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Originally Posted by Doady
Canadian cities have always had a lot of high-rise construction. High-rise construction in Mississauga already peaked in the 70s. Markham is just going through what Mississauga went through 40 years ago.
Number of high-rise buildings in Mississauga, by decade
1960s: 20
1970s: 80
1980s: 60
1990s: 55
2000s: 42
2010s: 39
2020s: 22
As you can see, the pace of high-rise construction in Mississauga has been steadily declining for the past 50 years. So it is very unlikely to ever surpass Miami, let alone enter the top 10 in North America.
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That chart is rather deceptive considering the towers going up today are massively taller than the ones that went up 1960-2010. If things continue on their current trajectory Mississauga could certainly pull even with skylines like Dallas or Boston in the next 10-15 years. Contrary to what your chart suggests, their big growth spurt is happening now.
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Originally Posted by BrickellBased
I'm not sure what 10th place in 150m+ buildings is in NA, bu it's probably only around 15 or so, so Mississauga is almost there.
I just figure that these new height booms in Mississauga and Markham and Vaughn are spillover from the deluge of development in Toronto.
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You're correct that this is spillover from Toronto. There are 25 nodes scattered over the Greater Golden Horseshoe earmarked for major intensification. Mississauga City Centre, Vaughan Corporate Centre, and Markham Centre are just 3 of them. Regarding 150m+ building count, Mississauga is absolutely taking off. In 2011, Mississauga had none. In a few years the tally will be 14 and the pipeline of 150m+ buildings suggest the number could zoom far higher.
150m+ Buildings
Built: 6
U/C: 8
Proposed: 27
25 Nodes of the Greater Golden Horseshoe
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