....

25 January 2022

Dual-Brand New York City Hotel Opens

Construction is complete and occupancy has begun at 140 West 28th Street, a 46-story dual-brand Marriott Hotel tower in Chelsea. Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect...

25 January 2022

Renderings Revealed For Proposed Twin Towers in Fort Lauderdale

Renderings from Sieger Suarez Architects have been revealed for two identical towers of 40 and 45 stories proposed as a mixed-use development at 300 and...

24 January 2022

One Injured in Fire at Downtown Los Angeles High-Rise Building

Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out on the ground floor of a multi-story, high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles Monday morning, 24 January, 2022. The...

24 January 2022

Office Tower Renovation Completed in New York City

ABS Partners Real Estate has completed a US$50 million renovation of LX57, a 20-story office tower at 695 Lexington Avenue in Sutton Place, Manhattan. Led...

21 January 2022

A Historic Miami Beach Hotel May Get Demolished

When the Beatles stayed in Miami Beach in 1964, they stayed at the Deauville Beach Resort on Collins Avenue, and it was their live “Ed...

20 January 2022

Charlotte Office Tower to Break Ground

Construction of a 23-story office tower in South End will begin in January, adding another high-rise to the fast-growing neighborhood. Developers out of Florida and...

20 January 2022

Housing Lottery Launches For 143 Units in Downtown Brooklyn

The affordable housing lottery has launched for The Willoughby, a 34-story mixed-use building at 196 Willoughby Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by Perkins Eastman and...

19 January 2022

NYC Project's Superstructure Climbs Above Midtown East

Construction has reached the halfway point on 131-141 East 47th Street, a 34-story residential skyscraper in Midtown East. Designed by Ismael Leyva Architects and developed...

17 January 2022

Work Begins on Salt Lake City Skyscraper

Developers from Boston are moving forward with the construction of a new luxury residential building on State Street that could be among Salt Lake City’s...

17 January 2022

Pre-Application Initiated For Miami Development

A pre-application has been initiated for an administrative site plan review with the Miami-Dade County Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources for 700 North Miami...

14 January 2022

Houston Hotel Officially Opens

The Laura Hotel, Autograph Collection has officially opened its doors in Houston's lively central business district. Featuring 223 contemporary guest rooms, a restaurant and a...

14 January 2022

Downtown Los Angeles 24-Story Residential Project Planned

A 13 January 2022 meeting of the Glendale Design Review Board unveiled renderings for Lucia Park, a residential high-rise planned just south of the 134...

14 January 2022

Massive Fulton Market Mixed-Use Project Proposed in Chicago

A Chicago developer is preparing to unveil plans for a US$600 million mixed-use project in the Fulton Market District, the biggest real estate development to...

13 January 2022

US$127 Million Loan Obtained for Office Campus in The Woodlands

A fund managed by CIM Group has provided a US$127 million loan to The Howard Hughes Corp. to refinance a 649,406-square-foot (60,331-square-meter) Class A office...

11 January 2022

Group Secures US$72 Million Financial Package To Construct New Development in New York City

The Rabsky Group recently closed on a US$72 million construction loan to complete a new high-rise residential building at 240 Willoughby Street in Fort Greene,...

11 January 2022

Bronx High-Rise Apartment Fire Kills 17, including Nine Children

A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that filled a high-rise Bronx apartment building with thick smoke Sunday morning, 9 January, 2022 killing 19 people...

10 January 2022

San Francisco Tower Leaning at Rate of 3 Inches Per Year

The engineer responsible for the troubled fix of the Millennium Tower acknowledged that the building is continuing to tilt about 3 inches a year since...

07 January 2022

Rendering Unveiled for Cooper Park Commons in New York City

A rendering has been unveiled for 89 Maspeth Avenue, a 100-percent affordable development in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn with 311 residences. The design architect is Architecture...

07 January 2022

New Renderings of Miami Triple-Tower Project Revealed

Developer Kushner Companies has revealed new renderings of a three-tower project called Edgewater Collective. According to a recent update to Kushner’s website, Edgewater Collective will...

06 January 2022

New Renderings Revealed of San Francisco University Layered Hospital

UCSF has released the latest renderings of a new hospital that will be built at its Parnassus Heights campus in San Francisco. Designed by Herzog...

05 January 2022

Permits Issued For Auction House Overbuild in Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square

Permits have been issued for a multi-family overbuild above the historic Freeman’s Auction House, located at 1810 Chestnut Street in Rittenhouse Square, Center City. Designed...

04 January 2022

Chicago Office Tower Valued at Over US$1 Billion in Purchase by Oak Hill Advisors

A venture led by Oak Hill Advisors has agreed to buy a controlling interest in a new 55-story office tower in Chicago. Oak Hill has...

03 January 2022

High-Rise Revealed For Lot in Sacramento

New plans have been revealed for a multi-structure development with a 30-story tower at Lot X, overlooking the yellow Tower Bridge in Downtown Sacramento. The...

23 December 2021

Permits Filed For A 68-Story Skyscraper in Midtown, New York City

Permits have been filed for a 68-story mixed-use building at 100 West 37th Street in Midtown, Manhattan. Located between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, the lot...

23 December 2021

Permits Issued For 40-Story Tower in Miami

Construction permits have been issued for 697 North Miami Avenue, a 40-story mixed-use building planned to rise behind the 43-story Caoba tower at the 27-acre...

22 December 2021

City Council Approves Williamsburg Project

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is officially getting a bookend to the East River after New York’s City Council gave its final approval to the Two Trees Management-developed...

21 December 2021

City Council Approves Hotel Redevelopment at 175 Park Avenue in New York City

The New York City Council voted on Wednesday to allow the proposed development at the site currently occupied by the Grand Hyatt Hotel at 175...

21 December 2021

New York City Moves to Ban Gas in New Buildings in Growing Trend

On Wednesday, New York City, became the largest city in the country to agree to phase out fossil fuels in all new building construction after...

20 December 2021

Three Skyscrapers in Atlanta's Midtown Advance

As 2021 draws to a close, Midtown’s status as a densifying boomtown within the city shows few signs of abating. Indications are that three more...

17 December 2021

Height Revealed of San Francisco Residential Tower

Hines has announced that 50 Main Street will rise 1,066 feet tall (324 meters tall) potentially becoming among the tallest structures in San Francisco. If...

17 December 2021

Ascent, Milwaukee Structurally Tops Out

New Land Enterprises and development partner Wiechmann Enterprises celebrate milestone as mass timber construction is structurally topped out. Earlier this week, the final mass timber beams,...

16 December 2021

Iconic Las Vegas Hotel & Casino Being Sold

GM Resorts announced Monday that it had agreed to sell the iconic Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Hard Rock International for...

13 December 2021

In Exchange for Constructing New Subway Elevators, Taller New York City Skyscraper Approved

A developer will get to build a taller skyscraper in exchange for constructing elevators at a Midtown subway station, officials announced Tuesday, 7 December, 2021...

13 December 2021

A New 18-Story Residential Tower to Replace Two Masonry Buildings in Chicago, US

Demolition permits have been issued for a long-anticipated West Loop site in Chicago USA, clearing the way for a new 18-story residential tower. Addressed at...

10 December 2021

Property Group Planning Four 60-Story Towers in Miami

Developer Melo Group is planning to redevelop an entire city block at 1700 Biscayne, Miami with four towers rising to 60 stories. The preliminary plans...

10 December 2021

New Loan Acquired to Resume Construction of Helmut Jahn’s South Loop Tower in Chicago

Construction is set to restart at a 74-story Helmut Jahn-designed building in downtown Chicago after developers secured a US$305 million loan and changed plans to...

09 December 2021

Plans Submitted to Build 197-Meter (649-Foot) Towers in Downtown Miami

Developer Crescent Heights has submitted plans to build a giant mixed-use complex next to downtown Miami’s under-construction Signature Bridge. Rafael Viñoly is designing the new towers...

08 December 2021

Renderings for Two Proposals Have Been Revealed for 1431 Franklin Street in Oakland

New renderings have been published ahead of a public meeting for 1431 Franklin Street, a high-rise project in Downtown Oakland. The San Francisco-based Tidewater Capital...

07 December 2021

Miami’s First Supertall Skyscraper is Confirmed For 300 Biscayne Boulevard

Demolition permits have been issued for 300 Biscayne Boulevard, the development site of the upcoming 317-meter tall (1,041-foot) Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences—Miami’s first skyscraper...

06 December 2021

A New Tall Building Has Just Been Announced in Miami on Brickell Avenue

Earlier this week, the Major Food Group (MFG) team behind restaurants like Carbone and the Grill announced a partnership with JDS Development Group to conceive,...

03 December 2021

Residential Skyscraper in Miami Structurally Tops Out

The Aston Martin Residences in Miami has structurally topped out. This milestone was celebrated as part of Design Miami 2021. This sail shaped building is...

01 December 2021

Second Proposal Submitted for 845 South Olive Street in Los Angeles

Real estate firm, Relevant Group, has filed an application to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning for 845 South Olive Street. The firm is...

30 November 2021

Insurance Giant Plans to Sell Their Northbrook Headquarters

Allstate is planning to sell their corporate headquarters campus located in Northbrook, a suburb of Chicago. Currently the Nevada-based warehouse developer, Dermody Properties, is offering...

29 November 2021

A 19th-Century Flour Mill in Chicago Makes Way for New Apartments and Offices

Developer Sterling Bay is planning to redevelop the site of the former Archer Daniels Midland flour mill, at 1300 West Carroll Avenue in Chicago, with...

26 November 2021

Austin Mixed-Use Project Hits Two New Milestones

Sixth and Guadalupe, a mixed-use high-rise under construction in Austin at 400 West 6th Street, has recently hit two milestones: the topping out of the...

24 November 2021

Leasing Activity Gains Momentum in Chicago’s Fulton Market

The maker of John Deere tractors has recently leased more than 38,000 square feet at 800 West Fulton Market in Chicago as it expands its...

18 November 2021

Revised Design for Arlington's Proposed Corporate Campus

Amazon originally revealed plans for the Second Phase of the PenPlace complex in February 2021. Now after receiving public feedback, the masterplan for the project...

17 November 2021

Supertall Skyscraper Planned for Miami

Foundation permits have been filed for Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences in Miami. If approved, the project team is hoping that this building will be...

