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Originally Posted by wrendog
Ok, yeah, PHX is doing well. SLC won't catch up to them any time soon.
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I think this is the issue we're going to see with SLC for the foreseeable future.
The skyline has been so underwhelming for so many years that they're going to be at least one iteration behind a great deal of similar sized cities, which will always keep them from catching up.
Take Portland as an example. For sure, as our skyline grows over the next decade, it absolutely can be in the realm of comparability to Portland RIGHT NOW but Portland is also growing - as are a great deal of other CSA-similar sized cities to Salt Lake City.
This building is currently under construction in Portland:
It's going to be taller (460 feet) than anything Salt Lake has proposed.
They also have a 357 tall tower proposed that should be starting construction next year.
So, absolutely, SLC is making strides but, unfortunately, they're so far behind some cities with similar CSA populations that beyond those cities seeing stagnant skyline development for decades, it's unlikely they'll ever be able to catch up.
But hey - at least the change in the skyline from the 1970s is dramatic enough:
