the question is not when will they get a new one.. but what one over 500 ft will be the next to get emploded.
Detroits next big one
When will, if ever Detroit get a big skyscraper over 500' ft?
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Yeah, because Detroit has a stock of building's over 500 feet that are vacant and awaiting demolition. :|
Detroit's downtown office market is still quite a few years off from putting up anything 500 feet (i.e. a signature tower you must be talking about). The question really shouldn't be height, though, and more about square footage. For instance, Compuware is 1,200,000 square feet, but only 16 stories. That seems to be the trend, not height.
Detroit's downtown office market is still quite a few years off from putting up anything 500 feet (i.e. a signature tower you must be talking about). The question really shouldn't be height, though, and more about square footage. For instance, Compuware is 1,200,000 square feet, but only 16 stories. That seems to be the trend, not height.
As soon as Detroit's central location becomes an asset for big business and the cost of land makes height more cost-effective. (e.g. never)
^Which is why I think Detroit will probably build that size of a tower with the make up of residential/office mixed use before a mainstream office building builds that high.
Who knows. Maybe Quicken/Rock Financial will build a 1,000 footer on the Monroe Block!
Yeah, and maybe pigs will fly around a frozen Hell.
ColDayMan said:^Coming from...Buffalo!??!
And Toronto.. and by the way Toronto has more skyscrapers than all of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.
Well, dont forget that New York City has more skyscrapers than all of Canada.WZ1 said:And Toronto.. and by the way Toronto has more skyscrapers than all of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.
I would agree. With all the proposals and development that number could double for us within the next 10 years.
^lol...what's with your "signiture"?
so...Toronto's is set to potentialy double within the next 5 years...NaptownBoy said:I would agree. With all the proposals and development that number could double for us within the next 10 years.
uh..dude..12+ means that for all you know they could all be just under 500 and actually be large skyscrapers..now thats not true offcourse but 12 story's is the minimum and anything 20 story's + looks allot higher in person then you would think..and thats only 8 story's higher then the minimum. Toronto in the next 5 to 9 years is set to have a total of 90 skyscrapers over 400 feet, and 35 over 500. And the 500 foot level means nothing when all those 13 (not 11, thats an old figure) 500 foot skyscrapers are vastly taller, larger buildings then those in any of those American cities listed...the FCP alone is probably equal to all 4 of those cleveland 500 footers in total sqaure feet! Also 2 500 footers are U/C now and 4 more are slated to start this summer with another 2 shortly after.hudkina said:Actually, Toronto has more 12+ story residential highrises. I would hardly call those skyscrapers... If you count buildings over 500 ft, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana have twenty while Toronto only has eleven.
Toronto 11
Detroit 7
Columbus 5
Cleveland 4
Indianapolis 3
Cincinnati 1
People just have no idea the scale of the Toronto building boom.
Well, with all that said, who cares anymore. Great overview about Toronto, but this is about Detroit. You know, that place that doesn't exist. Toronto needs to pick on New York or Chicago.
So, how about that Argonaut Building? Anyone think that it will actually get redeveloped within a 10-year time frame?
So, how about that Argonaut Building? Anyone think that it will actually get redeveloped within a 10-year time frame?
^^Hey, I like Detroit, unlike some people. Yeah, I dont know how this turned into a Toronto thread either, but 90 percent of threads on SSC change topics before they die anyway. And as for my signature I am tired of people downplaying the Midwest. It felt unfair for me to represent my city alone, so why not the whole region?
Why is height so important? Look what the Ren Cen did for downtown Detroit. What exactly did it do for the vibrancy of downtown?
Density, there are so many blocks downtown that need infill development.
Worry about height later, right now downtown needs more residents milling about after hours.
Density, there are so many blocks downtown that need infill development.
Worry about height later, right now downtown needs more residents milling about after hours.
The Ren Cen does a lot more for downtown than you'd think. Sure the majorty of the workers head straight to the parking garage and I-375 after work, but you'd be surprised how many Ren Cen employees venture into the Greektown/Campus Martius areas during lunch.
P.S. it's impossible for anyone to underestimate the Toronto building boom when the Toronto boosters keep mentioning it in every thread they post in...
P.S. it's impossible for anyone to underestimate the Toronto building boom when the Toronto boosters keep mentioning it in every thread they post in...
I think a better question to ask would be, what's the next old building in downtown Detroit to get a new tenant move in to fill up some vacant space.
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