16 November 2021

Supertall Skyscraper Structurally Tops Out in New York City

The Brooklyn Tower, formerly known as 9 Dekalb, has structurally topped out. It stands at 324.9 meters (1,066 feet) and has 74 stories. The project...

15 November 2021

Construction Starts on Mountain Inspired Project in Denver

Construction has begun on One River North in Denver. This would be the third completed or under-construction project MAD Architects have in America and their...

10 November 2021

New Addition to the University of Pennsylvania Campus Opens in Philadelphia

The Pavilion, an inpatient facility on the University of Pennsylvania medical campus is now open. Designed by the architects Foster + Partners, with the architect of...

08 November 2021

Proposed World Trade Center Residential Supertall Caught in Battle Over Affordable Housing

A proposed residential supertall at Site 5 of the World Trade Center in New York City would include 300 below-market value units, as well as...

05 November 2021

Interest Increases for Office Buildings with Small Floor Plates in Cities Post-COVID

Smaller floor plates in office buildings are becoming more popular for cities, like Chicago, post-COVID. For the last decade, buildings with larger floor plates have...

03 November 2021

After a Decade of Preparation, New York City Medical High-Rise Announced

Plans for a medical office high-rise on Manhattan’s Upper East Side have been announced. To be located at 403 East 79th Street, Extell Development Company...

02 November 2021

Los Angeles Koreatown High-Rise Project Clears City Council

The Los Angeles City Council has approved the general plan amendment and zone change required for a 40-story high-rise in Koreatown to move forward. The...

27 October 2021

New Proposal Plans a 507-Meter High-Rise for New York City

A 507- meter (1,663-foot) building has been proposed for New York City. Affirmation Tower’s design is composed of a series of stepped cantilevers. If its...

26 October 2021

Oil Company Vacates Two Suburban Houston Office Buildings

In 2013, Exxon signed a lease for two buildings in the Hughes Landing complex located in The Woodlands, Texas. Now, the company is looking to...

25 October 2021

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Chicago Project

After five years of planning, the Lincoln Yards’ groundbreaking ceremony was held to signal the start of construction for the first building on the site,...

22 October 2021

High-Rise Office Project Proposed for Fulton Market in Chicago

Paperwork has been filed with the City of Chicago for a new project in Fulton Market, Chicago. 360 North Green is currently a parking lot,...

21 October 2021

New Renderings Revealed for St. Petersburg Residential Project

New renderings have been released of the upcoming project, The Nolen. The project will be located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. This residential building is...

20 October 2021

Claremont Hall Structurally Tops Out in New York City

A high-rise adjacent to the Columbia University campus in New York city just structurally topped out. Claremont Hall’s concrete superstructure is now finished, and the...

19 October 2021

Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Fort Worth Project

The Deco 969 project just had its groundbreaking ceremony. It will be a high-rise residential building in downtown Fort Worth. This project will be part...

18 October 2021

Biomorphic Project Proposed for Los Angeles

A new project is planned for Hollywood Sunset Boulevard called The Star. The US$500 million building will be designed by MAD Architects and developed by...

15 October 2021

New Construction Codes in New York City Allow Taller Mass Timber Construction

A major update to the New York City Construction Codes just approved the use of mass timber, including cross-laminated timber, as a structural material for...

14 October 2021

Energy Company Headquarters in Charlotte Progressing on Schedule

In Charlotte, Charlotte Metro Tower is structurally topped out and the building’s unitized curtain wall is well underway. The 40-story office building reaching to 191...

11 October 2021

High-Rise Addition to Nashville's YMCA

The YMCA of Middle Tennessee in Nashville will soon get a high-rise addition on its site. Located at 1000 Church Street, the building will be...

08 October 2021

Nashville Hotel and Residential Complex Design Revealed

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have released renderings of their upcoming project in Nashville, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Residences complex. The project will consist of two...

07 October 2021

New York City Project Showcases Art Deco-Inspired Façade

A residential building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, 200 Amsterdam Avenue, just completed its façade. Designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects, the façade uses...

06 October 2021

New York City Art Deco Landmark Renovation Complete

Resolution Real Estate has completed a major renovation of the historic McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Building at 330 West 42nd Street in Manhattan. Designed by Raymond...

05 October 2021

Chicago Addition to “Millennium Mile” Tops Off

In Chicago, 300 NMA has reached its final height of 47 floors and 157.6 meters (517 feet). Located at 300 N. Michigan Avenue, the project...

04 October 2021

Office Buildings in Reston Complex Reach Substantial Completion

After 35 months of construction, Clark Construction Group has reached substantial completion on 1950 and 2000 Opportunity Way, the first two office buildings to be...

01 October 2021

Austin Condo Project Tops Out

In downtown Austin’s Rainey Street District, the condo tower at 44 East Avenue by developers Intracorp has officially celebrated its topping out. The 49-floor project...

30 September 2021

Philadelphia Residential Building Tops Off

The topping off of The Laurel Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia was celebrated by architect Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) and developer Southern Land Company on 28...

29 September 2021

San Francisco’s Leaning Tower Risks Massive Plumbing Failures

In San Francisco, the beleaguered Millennium Tower, which has been tilting and sinking despite efforts to correct the situation, just added plumbing challenges to the...

28 September 2021

Next Stop on Minneapolis Skyway Tops Out

In Minneapolis, the RBC Gateway building has topped out at 37 floors and 158 meters. Project completion is anticipated in the second quarter of 2022....

27 September 2021

Developers Sued Over Manhattan Residential Building's Defects

The residents at 432 Park Avenue in New York City have sued the developers, CIM Group and Macklowe Properties, over a list of 1,500 alleged...

24 September 2021

Residential Building in Austin’s Museum District Breaks Ground

The Linden, a 28-story residential tower in Austin's Museum District just north of the state capitol, broke ground 15 September. Located at 313 W. 17th...

23 September 2021

Minneapolis Office Building Gets Big Makeover

Built in 1985, the Minneapolis building formerly known as Campbell Mithun Tower recently wrapped up a US$20 million renovation. After a year of construction, Two22...

22 September 2021

Chicago Residential Project Along the Chicago River Underway

Lendlease recently celebrated breaking ground on The Reed, a 41-story, 440-residence community at 234 W. Polk St. in Chicago’s Printers Row neighborhood. The Reed is...

21 September 2021

Seattle Mixed-Use Tower Has Welcomed Residents

The Residences at Rainier Square have started welcoming their first occupants as of this summer. Located in downtown Seattle, the mixed-use project from Wright Runstad...

17 September 2021

Dramatically Cantilevered Residential Building In New York City Well Underway

On Manhattan’s Upper West Side a visually striking residential building is architecturally topped out at 19 stories and installation work of the windows nearly complete...

16 September 2021

Chicago Condo Building Converting to Apartments in Record-Breaking Sale

A 51-story condominium building in Chicago is being sold and turned into apartments. Strategic Properties of North America plans to convert Ontario Place, a 467-unit...

15 September 2021

Winners Named in Design Competition Re-envisioning Chicago's Thompson Center

Three winners have been named in the 2021 Chicago Prize Competition, which sought new visions for the James R. Thompson Center, an iconic 17-story civic...

14 September 2021

Twisting Condo Next to Brooklyn Bridge Tops Out

A twisting 26-story tower has topped out alongside Brooklyn Bridge. Located at 30 Front Street, the façade at Olympia Dumbo has reached about midway up...

13 September 2021

Masterplan Revealed for New District in Raleigh

Kane Realty Corporation has revealed the design of its masterplan for Raleigh’s Downtown South. Designed in collaboration with 10 Design, the mixed-use 13-hectare (32-acre) development...

10 September 2021

Dual-Branded Hotels in Los Angeles Top Out

National real estate investor and developer Lightstone announced the topping out of construction on the dual-branded Moxy Los Angeles Downtown and AC Hotel Los Angeles...

09 September 2021

Third Phase of Multi-Tower Development in Jersey City Begins Work

Pile driving work has begun on the third phase of the Provost Square complex in Jersey City’s Powerhouse Arts District. Toll Brothers has officially begun...

08 September 2021

Chicago Mixed-Use Complex Working Towards Approval

In Chicago, the developer for a proposed US$20 billion mixed-use complex on the South Side says he is ready to finalize deals with the city...

07 September 2021

Texas Medical Center Launches Life Science Campus Expansion

Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston, Texas, has launched a 15-hectare (37-acre) life science campus, TMC3. Construction has begun on Phase One, which is backed...

06 September 2021

Atlanta Residential Building in Mixed-Use Development Tops Out

In Atlanta, the Mira apartment complex has topped out in the Midtown Union mixed-use development. Developed by MetLife Investment Management and StreetLights Residential, the 26-story...

02 September 2021

New York City Building Repositions with New Ground Level Experience

The redesigned ground level experience at 60 Wall Street in New York City aims to attract a variety of top-tier tenants. The building had long...

01 September 2021

Work to Solve San Francisco Residential Building’s Sinking Makes It Sink Faster

Foundation retrofit work was halted at Millennium Tower in San Francisco after it was found the project to prevent further sinking was in fact causing...

31 August 2021

Portland Residential Project Proposed at 18 Stories

In downtown Portland, Maine, an 18-story apartment building delivering more than 260 apartments has been proposed. Redfern Properties’ project at 200 Federal Street would require...

26 August 2021

Housing Development Proposed Near Tech Giant's San Jose Village

A new housing tower could sprout in downtown San Jose, a project that would add several hundred residential units near Google’s transit-oriented neighborhood. Apollo, the...

25 August 2021

Renderings Revealed for 40-Story Tower Redevelopment in New York City

An Environmental Assessment Statement reveals plans for a 40-story tower designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill at 415 Madison Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan. The...

24 August 2021

New Permits Filed for 26-Story Tower in New York City

Permits have been filed for a 26-story mixed-use building at 69 Adams Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Located between Front and York Streets, the lot is...

23 August 2021

Detailed Massing Renderings Revealed For Two Miami Residential Towers

A new batch of detailed-massing and aerial renderings have been revealed for two new towers at the MiamiCentral complex, a three-million-square-foot (278,709-square-meter) mixed-use railroad station...

20 August 2021

Residential High-Rise Breaks Ground in Booming Austin District

In Austin’s Rainey district, a 41-story condo building has broken ground, starting construction after demolishing existing structures on its .2-hecatre (.4-acre) site. Developed by Pearlstone...

19 August 2021

Towering New Hospital Opens in Loma Linda

A 16-story hospital has opened in Loma Linda. At 81.7 meters (268 feet) in height, the US$1.5 billion Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus houses...

