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Originally Posted by chris08876
I wish it got more attention on SSP. There are literally a bunch of 600 footers going up in Sunny Isles. Likewise for Miami. This is a skyscraper site, and Miami along with its satellites are giving us these awesome developments. Many of which are very tall, but seem to go unnoticed. Recently, another supertall was proposed for Miami. Miami Central's main tower which is approximately 1,100 feet. Although the FAA will probably not like it and reduce it to 900 feet (maybe 1000 ft if we are lucky). But still, its some great news in terms of U.S. skyscraper development.
I worked on a whole list and continue to update it here along with SSP:
http://www.yimbyforums.com/c/miami
Also another source for Miami updates.
Also Seattle Updates could be found for most of the projects (check categories). Thats another city that doesn't get much credit on SSP as it should. IDK why. Skyscraper heaven going on there.
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I would be more interested in SoFla developments if
a) I thought there was more substance to most of them besides "castles in the sky"
b) The real estate story was a little more interesting (familiar players, substantive economic reasons related to America itself for the play, more office and not just a bunch of condo/hotel towers)
c) I didn't know that there are a lot of shady foreign buyers of SoFla real estate (eg drug dealers, ex KGB Russians in SIB's case, etc); kind of a turn off to me
However, I agree, there is A LOT going on in Miami. I'm pretty interested in Brickell CityCentre and Miami Central developments. In each case I'm more interested in the office and retail components (the lower rise components) and the transit aspect than I am for the additional bla condo towers that will sell out to a bunch of absentee Latin Americans, including some drug dealers.
I also agree that there is A LOT going on in Seattle, and to me it is a much more interesting real estate city. American/Canadian development firms with familiarity (and of course some absolutely amazing local players ranging from Paul Allen to Kemper Freeman over in Bellevue), some foreign/Asian money, a booming economy, and excellent/progressive planning policies.
I really would like Seattle to be more active. San Francisco is a fairly active city, but for the amount it has going on is relatively absent from these boards. Boston is another one (as is DC).