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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
We have enough buildings under construction and proposed in Austin to end up with at least 16 buildings over 500 feet. By comparison, Dallas has 20 in that range. We also have enough buildings under construction and proposed to end up with 29 buildings over 400 feet. By comparison, Dallas has 29 buildings in that range. They have enough under construction and proposed to push that number to 42.
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That's great to hear. Hopefully all projects planned for each city come to fruition.
Don't get me wrong, while I find the rate and diversity of Austin's tower diversity to be impressive, it's downtown skyline won't have the same impact that Dallas' and Houston's downtown skylines have, even when all of those projects are completed, IMO. I'm just personally not a fan of its linear, along-the-lake density pattern (that you also find in a couple of other major US cities); instead, I prefer the more traditional circular- or square-cluster downtown buildouts that you see in not only Dallas and Houston, but also L.A., Philadelphia, Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis, etc. Downtown Austin's skyline still looks cool (and will only continue to look cooler) though, and way better than one could have envisioned just 15 years ago.