18 August 2021

Old Chicago Main Post Office Gets a Major New Tenant

The 601W Companies has landed a major new tenant for its property at 433 W. Van Buren St., the Old Chicago Main Post Office building....

17 August 2021

Sailboat-Inspired Office Building Tops Out in Austin

Block 185, a 35-floor downtown Austin office tower, has topped out at 179.5 meters. Located at 601 West Second Street, the building with a silhouette...

16 August 2021

Modeling Explores How the Surfside Condo Collapse Could Have Occurred

Investigation continues into the cause of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, which collapsed on June 24, killing 98 people. The...

13 August 2021

Residential High-Rise Proposed in Austin

Austin-based firm Urbanspace Real Estate + Interiors has proposed a 55-story high-rise with 345 market-rate residences. The Modern Austin Residences would be located at 610...

12 August 2021

Residential High-Rise in Nashville Evokes Rippling Flag

A curved residential high-rise is being considered for downtown Nashville. Proposed for the SoBro roundabout, 800 Lea would reach 45 stories at 186 meters (610...

11 August 2021

Residential Building Proposed As Part of Buffalo Hotel Repositioning Project

In a continued effort to bring residences to a hotel repositioning project in Buffalo, developer Stinson Hospitality Real Estate is proposing a 20-story residential building...

10 August 2021

Updated Atlanta Master Plan Details Revealed

An updated proposal for the 20-hectare (50-acre) master site plan for the Centennial Yards site in Atlanta provides increased walkability and access, and is designed...

06 August 2021

Chicago Residential Building Drops Condos from its Mix

The pandemic is influencing behavior among potential condo owners in Chicago’s downtown. With the availability of a vaccine and the effects of the Delta variant,...

05 August 2021

Brooklyn Mixed-Use Development Moves into Construction

New visuals have been released for The Alloy Block, a mixed-use development in construction at 80 Flatbush Avenue and 100 Flatbush Avenue on the border...

04 August 2021

Residential High-Rise Proposed in Columbus

A 13-story apartment building is being proposed for downtown Columbus, as part of a redevelopment of the Ohio capital’s North High Street / Gay Street...

03 August 2021

Residential High-Rise in Miami Tops Out

The Missoni Baia condominium high-rise in Miami has topped out at 198 meters. The 57-story building from OKO Group and Cain International has most of...

02 August 2021

Multifamily High-Rise in Phoenix Breaks Ground

The Skye on 6th 26-floor multifamily project has broken ground in Phoenix. The project will deliver 309 units with approximately 604 square meters (6,500 square...

30 July 2021

New High-Rises Planned in Austin

On a full city block near the Austin Convention Center downtown, Cielo Property Group proposes to build two office buildings, which could add up to...

29 July 2021

Multiple High-Rises Proposed in Boise

Three different high-rises have been proposed for the Boise metro, but the projects are facing some community pushback. Vida Properties plans to build a three-structure...

28 July 2021

Brooklyn Complex Project Achieves Milestone

The 14-floor residential building on Calyer Place has architecturally topped out. Located at 37 West Street, it is part of a 92,903-square-meter (1 million-square-foot) waterfront...

27 July 2021

Massive Lakefront Redevelopment Wins Approval in Chicago

The US$3.8 billion redevelopment of the former Michael Reese Hospital site in Chicago was approved by the Chicago City Council. The only one of three...

26 July 2021

Proposed Salt Lake City Residential Project Clears Planning Hurdle

The Salt Lake City Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve the design review application for a 390-foot mixed-use residential building at the site of the...

23 July 2021

High-Rise Planned for Lafayette

Twin 20-story towers distinguish a high-rise planned for Lafayette. Seven16 Lafayette Tower would reach 79 meters (260 feet) and cover 22,297 square meters (240,000 square...

22 July 2021

Construction Starts on Student Housing High-Rise in Columbia

In Columbia, construction has begun on a 17-story student housing building located nearby the University of South Carolina. The Standard at Columbia will deliver 247...

21 July 2021

Passive House Mixed-Use High-Rise Coming to New York City

The 26-story apartment building at 425 Grand Concourse in the Bronx, which is 75 percent complete, is targeting Passive House designation. The project topped out...

20 July 2021

Burst Water Line Floods Tampa High-Rise

The cause of a burst water line which flooded 27 floors of the 35-story Element residential high-rise in Tampa is still unknown four days after...

19 July 2021

Boston High-Rise Tops Out

One Congress in Boston completed vertical construction at 182.9 meters. Project completion for the 43-story building is anticipated by January 2023. The project broke ground...

13 July 2021

Chicago Mixed-Use Project Starts Site Prep

Work has begun at 410 S Wabash Avenue in Chicago where developer LMC has planned a 25-story mixed-use tower. Crews have begun removing the site’s...

12 July 2021

Church in New York City to Become Office Tower

After a year-long delay due to a construction lender pulling out of the project in March 2020, the redevelopment project at 125 West 57th Street...

08 July 2021

Insurance Company Sues City of Chicago After Skyscraper Floods

The insurer for the Willis Tower in Chicago is suing the City of Chicago in an attempt to recoup some of its costs in paying...

07 July 2021

Parisian Sensibility Brings Out the New York in Residential Building

Having opened late 2020, New York City’s first tower designed by a French female architect only has 8 residences left for sale of the original...

06 July 2021

Surfside Building Demolished to Aid Search Efforts

The death toll has risen to 28 with 117 people still missing at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South building in Surfside. The...

02 July 2021

Penthouse Details Revealed of Luxury Residences in Miami

The Aston Martin Residences in Miami are being designed to recall the form of a sail. Toward the interior, the residences open outward with floor-to-ceiling...

01 July 2021

Office Project in Houston Slated for 2024 Completion

Skanska is investing US$225 million in an office development project, 1550 on the Green in Houston, with construction beginning in June 2021 and scheduled to...

30 June 2021

Additional Details Revealed about Surfside Condo Prior to Collapse

Just weeks before Champlain Towers South collapsed, town officials in Surfside, Fla., were demanding immediate changes on the property—but all of their requirements focused on...

29 June 2021

New Rendering Reveals New York City Development's Height

OMA has released a new preliminary rendering of 41-47 West 57th Street. About 237,100 square feet (22,027 square meters) will be devoted toward residential usage...

28 June 2021

Mixed-Use Building in Brooklyn Opens

One Willoughby Square, a 34-story, 46,451-square-meter (500,000-square-foot) tower in Brooklyn has opened. The building includes office space, retail, and a public school for 300 students....

24 June 2021

Partial Collapse of Building in Surfside Kills at Least One

Part of a 13-story residential building collapsed early 24 June, 2021 in the South Florida community of Surfside, killing at least one person and sparking...

18 June 2021

Atlanta BeltLine Mixed-Use Development Underway

Redeveloping the site of a former Georgia Power operations center, a new mixed-use high-rise development currently under construction along Atlanta’s BeltLine covers 102,193 square meters...

17 June 2021

San Jose Project Builds on Area’s Agricultural Heritage

The Orchard residences on the Westbank campus in San Jose will span two distinct buildings including an accompanying workspace in an L-shaped plan. Sited at...

16 June 2021

Carbon-Neutral Mixed-Use High-Rise Wins Chicago Design Competition

An affordable mixed-use carbon-neutral high-rise designed by The Community Builders and Studio Gang has been selected as the winner of the City of Chicago’s C40...

15 June 2021

Timber Project Proposed in Madison Incorporates Historic Building

A 15-story residential timber building has been proposed in Madison. Baker’s Place will consist of three volumes that range in height from 9 to 14...

14 June 2021

A Competition to Give Chicago's Thompson Center New Life Opens

A competition open to the general public to re-envision the State of Illinois “Thompson” Center has been launched by the Chicago Architecture Center and the...

11 June 2021

Seattle Net-Zero Project Using Modular Construction

A 15-story apartment building in Seattle designed to be a net-zero energy development is being constructed with panels manufactured at a plant in Tacoma, Wash....

10 June 2021

Hotel and Residential High-Rise Now Open in Downtown Coeur d'Alene

A long-anticipated US$20 million high-rise is now open in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The 15-story One Lakeside opened in May 2021 at 201 N. First St.,...

09 June 2021

Proposed Slender Tower in Allentown Receives Planning Extension

It’s been 75 months since the Allentown Planning Commission blessed Bruce Loch’s plan to build the 33-story Landmark Tower on a small South Ninth Street...

08 June 2021

Plans for Chicago Mixed-Use High-Rise Moving Forward

The Chicago City Council has approved a 47-story mixed-use tower, located at 640 W Washington Boulevard in West Loop Gate. The development will replace an...

04 June 2021

Jersey City Skyscraper Has Launched

The second rental skyscraper at Journal Squared has opened. Located at 537 Summit Avenue in Jersey City, the 68-story building stands 230 meters (754 feet)...

02 June 2021

Lantern House Completes Construction in New York City

Construction is now complete on Lantern House, a pair of residential buildings straddling the High Line at 515 West 18th Street in Chelsea. The 10-...

01 June 2021

Final Hurdle Cleared for Megadevelopment in Chicago

The Chicago City Council has approved the 3.3-hectare (8.1-acre) North Union megadevelopment in the Near North Side. Planned by JDL Development, the project site is...

28 May 2021

High-Rise Apartment Building in Suburban Chicago Tops Out

The 17-story One Oak Brook Commons rental apartment development in the Village of Oak Brook has topped out. One Oak Brook Commons will be a...

27 May 2021

Conceptual Approval Granted for Milwaukee Residential High-Rise

A proposed 32-story apartment high-rise was granted conceptual approval by Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward Architectural Review Board, which did an initial review of the US$140...

25 May 2021

Excavation Underway for Proposed Brooklyn Skyscraper

Excavation work has begun at 625 Fulton Street, site of a proposed 942-foot-tall (287-meter-tall), 79-story mixed-use skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn. The 167,225 square-meter (1.8-million-square-foot) project...

24 May 2021

Los Angeles Skyscraper Slide Won't Reopen

A renovation will do away with a slide that gave thrill-seekers a brief ride on the outside of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper. The new...

21 May 2021

Downtown Los Angeles High-Rise Moving Closer to Construction

A new residential high-rise in downtown Los Angeles has been approved by Los Angeles City Planning nearly five years after being first proposed. Located at...

