City with most positive momentum?

[Sounder]

Originally Posted by mhays

Still feeling Seattle on this one. Amazon's three new office towers have some more clarity, Paul Allen just gave $300 million to his brain research organization, the first big condo project in years is apparently planning a May start, apartments break ground seemingly every day in close-in districts, a lot of construction sites are turning into finished projects, tourist season is starting, baseball is here.... The last two are more mood than content but it's an optimistic time!

Seattle is also building an arena to steal away some other city's NBA and NHL teams.

[NovaWolverine]

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/ci...struction.html

Cities w/ most new construction underway.

[mhays]

Seattle MIGHT build an arena. I never count "eventual" projects. Momentum is more about stuff actually happening.

Tower crane went up in my neighborhood this weekend. That's about 20 in greater Downtown. And tourist season has apparently started...the retail district was hopping on Saturday (aided by a convention perhaps?) and the waterfront was equally hopping on Sunday....

Edit: oops, I mean two tower cranes went up in my neighborhood this weekend. A couple apartment projects.

[Manitopiaaa]

@sounder This thread is about which cities have strong momentum, which both OKC and San Antonio have. I'm not sure what "kicking their butts" means. Please elaborate...unless you're gonna go city v. city in which case just ignore this post

[Sean in New Orleans]

I love how some think what is happening in New Orleans is post-Katrina "rebuilding!" Again, I defer for two more years then many will see. Understandable, New Orleans has been in the downers since the '70's and it is hard for this generation to grasp the idea of a progressive growing New Orleans. Trust, it's taken awhile for it to sink in with me, but, I've definitely seen enough in the last 2 years and know what it is coming and this is much more than "rebuilding." I knew something was up when officials from Dallas came down here about 18 months ago and wanted to see firsthand what is happening here with entrepreneurship and small business expansion (that's what initially raised my eyebrows). It's always been the other way around in my life.

[Int Cities&Scrapers]

Originally Posted by Sean in New Orleans

I love how some think what is happening in New Orleans is post-Katrina "rebuilding!" Again, I defer for two more years then many will see. Understandable, New Orleans has been in the downers since the '70's and it is hard for this generation to grasp the idea of a progressive growing New Orleans. Trust, it's taken awhile for it to sink in with me, but, I've definitely seen enough in the last 2 years and know what it is coming and this is much more than "rebuilding." I knew something was up when officials from Dallas came down here about 18 months ago and wanted to see firsthand what is happening here with entrepreneurship and small business expansion (that's what initially raised my eyebrows). It's always been the other way around in my life.

Wait I thought two presidencies later and the Lower 9th Ward would look like Miami Beach? What happened?

I for one know that NOLA is growing but I do think the storm really helped wake people up. I mean come on look at how much the film industry grew after Katrina with the tax exemptions and now you have kids from up North like me who realize how silly it is to be freezing your ass off in a 1200 dollar a month closet in Brooklyn. When I can get a shotgun with a yard for the same amount. Of course the backroom deals were going down but I doubt you will start seeing those white concrete towers they proposed after the storm. Lets hope they work to fix the street cars and public transit first if they ever build them.

[Int Cities&Scrapers]

Originally Posted by BOSDAN

If you are going to put cities like Indianapolis, OKC, New Orleans, Phoenix and Austin up there, I think Boston should also have a place on this list. There are a ton of projects that are either under construction, approved, or proposed. Unemployment is better than the national average and companies are expanding in the city and nearby Cambridge.

Indianapolis has some momentum after the game
New Orleans has no need for argument
Phoenix is turning into the baby boomers retirement land
Austin is a tech hub every nonchalant email news browser rates it high in turns for employment
And OKC is the next Dallas apparently thats what people there are saying but im sure people from The Big D will have something different to say

I used to live down in Providence I know Boston has had momentum but again and this needs to be clarified with Jersey City and Cambridge...THEY ARE BOTH SEPARATE CITIES. TO be quite honest I moved back to NY last summer and when I left Provide the only construction going on in the city of Boston was fixing the potholes and building dorms...Cambridge however is the Dubai of New England there I said it

[bayviews]

Originally Posted by Int Cities&Scrapers

...Cambridge however is the Dubai of New England there I said it

If there was a true Dubai in New England, & there really isn't, it would be Stamford CT. It boomed as a financial & business center, as a tax haven from the Big Apple.

[WeimieLvr]

Atlanta has gained some momentum again recently after a long lull in the action...there is a nice list of current infill projects and other development here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4573

[shane453]

Originally Posted by Sounder

Not sure why San Antonio and OKC are mentioned in this thread when neighboring metros are kicking their butts. Those two aren't even in the top 5 in their respective region!

But this is the best performing region in the country. Among metros of over 1 million, the region including TX, OK, and LA had 6 of the top 10 in population growth 2010-11.

