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Originally Posted by Hudson11
Going to be the negative nancy here (or is that a 'karen' now?) There is no market for a 400m tower outside of NYC or Chicago. Supertalls are a stretch but a possibility. Luxury residential developers don't need to go above 300m in other cities to get those lucrative views. Other cities wouldn't be able to attract tenants for that much space, and even if some company wanted a vanity project they wouldn't need 400m to have an iconic trophy building.
So my answer is... there is no next US city to build 400m other than NYC or Chicago. Outside of the US in NA, Toronto is a maybe.
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I wouldn't say you're being negative, but rather realistic, and if we're only talking the next 5 years I would totally agree, but think 10-20 years down the road and how
then maybe some rapidly growing cities like Austin, Seattle, Houston etc. could have enough demand for a building that high. Maybe some corporation would like to make their mark just like they did in Chicago or NY back in the 70's (or today).
Even today, if NY or Chicago could pull off a 400 meter building, LA probably could too, despite not really being a skyscraper city historically, as the downtown densifies and new high-rises go up everywhere, maybe it could happen?
I know it might sound a little overly optimistic but it would be pretty awesome, hell, even another 3-350 meter building outside of NY or Chi would be huge.
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Originally Posted by JManc
I would say Philly. Maybe LA. Especially spires are counted in the overall height. Definitely not Houston (or Dallas).
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I should've added no spires in my list
Why do you say not Houston or Dallas?