20 May 2021

New Life Coming to Louisville CBD With Repositioning

In downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the 30-story office tower at 5th and Jefferson streets is undergoing a significant repositioning under new ownership. The US$16 million plan...

19 May 2021

New Skyscraper Planned for Dallas Arts District

A 38-story 520,000-square-foot (48,310-square-meter) skyscraper is coming to Dallas, Texas. The Field Street Tower office building will be located at the southeast corner of Field...

18 May 2021

Chicago Skyscraper Getting a Big Makeover

Accenture Tower in Chicago will undergo a US$22 million renovation, including indoor and outdoor amenities and the addition of 90,000 square feet (8,361 square meters)...

17 May 2021

Miami Area Residential Complex Tops Out

The 52-story Boutique North Tower of The Estates at Acqualina, a US$1.8 billion residential development, has topped out in Miami’s Sunny Isles Beach. The building...

14 May 2021

High-Rise Lab Planned for Chicago’s Fulton Market

Chicago developer Mark Goodman wants to build a 19-story life sciences lab building along the western edge of the Fulton Market District, a project that...

13 May 2021

New York City Observatory Set to Open Fall 2021

Summit One Vanderbilt, a four-level 6,039 square meter (65,000 square foot) observatory including an outdoor summit terrace, will be located in the crown of One...

12 May 2021

Major Retailer Skyscraper Project Expands to Invest in Surrounding Neighborhood

The proposed scope of work for a 274-meter-tall (900-foot-tall) tower on top of Macy’s Herald Square flagship store in New York City has been expanded...

11 May 2021

Art Gensler, Founder of Eponymous Architecture Firm, Dies Age 85

Art Gensler, the American architect, interior designer, and founder of global architecture firm Gensler, has passed away at the age of 85 after being diagnosed...

10 May 2021

Helmut Jahn, One of American Architecture's Most Celebrated Figures, Dies Age 81

Helmut Jahn, the architect behind some of America's best-known buildings, has died in a bicycle accident aged 81. The German-American designer, whose high-profile projects include...

07 May 2021

New Manhattan Supertall’s Exterior Prioritizes Floor-to-Ceiling Views

The majority of 343 Madison Avenue, a proposed 320-meter-tall (1,050-foot-tall) office supertall in Midtown East, will be clad in floor-to-ceiling glass with strips of indented...

07 May 2021

With Funds Secured, Construction Begins on Milwaukee Lakefront Development

A 44-story tower on the shore of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee is ready to begin construction now that funding has been secured. Barrett Lo Visionary...

06 May 2021

Seattle High-Rise to Prioritize Occupant Connectivity

The Net, a new office building being built in Seattle, is focused on human well-being, including some aspects in response to the pandemic. The facility...

05 May 2021

Residential Tower to Replace Parking Lot in New York City Historic District

New York City landmarks commissioners approved a plan to replace a 50-year-old parking lot between Water and Pearl streets in downtown Manhattan with a brick...

04 May 2021

Newest Bank Tower in Charlotte Completes Construction

Construction on the newest bank tower in Charlotte is complete, according to a statement by the developer on Monday, 3 May, 2021 the latest in...

03 May 2021

A Mega-Project Could Reshape the Arts District in Los Angeles

Blows to businesses during the pandemic have deadened the streets of downtown Los Angeles and threaten long-term changes to office life, but builders are pressing...

30 April 2021

Major Bank to Move Workers Out of Downtown Columbus Tower

The owners of downtown's Chase Tower remain confident in the building's future despite losing their namesake tenant in late April, 2021. "It's not a real...

29 April 2021

Stepped And Cantilevering Towers Top Out in Brooklyn

Construction has topped out on 227 West Street, a pair of 34- and 42-story residential towers in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Designed by OMA with Beyer Blinder...

27 April 2021

Demolition Process for Jacksonville Building Commenced

The demolition process for a never-completed Jacksonville hotel is finally underway after the building sat vacant for over 13 years. Mayor Lenny Curry tweeted that...

23 April 2021

Skydeck at Chicago's Tallest Building Reopens Featuring a New Interactive Museum

EQ Office announced the exciting reopening of Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower to the public on 23 April, 2021 after completing an extensive redevelopment. The...

22 April 2021

Chicago Opens the Door to More Branded High-Rise Signage

Chicago’s skyline could be in for changes after the city passed rules that could allow more signs on some office towers. The rules, which would...

19 April 2021

Developer Unveils Plan for Almost 2,700 Apartments on Chicago's Goose Island

A Canadian developer has unveiled plans to bring up to 2,650 apartments to a part of the city that now has no residents. Onni Group...

16 April 2021

New Renderings Revealed for Mixed-Use New York City Tower

A new batch of renderings were released about Project Commodore, Skidmore Owings & Merrill‘s upcoming mixed-use supertall at 175 Park Avenue in Midtown East. The...

13 April 2021

Chicago Office Tower Tops Out

Construction has topped out for the 50-story, 727-foot-tall (221-meter-tall) office tower at 320 S Canal Street in the West Loop. Also known as BMO Tower,...

09 April 2021

Developer Announces New Residences in Sunny Isles Beach

The Sunny Isles Beach area will be gaining another luxury-branded tower sometime in the near future. Dezer Development, the triumphant developer behind Porsche Design Tower...

08 April 2021

Lawsuits Dismissed Against Proposed Manhattan Skyscrapers

The New York State Court of Appeals shut down a lawsuit opposing the development of four new skyscrapers in Lower Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood. This...

07 April 2021

Concrete Starts Rising in Phase 1 of San Francisco Residential Master Plan

While sales for housing on Yerba Buena Island are underway, the first sign of concrete is finally visible on Treasure Island. The first of many...

06 April 2021

New Miami Supertall Hotel & Residences Announced

Developers Property Markets Group (PMG) and Greybrook Realty Partners have officially announced their next grand development, and it will come in the form of a...

05 April 2021

Construction Completes On Manhattan Residential Building

Construction is complete on The Artisan, a 26-story residential building at 180 Broome Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Designed by Handel Architects and developed...

05 April 2021

Ginza, Tokyo to Get High Line-Style Park

One of the more well-known expressways in downtown Tokyo is about to be converted into an elevated pedestrian promenade and greenway, similar to the High...

02 April 2021

Missoula University Building Proposed Using Cross-Laminated Timber

As the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation outgrows its nearly 100-year-old building at University of Montana, the Missoula flagship is requesting money from...

01 April 2021

Newark City Officials Approve Three-Tower Development

The Newark Central Planning Board recently approved proposals to construct The Halo, a massive three-tower residential development. Located at 289-301 Washington Street, the 44-, 48-,...

31 March 2021

New High-Rise Coming to Chicago in Fast-Growing Neighborhood

The Fulton Market District apartment boom is pushing north of Lake Street, the next frontier for housing developers in the neighborhood after a recent city...

29 March 2021

Graduate Hotel Completes Construction On Roosevelt Island, New York City

Work is fully complete on Snøhetta‘s 18-story, 224-room Graduate Hotel at 22 North Loop Road and the adjacent four-story Verizon Tech Executive Education Center on...

26 March 2021

Miami Office Tower Approaches Halfway Mark

As financial firms, technology companies and high-net worth individuals migrate to Miami en masse, construction is progressing at a Class A office tower underway in...

25 March 2021

New Photos of Residential Complex in Manhattan Revealed

A new set of architectural photographs have been revealed of the recently completed Waterline Square Park, photographed by Elizabeth Felicella. The 2.6-acre (1-hectare) green space...

24 March 2021

Downtown San Jose Tower Project Pushes Ahead

A new downtown San Jose residential tower poised to be a gateway to the city’s urban core is taking a step forward now that its...

23 March 2021

The Demolition of a Historic Manhattan Lobby is Nearly Complete

Over the past few months, preservationists have fought hard to landmark the suave, Streamline Moderne lobby of the McGraw-Hill Building, a 1931 Art Deco high-rise...

22 March 2021

New San Francisco Tower Approved

San Francisco supervisors approved on 16 March, 2021 an 806 foot (245 meter) tower that could be the city's fourth-tallest building, the culmination of a...

19 March 2021

San Francisco Office Tower Tops Out

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) recently celebrated the topping out of 415 Natoma Street with developer Brookfield Properties. The new, 640,000-square-foot (59,457-square-meter) Class A office...

18 March 2021

Philadelphia Calls for "Lights Out" to Reduce Bird Collisions

The lights of Philadelphia may not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to prevent...

17 March 2021

Planned Developments Coming to Nashville by 2023

The SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament will be at Bridgestone Arena in March 2022. Then the SEC men's tournament will return from 2023 to 2035. That’s...

11 March 2021

Megaproject in Chicago Gets Key Support from Metra

Developers of the proposed US$20 billion One Central complex on railroad air rights west of Soldier Field have received a show of support from a...

10 March 2021

Indianapolis Hotel Sets New Record for "Tallest Bracket"

The president and CEO at Sport Graphics had overseen a giant NCAA tournament bracket on the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis in 2015, but the...

09 March 2021

Hospital in Philadelphia Unveils New High-Rise Proposals

The week of 4 March, 2021, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) has unveiled two new high-rise proposals, one at (tentatively) 3401 Civic Center Boulevard...

05 March 2021

New Renderings Revealed for Midtown Manhattan Redevelopment

A new set of renderings has been released for Vornado Realty Trust‘s 7.4-million-square-foot (687,482-square-meter) Penn District redevelopment in Midtown. Created by DBOX, the images highlight...

03 March 2021

New York City Skyscraper Receives Permits

On 2 March, 2021 New York State’s Appellate Division, First Department, unanimously ruled in favor of 200 Amsterdam Avenue‘s developers, SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan...

02 March 2021

New Mixed-Use Office and Performing Arts Center Headed for Boston

Henning Larsen's design for Boston Seaport Block L5 (One Boston Wharf Road), developed in collaboration with WS Development, will translate the character of Boston’s Fort...

01 March 2021

Construction Completes on Upper East Side Manhattan Tower

Construction is now complete on Beckford House and Beckford Tower, a pair of completed residential buildings in the Yorkville section of Manhattan’s Upper East Side....

26 February 2021

Developer Plans More Than 1,000 Apartments in Chicago's West Loop

A Canadian developer plans two high-rises with more than 1,000 apartments next to Presidential Towers in the West Loop, a big vote of confidence in...