1. Austin
3. San Antonio
4. Dallas
5. Houston
9. Oklahoma City
10. New Orleans

[mhays]

Meh. "Who's growing in the best way" is more important than who's growing most quickly. All of those cities have some infill but not on the scale of many others.

[Trae]

Originally Posted by Sounder

Seattle is also building an arena to steal away some other city's NBA and NHL teams.

It really is too bad that Kevin Durant is not a Seattle Supersonic. OKC and the NBA was wrong for that one.

[CincyBearcats]

Originally Posted by Trae

It really is too bad that Kevin Durant is not a Seattle Supersonic. OKC and the NBA was wrong for that one.

I think OKC has been a great fit for the NBA. Much better than Sacramento or Salt Lake.

[Trae]

Originally Posted by CincyBearcats

I think OKC has been a great fit for the NBA. Much better than Sacramento or Salt Lake.

No, not a terrible addition, but what sounds like a better Western Conference Semi-Finals matchup: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder or Los Angeles Lakers vs. Seattle Supersonics? What is going to happen to the 40th (?) market team in the NBA once Durant or Westbrook leaves? I don't see how OKC is much different than Sacramento or Salt Lake either. OKC still has a new team and was gifted with a talented new team.

I hope Seattle gets their team back and takes back the history that is shared with OKC currently. Don't know what team is going to move up there though. Someone from Seattle (Bill Gates?) should have bought the Hornets (who have like no fans and were sold at a bargain price). Move that team to Seattle, and move the Thunder to the Southwest division.

[CincyBearcats]

Originally Posted by Trae

No, not a terrible addition, but what sounds like a better Western Conference Semi-Finals matchup: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder or Los Angeles Lakers vs. Seattle Supersonics? What is going to happen to the 40th (?) market team in the NBA once Durant or Westbrook leaves? I don't see how OKC is much different than Sacramento or Salt Lake either. OKC still has a new team and was gifted with a talented new team.

I hope Seattle gets their team back and takes back the history that is shared with OKC currently. Don't know what team is going to move up there though. Someone from Seattle (Bill Gates?) should have bought the Hornets (who have like no fans and were sold at a bargain price). Move that team to Seattle, and move the Thunder to the Southwest division.

Great points. I have mainly been looking at it due to the fact that Durant is there. That in itself adds a certain buzz. Not to underscore Sacramento or Salt Lake, or even about to with Oklahoma City. Seattle is a great city for a plethora of options, which the other three lack. You can talk about Bricktown, but OKC is certainly lacking in a lot of aspects (busy downtown, dense built environment, and way too sprawly). This new team has brought a new buzz to OKC that was never there, and has put them in a national spot light not seen by a city in the Great Plains. I am rooting for OKC with this one, and don't mind seeing them there, but Durant has added a lot of attention to this new team in this new NBA city. It will be interesting seeing where they go once Durant is gone. Seattle though, unlike OKC, doesn't need an NBA team to get a lot of national attention. And sticking to the concept of this thread, Seattle has a lot of positive momentum with or without the NBA.

[desertpunk]

Austin
OKC
Ft Worth
Boston
Houston
St Paul
Salt Lake City
New Orleans
San Francisco
Miami
Washington
San Antonio
Memphis
Seattle
Denver
San Jose
Tampa
Raleigh
Nashville
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Hartford
New York

The list is growing...

[WeimieLvr]

Atlanta doesn't make your list?

[CincyBearcats]

Originally Posted by WeimieLvr

Atlanta doesn't make your list?

It's obviously a random list in which DP knows there is a lot more cities out there that are going through a "positive momentum".

You mean Anchorage didn't make that list? You've got to be kidding me!

[WeimieLvr]

Originally Posted by CincyBearcats

It's obviously a random list in which DP knows there is a lot more cities out there that are going through a "positive momentum".

You mean Anchorage didn't make that list? You've got to be kidding me!

I was just asking the question, not questioning the list. There is "obviously" a difference, but thank you for answering for him.

[kingchef]

memphis has experienced continual and solid growth, but the real emphasis has turned to urbanism and regionalism, not just the growth of the county and city proper or the metro. the growth rate has steadily been at the 9.7% rate. the urban area is growing steadily. the new outer loop, the connection to the the new north interstate, the connection of all the intermodal rails and the 3-4 billion dollar investment thus far, the huge investment of growth in the port of memphis, the expansion and investment of 1.5 billion in the airport concept as an aerotropolis, and the continued 3 billion attraction and expansion of biodefense contracts, biologics, vaccines and orthopedic procedures, medical devices, and the continued growth of bioresearch, and the expansion and growth of diversified industrial and manufacturing operations is good for memphis.

memphis is a city unto itself. a bit isolated, but a great deal does on in medicine, research, manfacturing, logistics, i&t, music, tourism, etc.