25 February 2021

Developer Behind Chemical Building Renovation Sued by Architect

An architecture firm involved in a US$54 million revamp of downtown St. Louis' Chemical Building is suing developer Restoration St. Louis alleging it is owed...

24 February 2021

Hospital Site Redevelopment Wins Key Approval in Chicago

The developers planning to turn the former Michael Reese Hospital site in Bronzeville into a 49-acre (19.8-hectare) mixed-use campus over the next two decades took...

23 February 2021

Atlantic City Branded Hotel Imploded

It was not the biggest or the best implosion ever. An auction for the right to detonate the dynamite to begin the implosion of Trump...

22 February 2021

Mixed-Use Tower Tops Out In New Rochelle

One Clinton Park, a new 28-story mixed-use tower, has officially topped out in New Rochelle. Located at 55 Clinton Place, the building will contain 352...

19 February 2021

Sixth Building in New York City Megadevelopment Tops Out

50 Hudson Yards, the practice’s latest building in New York has officially topped out. The LEED Gold-designed, 58-story office development forms an integral part of...

18 February 2021

Port Authority Taps Developers for Another World Trade Center Building in New York City

One of the final undeveloped World Trade Center parcels will give rise to a residential skyscraper with more than 1,300 apartments.The Port Authority of New...

17 February 2021

New Permits Filed in Center City, Philadelphia

Permits have been issued for the consolidation of the five properties that make up the site of the 567-foot-tall (172-meter-tall) 49-story skyscraper proposed at 113-121...

12 February 2021

World-Renowned Structural Engineer, and Former CTBUH Chairman, Les Robertson Dies

Leslie E. Robertson, preeminent structural engineer and former CTBUH Chairman, died on Feb. 11, 2021—one day before his 93rd birthday. The cause was cancer.Robertson was...

11 February 2021

Renderings Released For Downtown San Jose Mixed-Use Project

New renderings have been released for Westbank’s mixed-use building, Park Habitat at 180 Park Avenue, Downtown San Jose. The illustrations came with the Westbank Campus...

10 February 2021

Crowdfunding Collapse Sets Back Fulton Market Project in Chicago

The implosion of a New York real estate investment firm has undermined plans for two major developments in Chicago, including a hotel in the Fulton...

09 February 2021

Designs Revealed for Tech Giant Headquarters in Arlington

Two years after tech giant Amazon ended its search for a second headquarters site and settled on Arlington, Virginia (after plans for a Queens offshoot...

08 February 2021

An Aspen Tree-Inspired Mixed-Use Complex is Coming to Denver

Studio Gang has revealed its latest project, a 14-story, mixed-use tower slated to rise on a triangular lot in downtown Denver. Once complete, Populus, the...

05 February 2021

Architecture Firm Aims to Revive Michigan Central Station in Detroit

(WXYZ) — Ford Motor Company has hired an architectural contractor aimed to restore Michigan Central Station.EverGreen Architectural Arts aims to revive the "grandest areas of...

04 February 2021

Midtown East Supertall Renderings Revealed in New York City

Skidmore Owings & Merrill has revealed a new set of renderings for Project Commodore, a 1,646-foot (501-meter) supertall office skyscraper that would become the tallest...

03 February 2021

Airline Reduces Chicago Tower Footprint After Sweeping COVID-19-Related Cuts

United Airlines is shrinking its Willis Tower headquarters, where it has about 30 percent fewer workers than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline today confirmed...

02 February 2021

Updated Plans Revealed For 42-Story Tower in Jersey City

HAP Investments has unveiled updates for a new high-rise residential building in Jersey City. Located at 500 Summit Avenue, the building will eventually tower 42...

01 February 2021

Businesses Exit Chicago's Thompson Center as State Buys West Loop Offices

The state of Illinois has bought a West Loop office building, a move that ought to erase any doubt it soon will fully vacate the...

29 January 2021

Supertall Office Tower Tops Out in New York City

The rapid pace of construction at 66 Hudson Boulevard, aka The Spiral, finally reached the 65-story, 1,041-foot-tall (317-meter) pinnacle over Hudson Yards on Tuesday, 26...

28 January 2021

Transit-Oriented Apartment Block With Skybridge Rises in Downtown Bethesda

Residents in February, 2021 will begin moving into the Elm, a 456-unit high-rise apartment block in downtown Bethesda, Md. “The Elm is part of Montgomery...

27 January 2021

Curated 79th Floor Luxury Residence Hits the Market at New York City High-Rise

“Among the clouds, at one thousand feet, exists an inner floating garden,” reads the first line of the Engel & Völkers Mercedes Berk team’s off-market...

26 January 2021

Developers Look to Add Units to Stalled Chicago Tower

After losing their financing last year, the New York City developers of a stalled 74-story residential high-rise next to Grant Park are trying to jump-start...

25 January 2021

Updated Renderings Revealed for Skyscraper in Multi-Tower New York City Plan

Updated renderings created by DBOX for Vornado Realty Trust showcase The Penn District, a 7.4-million-square-foot (687,482 square meters) development in Midtown, Manhattan. Located within the...

22 January 2021

Details on Multiple Salt Lake City High-Rises Revealed

“Small” Lake City keeps growing up. Check out the ever-rising skyline, where 2021 and 2022 will bring three new skyscrapers to the heart of Utah’s...

21 January 2021

Iconic Chicago Building Getting Massive Plaza Renovation

The owner of one of Chicago’s biggest office towers is investing US$6.5 million to demolish and redesign its half-acre (0.2-hectare) plaza in anticipation of greater...

19 January 2021

Elevations Revealed for Oakland Skyscraper

Plans for a 622-foot (189 meters) office tower at 415 20th Street are heading to the Oakland Design Review Committee on January 27th 2021. The...

15 January 2021

Jersey City Planning Board Approves 26-Story Mixed-Use Tower

A new 26-story tower in Journal Square could soon begin construction following approvals from the Jersey City Planning Board. The tower will occupy a large...

14 January 2021

Developer Scales Back Chicago Lakeshore High-Rise Plans

The developer of a big high-rise proposed just north of Millennium Park has scaled back its plans, slashing the number of hotel rooms in the...

12 January 2021

New Art Installation Revealed at Chicago's Tallest Tower

EQ Office revealed Atmospheric wave wall, a new cultural landmark and the first public art installation in Chicago by globally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. Prominently...

11 January 2021

Jersey City Twin tower Project Gets Final Approval

A massive Journal Square development project cleared its final hurdle Tuesday, 5 January, 2020 and construction is expected to begin in June 2021. The Kushner...

08 January 2021

New Hotel, Apartment Tower Breaks Ground in St. Petersburg, Florida

Ground has broken on a 34-story, US$117 million hotel and apartment tower on a long-vacant patch of downtown St. Petersburg. Early construction on Ascent St....

07 January 2021

Permits Filed for 70 Story Mixed-Use Tower in New York City

Permits have been filed for a 70-story mixed-use tower at 520 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Rabina Properties is listed as the owner behind the...

06 January 2021

Construction Wraps On Hotel in New York City's Midtown

Construction is now complete on the Pendry Manhattan West Hotel, a 281-foot-tall (85.6-meter-tall) mixed-use structure at Four Manhattan West in Midtown West. Designed by Skidmore...

05 January 2021

Work Progresses on Wauwatosa Independent Living Residences

Work is progressing on a 15-story, 168-unit apartment tower at the Wauwatosa campus of St. Camillus Health System Inc. That tower, in the 10100 block...

22 December 2020

Tampa Hotel Opens in Anticipation of Super Bowl

Super Bowl LV visitors to Tampa on 7 February, 2021 won't have a shortage of venues to book while they're in town. Contractors are vigorously...

21 December 2020

Renderings Unveiled For The Reed At Southbank

Renderings have been revealed for The Reed, the second residential tower at Southbank. Located on a 7.5-acre (3.03-hectare), waterfront site, Southbank is a megadevelopment that...

18 December 2020

Costs of Turning Former San Antonio HQ Into City Offices Now Tops $140 Million

The city’s estimated price tag for buying and transforming Frost Bank’s old headquarters in downtown San Antonio into offices for employees has swelled to just...

17 December 2020

Charity Auction Planned for Right to Detonate Implosion at Abandoned Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City

One of President Donald Trump’s former Atlantic City casinos will be blown up next month, and for the right amount of money, you could be...

16 December 2020

Fort Worth Council Approves Purchase of Downtown Tower for City Hall

Cheering the decision as a financial win and a sign of a new era for Fort Worth, the City Council on Tuesday, 15 December, 2020...

15 December 2020

Credit Company to Shift Headquarters to Oakland from San Francisco

Credit Karma has decided to shift its headquarters from San Francisco to the same downtown Oakland office tower where it had already leased a big...

14 December 2020

Waterfront District Development Approved in New York City

The week of 7 December 2020, the New York City Council approved a Flushing waterfront development set to cost US$2 billion. The massive mixed-use project,...

10 December 2020

Residential Tower Tops Out at 122.9 Meters in Chicago

Construction on Cascade has topped out 396 feet (120 meters) over Lakeshore East. Officially addressed at 455 E Waterside Drive, Cascade is part of the...

09 December 2020

Minneapolis Tower Tops Out

270 Hennepin Avenue has topped out in Minneapolis, United States. Footage of the 22-story building reaching its final architectural height was released on 9 December,...

08 December 2020

Apartment Towers Pitched for South Loop, Near West Side in Chicago

COVID-19 has slowed Chicago’s economy, but two bullish developers have drawn up ambitious plans that would bring a combined 1,200 apartments to two city neighborhoods....

03 December 2020

Downtown Dallas Hotel to Start Construction Soon

Developers are breaking ground next week, 7 December 2020, on a new downtown Dallas luxury hotel. Plano-based Sam Moon Group is building the 283-room JW...

02 December 2020

New Details Revealed About Twin Tower Complex in West Palm Beach

One West Palm, the partly-built complex that stopped construction earlier this year, is starting up construction again, according to the project's developer. "We're back to...

30 November 2020

Plans for 12-Hectare "Mobility District" Revealed in Detroit

The Ford Motor Company has formally unveiled design plans for Michigan Central, a neighborhood-anchoring 30-acre (12.1-hectare) redevelopment in Detroit that will give way to an...

25 November 2020

Chicago’s Third Tallest Building Gets A New Name

The soaring Vista Tower, the newest addition to Chicago’s famed skyline, now has a new name: St. Regis Chicago. The skyscraper also has a new...

24 November 2020

Long-Delayed Milwaukee High-Rise Set to Begin Construction

The long-delayed Couture apartment high-rise has received its final financing approval, setting the stage for a construction start at its downtown Milwaukee site overlooking Lake...

23 November 2020

Multicolored Hotel Tops Out in New York City

Developer Youngwoo & Associates challenged MVRDV to design an innovative project that accommodates a large volume of program while fitting the surrounding context - a...

19 November 2020

Twelve-Story Car Vending Machine Opens in Atlanta

Atlanta’s newest high-rise building could be the tallest car vending machine in the country. Carvana, the online used car dealership, has opened its flagship vending...

18 November 2020

Twin 52-Story Towers Top Off in Miami

Melo Group, one of Miami’s preeminent developers of high-end residential towers, is one step closer to delivering Downtown 5th: the single largest multifamily development ever...

17 November 2020

Residential High-Rise Tops Out Over Downtown Brooklyn, New York City

Construction has topped out at 22 Chapel Street, a 20-story residential building in Downtown Brooklyn. Designed by CetraRuddy and developed by Delshah Capital and OTL...

13 November 2020

A 25-Story Proposed Apartment Tower Could be Wauwatosa's Tallest

A 25-story apartment tower with over 350 units would be way too large for Wauwatosa's west side, according to neighborhood residents and city officials opposing...

12 November 2020

First Phase Nearly Complete of New Neighborhood in Tampa

Construction on Water Street Tampa, a new downtown neighborhood, started in 2016 and project leaders say the first phase is almost finished. There are about...

11 November 2020

More than 750 Homes Move Forward at West Oakland BART Station

The Oakland Planning Commission unanimously approved a huge housing project at the West Oakland BART Station in early November 2020, part of the transit agency’s...

10 November 2020

Major Luxury Hotel Brand Sold in Chicago

After buying a pair of historic Chicago properties and the city's Major League Soccer franchise, Joe Mansueto is making another high-profile purchase: The Waldorf Astoria...

09 November 2020

Dramatic Revamp Eyed for Downtown San Jose Historic Tower

A dramatic revamp of the historic Bank of Italy office tower in downtown San Jose is in the works and would feature a top-to-bottom renovation...

06 November 2020

Supertall Building Proposed for Austin Site

After 20 years of unrealized development plans for the approximately 3.3-acre (1.3-hectare) property at the southwest corner of Cesar Chavez and Red River Streets near...

05 November 2020

Honolulu Complex Developer Plans for Two More Towers

Two towers with 1,243 homes will be in the next phase of Ward Village, according to the developer of the master planned community in Kakaako....

03 November 2020

Downtown San Jose Affordable Housing Complex Gets Financing from Tech Giant

A large residential complex that’s being developed in downtown San Jose near Google’s proposed transit village has landed some key financing from a unit of...

02 November 2020

Developers Announce Transformative Downtown Dallas Project

Hoque Global and its partners will begin construction on what could be the tallest structure on the southern end of downtown Dallas—adjacent to Dallas City...

30 October 2020

Electrical Fire at Half-Demolished New York City Skyscraper Forces Evacuation

An electrical fire in the basement prompted an evacuation Thursday morning, 29 October, 2020 at 270 Park Avenue, one of New York City's largest demolition...

29 October 2020

Pyramid-Shaped San Francisco Building Sells for US$650 Million

One of the most iconic skyscrapers in San Francisco, the Transamerica Pyramid Center, has officially sold, marking the largest commercial real estate transaction in the...

28 October 2020

Nearly 2,700 Homes Planned for Near North Side Site in Chicago

JDL Development plans nearly 2,700 homes on Near North Side property it would buy from the Moody Bible Institute, one of the biggest residential developments...

27 October 2020

Plans Announced for Two-Tower Development at 250 Water Street in New York City

New renderings and details of 250 Water Street were revealed on 23 October 2020, depicting a mixed-use development significantly smaller in size and scope than...

26 October 2020

Michigan Avenue Hotel Sold and Set for Rebranding

A California luxury hotel company has purchased the former Hard Rock Hotel on Michigan Avenue and will rebrand it after giving the historic building its...

23 October 2020

The Flagship Atari Hotel is Coming to Las Vegas

Ten months after gaming grandfather Atari partnered with hoteliers GSD Group to unveil a line of video game-themed hotels, the Las Vegas flagship has been...

22 October 2020

New Pinch District Skyscraper Planned for Memphis

If the city of Memphis will sign a letter of intent for city-owned property in the Pinch District, a group of local and national developers...

21 October 2020

Baltimore’s New Central Train Station Revealed

More than a century after Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison designed a Beaux-Arts train station for Baltimore, Amtrak is moving in a different direction. The railroad service...

20 October 2020

James Loewenberg, Developer of Chicago High-Rises, Dies at 86

James Loewenberg, a Chicago architect-turned-developer with a portfolio that includes the Aqua and Vista Tower skyscrapers in downtown Chicago, has died at age 86 after...

19 October 2020

Restoration of Art Deco New York City Skyscraper Nears Completion

New York City’s skyline is forever adapting, thrusting ever higher upwards as a jostling amalgam of evolving styles and forms. Although surpassed in height by...

16 October 2020

Luxury Yacht-Inspired Tower in Miami Makes Progress

Slated for completion in early 2023, Una Residences will be comprised of 135 spacious condominiums spanning 47 floors boasting unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean,...

15 October 2020

Jersey City Building Boom Continues with Three-Tower Project

Three towers rising at least 25 stories and the restoration of an old metal can company building could bring nearly 1,100 new residential units to...

14 October 2020

Pittsburgh Sports Team Say Financing Set To Redevelop Arena With Office Tower

The Penguins say they have the last piece of financing needed to redevelop the former site of the Civic Arena. Clay Cove is investing in...

13 October 2020

Iconic Chicago Tower Bets on the Future of Co-Working

Reports of the demise of co-working during the pandemic are greatly exaggerated, if you ask the owner of Willis Tower. In a bet on the...

12 October 2020

Modernist Downtown Los Angeles Landmark Undergoes US$20 Million Renovation

The first phase in the historic preservation-minded rehabbing of Union Bank Plaza (UBP) in Downtown Los Angeles has wrapped up. Completed in 1967, the 40-story...

09 October 2020

Springfield’s Tower Square Gains Office Tenant

Farm Credit Financial Partners Inc., a 250-employee technology services company, relocated in early October 2020 from Agawam to Springfield’s Tower Square. The move will accommodate...

08 October 2020

Chicago South Loop Apartment Tower Selling for US$190 Million

A San Francisco investment firm is paying US$190 million for a new 56-story luxury apartment tower along Grant Park, the biggest Chicago multifamily sale of...

07 October 2020

Latest Uptown Tower in Charlotte Tops Out

Work on another uptown bank high-rise uptown reached a construction milestone, amid a building boom uptown that has continued despite COVID-19. The 29-story FNB Tower...

07 October 2020

San Francisco Law College Breaks Ground on Mixed-Use Complex

UC Hastings College of the Law and Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental...

06 October 2020

Three Workers Killed in Building Partial Collapse in Houston

A building under construction partially collapsed in west Houston, resulting in at least three people killed, fire officials said Monday, 5 October, 2020. According to...

02 October 2020

Italian Designer-Branded Miami Tower Reaches Halfway Point

The newest luxury high-rise in the Miami skyline is reaching new heights. Vertical construction of Missoni Baia, a 57-story waterfront glass tower now rising along...

30 September 2020

Iconic Hotel in Cincinnati Among America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places

A Modernist Cincinnati hotel designed by a pioneering woman architect is on this year’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list, per the National Trust for...

29 September 2020

Chicago Apartment Market A Mixed Bag During Pandemic

Chicago landlord Horizon Realty Group has acquired a Lincoln Park apartment building for US$64 million, a price suggesting that multifamily values might not be falling...

25 September 2020

New Partnership Brings Renewable Energy to Chicago Landmark Tower

Dynegy today announced that it has entered into a multi-year partnership with Chicago's iconic Willis Tower to provide 100% renewable electricity to the Tower. "Sustainability...

24 September 2020

Specialty Care Pavilion to Rise in Philadelphia

Jefferson Health has announced plans for the Thomas Jefferson Specialty Care Pavilion, the latest in the organization’s portfolio of properties in the Market East district...

22 September 2020

Chicago Post Office Debuts Massive Rooftop Park

A new 3.5 acre (1.4 hectare) park stretching three city blocks is now open in the southwest corner of the Loop. But most people will...

21 September 2020

Slender TOD Residential Tower Proposed for San Jose

A slender residential tower of 27 stories is being planned in downtown San Jose at a key spot where a future BART stop is expected,...

18 September 2020

National Fire Protection Association Code Approves Taller Timber Buildings

The new National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code and NFPA 101 Life Safety Code have allowances for larger and taller...

17 September 2020

Landmark Dallas Building For Sale

An almost century-old high-rise that has become Dallas' signature building is up for sale. The 29-story Magnolia Building—topped by the iconic flying red horse sign—is...

16 September 2020

Chicago High-Rise Fire Injures Several

David Kuta thought about his next-door neighbor when he opened the front door of his 32nd-floor condo on the Near East Side and saw thick...

15 September 2020

Ribbon-Cutting Opens Skyscraper in New York City

Yesterday, 14 September 2020, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) and developers SL Green and Hines celebrated the opening of One Vanderbilt with a ribbon cutting...

14 September 2020

Redevelopment Plan Approved for Waterfront Philadelphia Site

The Durst Organization of New York has been selected to redevelop Penn’s Landing, ending efforts by the Philadelphia 76ers to build themselves a new basketball...

11 September 2020

Move In Begins at Buffalo's Tallest Building After Retrofit Completes

It is a big week at Seneca One as Buffalo's tallest building has opened its doors to residential tenants for the first time. The first...

10 September 2020

Crews Top Out First Tower at Nashville Development

A mixed-use community continues to rise on a full city block in Midtown. Broadwest is a 1.2 million-square-foot (111,500 square meter), urban, mixed-use community at...

09 September 2020

Raleigh Approves Rezoning for Downtown Tower

Developers hope a planned 40-story tower will become a significant project that expands the northern edge of downtown Raleigh. The Raleigh City Council unanimously approved...

08 September 2020

Residential Tower Proposed in Edina

The development firm Mortenson hopes to transform an aging U.S. Bank branch on the corner of France Avenue and 70th Street in Edina into an...

04 September 2020

Architect John C. “Jack” Portman III Dies at 71

Real estate developer and architect John C. “Jack” Portman III has died at the age of 71 of natural causes according to a tribute shared...

03 September 2020

New Skyscraper Planned for Downtown Austin

Despite uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on demand for office space, a developer is moving ahead with plans for a 47-story office...

02 September 2020

Skydeck Reopens in New York City With New Health Measures

Edge, among the highest outdoor sky decks in the Western Hemisphere, announced that it reopened to the public on 2 September 2020 at Noon. The...

01 September 2020

Construction Starts On Milwaukee Mass Timber Tower

Construction has started on an unusual downtown Milwaukee apartment tower. The 25-story, 259-unit high-rise is being constructed with a type of mass timber construction called...

31 August 2020

Social Media Giant Pays to Cancel Lease for New San Francisco Offices, Citing Pandemic

Citing coronavirus-inspired workforce changes, Pinterest will pay US$89.5 million to cancel a lease on new San Francisco offices. “As we analyze how our workplace will...

28 August 2020

Downtown San Jose Mixed-Use Tower Pushes Ahead

A new downtown San Jose office tower is pushing forward with an early 2021 construction start, a high-rise that would sprout a short distance from...

27 August 2020

Skyscraper Badly Damaged by Hurricane in Lake Charles

A Video showed powerful winds battering a building in Lake Charles, Louisiana, early Thursday morning, 27 August 2020, as Hurricane Laura caused extensive damage to...

26 August 2020

Ohio University Moving Forward with New Hospital Tower

The university is seeking approval from the board of trustees this week for the construction of the 1.9 million-square-foot (176,515-square-meter) 820-bed inpatient hospital tower. The...

24 August 2020

Hines Founder Gerald D. Hines, Who Shaped Houston's Skyline, Dead at 95

Gerald D. Hines, who turned a one-man real estate office in Houston into the global developer Hines, died last night at his home, Hines announced....

21 August 2020

New York City Penn Station Master Plan Enters Next Phase Of Development

Earlier this year, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Empire Station Complex, a major redevelopment initiative for the area surrounding Pennsylvania Station. The project team is...

19 August 2020

Houston Luxury High-Rise To Break Ground

The Paramount, a new high-rise coming to the River Oaks area, will break ground in late 2020 or early 2021, Randall Davis Co. announced in...

18 August 2020

Apartment Tower in Chicago to Convert Office Space to Classroom Space During COVID-19 Pandemic

A 57-story apartment tower in the Streeterville neighborhood plans to convert some of its office space to small classrooms, betting that frazzled families will seek...

17 August 2020

Technology Institute Expansion Nears The Halfway Mark In Hoboken

Construction is nearing the halfway mark on the much-anticipated Student Housing and University Center at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. Design Collective...

13 August 2020

Mies van der Rohe Dormitory Gets Renovated in Chicago

Mies van der Rohe’s workhorse tower gets a vibrant remake as a dorm at Chicago’s Illinois Institute of Technology. On the first floor of a...

12 August 2020

First Body Removed From New Orleans Hotel Collapse

Crews on Saturday, 8 August, 2020 recovered the remains of Quinnyon Wimberly, one of the two workers trapped since October 2019 in the collapsed Hard...

11 August 2020

Condominium Tower in Queens, New York City Reaches Completion

Construction is complete at Hero LIC, a 24-story condominium building at 24-16 Queens Plaza South in Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Woods Bagot Architects...

10 August 2020

Final Work Completed On 26-Story Luxury Multifamily Development in Minneapolis

A 283-unit luxury apartment community in the Northeast submarket of Minneapolis, Minnesota called Rafter has been completed, architectural design firm Cuningham Group has announced. Cuningham...

07 August 2020

Atlanta North Avenue Development Takes Step Forward

A massive commercial development at MARTA’s North Avenue station in Midtown, Atlanta took a step forward Thursday, 30 July, 2020. The MARTA Board’s planning committee...

06 August 2020

Megadevelopment with Biotech Component Prepares for 2021 Groundbreaking, While Life Sciences Lab Moves Forward in Chicago

Early 2021 groundbreaking planned for $6 billion Lincoln Yards megadevelopment on North Side Sterling Bay plans to break ground on the US$6 billion Lincoln Yards...

04 August 2020

Concave Curtain Wall Nears Parapet For Queens Residential Building in New York City

Curtain wall installation is nearing the parapet of Queens Plaza Park, aka Sven, a 755-foot-tall (230.1-meter-tall) mixed-use skyscraper at 29-27 41st Avenue in Long Island...

03 August 2020

Former Office Building in Tulsa to Get New Life with Conversion to Apartments

A tornado disfigured the statuesque Remington Tower in 2017, rendering the longtime office building a broken-windowed eyesore to thousands of motorists who pass it daily...

31 July 2020

Chicago Developer to Buy Out Supertall Building's Partner for US$270 million

The Chicago developer building the 101-story Vista Tower on the Chicago River has agreed to buy out its majority Chinese partner for US$270 million, ending...

30 July 2020

Plans For New York City's Madison Avenue Reveal New 55-Story Office Tower

Plans for 343 Madison Avenue in Midtown East unveil the substantial size and scope of the supertall to take the place of the former Metropolitan...

29 July 2020

Real Estate Company Chosen to Lease New Medical Center Tower in Houston

JLL has been hired to handle leasing for another prominent tower in the Texas Medical Center area. Houston-based Medistar Corp. and Texas A&M University will...

27 July 2020

High-Street Residential Breaks Ground on Houston Apartment Tower

High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co., has broken ground on a 43-story apartment tower in downtown Houston. The project is...

23 July 2020

Renovations Revealed for Houston Tower, Along With Major Deal

Hines, the international real estate firm, and an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (Cerberus), a global leader in alternative investing, announced on 13 July...

22 July 2020

Luxury Residential High-Rise Tops Out in Brooklyn, New York City

Construction has topped out on Morris Adjmi Architects’ Front & York, a 1.1-million-square-foot (102,193-square-meter) residential project at 85 Jay Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Developed by...

21 July 2020

Hotel and Condo Tower in Planning Stages for Downtown Orlando

Summa Development Group has filed plans with the city to build a new mixed-use skyscraper that would bring the first five-star hotel to Orlando’s Central...

20 July 2020

A 47-Story High-Rise is Set to Break Ground in Chicago During the Pandemic

Two major Chicago developers are expected to break ground next month on a 47-story apartment and hotel tower on North Michigan Avenue, in what would...

17 July 2020

Big Downtown San Jose Housing Tower Moving Forward

A busy developer is determined to navigate past coronavirus potholes and will move ahead with plans for a striking residential tower that would sprout in...

15 July 2020

Restaurant Atop Chicago's Lake Point Tower to Close, be Sold

One of Chicago’s highest-altitude restaurants is for sale, offering the rare opportunity for another restaurant — or a resident — to take over the top...

13 July 2020

Office Tower Decision May Impact Traffic Patterns in West Palm Beach

The Town of Palm Beach will likely see more traffic congestion in the future as the construction of a 26-story office tower at the western...

10 July 2020

Lender Halts Funding for Skyscraper in Chicago's Downtown Due to Pandemic

A Helmut Jahn-designed skyscraper along South Michigan Avenue is on hold at least until September 2020 and buyers of the luxury units are being offered...

09 July 2020

Proposed Mixed-Use Complex Revealed In Queens, New York City

A consortium of developers including Kaufman Astoria Studios, Silverstein Properties, and BedRock Real Estate Partners has revealed extensive plans to redevelop and construct a five-block...

08 July 2020

Plant-Wrapped Towers And Botanical Gardens Anchor Beverly Hills Project

Alagem Capital Group, in partnership with London-based real estate investor Cain International, has revealed the Foster + Partners-designed master plan for a 17.5-acre (7.8-hectare) mixed-use...

07 July 2020

Residential Tower in Honolulu Experiencing Setbacks Due to Pandemic

Production of a mainly mid-priced Kakaako condominium tower has run into trouble because of COVID-19, but the developer believes several planned changes that include pricing...

06 July 2020

Developer Is Updating Historic Seagram Building With New Playground

The owner of the Seagram Building, the stately office tower designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on Manhattan’s Park Avenue, thinks it is time...

02 July 2020

US House of Representatives Passes Bird-Safe Buildings Act

American Bird Conservancy (ABC) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R 2, which includes H.R. 919 – Bird-Safe Buildings Act, today. This bipartisan...

26 June 2020

Chicago Near North Siders Disapprove of 43-Story Apartment Tower Plan

One of Chicago’s busiest luxury residential developers wants to build a 43-story apartment high-rise using air rights from a Near North Side church, but nearby...

25 June 2020

Under-Construction Resort & Casino in Las Vegas Will Not Allow Children

Owners of The Circa Resort & Casino, which is currently under construction in downtown Las Vegas, announced via Facebook 22 June 2020 that it would...

24 June 2020

New Life Sciences Mixed-Use Master Plan Moves Forward in Houston

Hines, the international real estate firm, has finalized an exclusive agreement with 2ML Real Estate Interests to develop Levit Green, more than 52 acres (21...

23 June 2020

US$185 Million Observatory is Latest Chicago Project Delayed by Coronavirus

The Aon Center has paused plans to build an observatory with a thrill ride atop Chicago’s third-tallest skyscraper, and the US$185 million project will start...

19 June 2020

Amendments to a Plan Could Create 400-Foot (121-Meter) Towers in Honolulu

Ala Moana Center could become home to some of Honolulu’s tallest hotel and housing towers under a proposal endorsed by city planners. However, key Honolulu...

17 June 2020

Plan To Replace Abandoned Chicago Spire Site With Two Apartment Buildings Advances In Zoning Committee

After significantly scaling back their plans to finally fill in the massive hole left behind by the abandoned 2,000-foot (609-meter) Chicago Spire project, developers will...

16 June 2020

Construction Resumes as Covid Restrictions Ease on Tower in Downtown Buffalo

Buffalo's tallest building is undergoing its most dramatic top-to-bottom makeover in its nearly 50-year history. Douglas Development has begun repainting the exterior of the 38-floor...

15 June 2020

Developer Wins Key Ruling from Appeals Court in Miami-Dade

The Apeiron at the Jockey Club developer appears to have snuffed out a long-running fight with two property owners’ associations that sought to stop the...

12 June 2020

New Hotel Approved in North Beach, Miami

Urbanica Management has the green light to build a new hotel on one of the last vacant oceanfront parcels in Miami Beach. The Miami Beach...

11 June 2020

Tall Building Being Demolished As New York City Begins to Reopen

Anthony Vargas is taking no chances with the novel coronavirus. To prove it, the 41-year-old New York City construction worker opens the front door of...

10 June 2020

Lexington Landmark Dormitory Complex Demolished

UK’s Kirwan and Blanding towers—50-year-old fixtures of the Lexington skyline and former homes to thousands of students—now resemble the mangled ruins of a bygone era...

09 June 2020

High-Rise Park Carved into a Residential Tower Proposed for Seattle

Architecture firm ODA has designed a residential building in downtown Seattle that splits in half to create an elevated private park. The proposed design called...

05 June 2020

City of D.C. Names Street to White House After Black Lives Matter

The city of Washington, D.C., is echoing a call for justice by naming a road and painting an unmissable message on a street that leads...

04 June 2020

Bayshore’s First Condo Tower in 15 Years Completed in Tampa

The first condo tower built on Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard in 15 years has completed the construction phase and is ready for its residents to begin...

03 June 2020

Footage of Former Energy Building Implosion in Richmond Released

In a matter of seconds, the former Dominion Energy building that stood for four decades at One James River Plaza in downtown Richmond was reduced...

02 June 2020

Renderings Offer Look At New Proposed Hotel In The New York City Financial District

Preliminary renderings from Stonehill & Taylor Architects offer a first look at a new hotel property in Manhattan’s Financial District. The development is located at...

01 June 2020

Harrison Development's Second Phase Could Include a Hotel and Nearly 900 Units

The second phase of a massive development project in Harrison could bring hundreds of residential units and even a hotel to a former industrial site...

28 May 2020

A New York City Art Deco Staple is Getting A New Observation Deck

It’s the Chrysler Building’s time to shine. The Art Deco skyscraper, built in 1928, is getting a brand-new observation deck. The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)...

27 May 2020

Plans Approved For 102-Story Skyscraper That Could Be Chicago's Second-Tallest

A 102-story skyscraper known as Tribune East Tower could become Chicago’s second tallest building in the coming years, after aldermen on Wednesday, 20 May, 2020...

26 May 2020

Mixed-Use Building Proposed for Downtown Boise

The Boise skyline could see a dramatic change in coming years, if a new project from Ball Ventures Ahlquist and Idaho Central Credit Union comes...

22 May 2020

New McKinney Avenue Tower Will Rise in Dallas' Uptown

A new high-rise in the works for Uptown is the biggest Dallas development announced this year. The 27-story office and retail tower will sit on...

21 May 2020

New Deadlines Proposed for $200-Million Project in Downtown Des Moines

Construction of Des Moines’ newest skyscraper—a 39-story tower with luxury apartments and hotel—was scheduled to begin more than six months ago. Instead, Justin Mandelbaum, the...

19 May 2020

New Renderings and Permits for 30-Story New York City Tower

A two-towered development set to rise atop the ruins of Beth Hamedrash Hagadol on Norfolk Street moves one step closer to reality. Last month, Dattner...

18 May 2020

Three-Tower Complex Proposed for Iconic Spring Hill Chapel Site in Atlanta

A prominent site in Midtown, where a historic funeral home once operated, may eventually be the setting for a three-tower complex of apartments, offices, and...

14 May 2020

Residential Tower in New York City's Financial District's Glass Curtain Wall Resumes Its Rise

Façade work is progressing on Seaport Residences, a 670-foot-tall (204-meter) residential skyscraper at 161 Maiden Lane in the Financial District. Formally addressed as One Seaport,...

13 May 2020

Evanston Gives Green Light to New Office Tower

Stay-at-home orders in many states led builders to shut down construction sites, but Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker decided to let such projects go forward, and...

11 May 2020

Apartment Tower in the Works at the SMU/Mockingbird Light Rail Station in Dallas

Developer Trammell Crow Co. is giving more details about its plans for a high-rise development at DART’s SMU/Mockingbird light rail station. Called Mockingbird Station East,...

08 May 2020

Residential High-Rise Slated for Los Angeles' Westside for First Time in 40 Years

A Gensler-designed 34-story residential tower currently under construction on Los Angeles's Westside is poised to become the area's first residential high-rise in nearly 40 years. ...

07 May 2020

New Uptown Dallas Tower in the Works on Maple Avenue

A sleek new high-rise on the way in Dallas’ Uptown district will change the skyline north of downtown. Crescent Real Estate plans to build the...

06 May 2020

Proposal for 37-Story Tower in Santa Ana Now Includes Apartments

Apartments could be included in Orange County’s tallest skyscraper, a 37-story tower in Santa Ana, if the long-planned project ever gets off the ground. City...

04 May 2020

Renderings Revealed For New Development in New York City's South Bronx

Maddd Equities is responsible for one of the largest forthcoming developments in the South Bronx, a new 274,000-square-foot (25,455 square meters) building in the borough’s...

01 May 2020

Timber Composite Tower in Milwaukee To Begin Pre-Leasing

New Land Enterprises will begin pre-leasing apartments in Ascent, a proposed 25-story apartment tower made from mass timber, in the coming days. A brochure will...

30 April 2020

New Connected Office Towers Eyed in Downtown San Jose

Two new office towers are being eyed in downtown San Jose near the Children’s Discovery Museum, a project proposed by a veteran developer with a...

28 April 2020

New Uptown Dallas High-Rise Will Have Towering Green Wall

The latest high-rise residential buildings in Dallas compete for tenants with a growing array of luxury features. One project planned for the Uptown neighborhood is...

27 April 2020

Residential High-Rise Proposed for Oakland

Plans for a 29-story apartment tower to rise in downtown Oakland appears to be inching forward, with the project’s sponsor last week filing for an...

24 April 2020

Skyscraper with Condos and Hotel Proposed for Downtown Los Angeles

An Australian developer is pushing ahead with new plans for a US$500-million skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles that would house both condominiums and a hotel....

23 April 2020

Foundation Preparations Begin at 60-Story Office Tower Along Chicago River

Development of the 60-story Salesforce Tower has kicked off along the Chicago River after the project secured a US$500 million-plus construction loan that is one of the...

22 April 2020

Under-Construction Atlanta Hospital Tower to Open Early Due to COVID-19

Few and far between are development projects that have been expedited by the coronavirus’s impact, but one major Atlanta medical installation appears to be pushing...

21 April 2020

Excavation Underway for New Hotel in Midtown New York City

Excavation has begun at 150 West 48th Street in Midtown, the site of 974-room hotel designed by Gene Kaufman Architect. The 34-story project is being...

20 April 2020

Investor Acquires Residential High-Rise in Chicago

New Jersey-based Strategic Properties of North America (SPNA) has partnered with South Korean investor Mirae Asset Daewoo to acquire a luxury Chicago apartment building for...

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...

05 November 2019

Seattle Apartment Tower Welcomes First Residents

Ascent South Lake Union, Seattle's newest urban residential building by national multifamily developer Greystar, has completed construction and begun welcoming its first residents to the...

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...

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 inspect...

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 US$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

E-Commerce Giant 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 residents...

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 feature...

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....

18 December 2018

Chicago News Update: TOD Expands, Luxury Condos Come to Oakbrook, and a Hyde Park Project Tops Out.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is looking to expand the City’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) policy to more than 20 high-ridership bus routes along eight major corridors...

13 December 2018

Snøhetta Updates Proposal for Philip Johnson's AT&T Building

Snøhetta has revealed an updated proposal for the overhaul of Philip Johnson's AT&T Building, after a major backlash against its initial scheme resulted in the...

12 December 2018

BMO Harris Bank to Occupy New Chicago Union Station Tower

BMO Harris Bank will consolidate its Chicago offices in 2022 at a new 50-story tower next to Union Station, the bank announced on 10 December...

10 December 2018

Sky-high Uptown Dallas land sales signal a new round of high-rise building

Dallas-Fort Worth development activity is winding down. After several years of booming construction all over the region, commercial building starts are lower by about a...

07 December 2018

Financing Hurdle Overcome for The Couture, Milwaukee

Recently, Rick Barrett of Barrett Lo Visionary Development appeared before the Milwaukee County Board’s Economic and Community Development Committee, the same committee that once discussed...

05 December 2018

New Images of the 272-meter NEMA Chicago Revealed

After quietly breaking ground nearly two years ago, the 893-foot (272-meter) apartment tower known as NEMA Chicago has grown to dominate downtown’s southern skyline. The...

05 December 2018

Queens Plaza Park Begins Rising At 27-29 Queens Plaza North

Located in Long Island City at 27-29 Queens Plaza North, Queens Plaza Park will soon be one of the tallest skyscrapers in both Queens and...

04 December 2018

There’s a new plan to stop Millennium Tower sinking

All sides in the Millennium Tower debacle appear to be nearing an agreement on a $100 million-plus fix to stop the 58-story high-rise from sinking...

30 November 2018

Salesforce to add 1,000 jobs in new Chicago riverfront skyscraper

Salesforce on Friday, November 30, 2018 will announce plans to anchor a new riverfront skyscraper and add at least 1,000 jobs to its Chicago workforce...

30 November 2018

Lower skyscrapers, wider parks in revised Lincoln Yards proposal

Developer Sterling Bay will present revised plans for its $5 billion-plus Lincoln Yards mixed-use development in a public meeting on Nov. 29, 2018. Shorter skyscrapers —...

29 November 2018

A 392-Unit Luxury High-Rise is Being Introduced to the Market in San Francisco

The latest luxury high-rise to join the ranks of recently announced and opened residences, which include The Harrison, 181 Fremont, The Avery and One Steuart...

28 November 2018

Mixed-Use Development Set for Newport, Kentucky, Near Cincinnati

Real-estate investment firm Corporex is developing an $800-million-to-$1-billion mixed-use project in Newport, Kentucky. Construction is to begin in 2019. The 35-acre (14-hectare) project, which will overlook...

15 November 2018

Atlanta’s Colony Square receives a $278.4 cash boost while controversial $5 billion megadevelopment receives City Council Approval

At the same time as Colony Square, a previous multi-tower development, receives a $278.4 million cash infusion from Holiday Fenoglio Fowler, a long-delayed megadevelopment project...

14 November 2018

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