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6 October 2022 | Brisbane
Sekisui House Proposes Final Stage of West Village of Brisbane
A development application has been submitted for the final stage of Sekisui House’s West Village development. The application follows the January lodgement of tower’s 4 & 5a, known as Allere...
5 October 2022 | Tokyo
Tokyo Hotel to Close Permanently
Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu will close its doors permanently in late August 2023 as its lease comes to an end. The 487-room hotel first opened in 1969 as the Akasaka...
5 October 2022 | Chicago
Pharmacy Company Expanding, Moving HQ to Fulton Market, Chicago
An injectable-drug maker that moved its research team from California to Chicago early in the COVID-19 pandemic is beefing up its office and lab space footprint in the Fulton Market...
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5 October 2022 | Toronto
New Redevelopment Coming to the Cambridge Suites in Toronto
Since 1989, the Cambridge Suites Hotel has been a fixture of Toronto’s Financial District. Located at the corner of Richmond and Victoria Streets, it has been known as a long-term...
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4 October 2022 | Paris
Paris Abandons Re-Landscaping Around Eiffel Tower
The Paris mayor's office has abandoned plans for new buildings around the foot of the Eiffel Tower following months of protests from environmentalists and a petition signed by nearly 150,000...
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4 October 2022 | Boston
Luxury Hotel Brand Coming to South Station Tower in Boston
The residences being built at South Station Tower are within walking distance of the T and convenient for commuters. The units going up for sale here just became even more...
4 October 2022 | San Francisco
New Renderings Revealed for Supertall Slated for San Francisco
New renderings of 50 Main Street have been published for the Foster + Partners-designed project, allowing a look at the tallest proposal for the city since the Salesforce Tower. Along...
3 October 2022 | London
Student Housing Buildings are Approved in East London
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has approved two schemes on 27 September that will provide 669 student homes in east London. They include a 25-story hig-rise in Stratford as well...
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3 October 2022 | New York City
26 Story Building in Brooklyn has Topped Out
A 26-story residential building on 69 Adams street in Brooklyn has hit a construction milestone and structurally topped out. Located in the DUMBO neighborhood, the new reinforched concrete structure will...
3 October 2022 | Barcelona
"French Spiderman" Climbs Barcelona High-Rise with His Son
Alain Robert, the free climber dubbed the “French Spiderman”, scaled one of Barcelona’s highest skyscrapers on Saturday without a harness. And for the first time ever, the famous daredevil was...
30 September 2022 | Fort Myers
Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Traps Residents on 22nd Floor
Hurricane Ian landed in Fort Myers, Florida in the United States on 28 September, 2022 as a Category 4 hurricane. Terry Mazany, who moved to Florida from California a year...
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30 September 2022 | Shenzhen
Buildings Completed for Technology Headquarters in Shenzhen
The new headquarters for DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology has been recently completed. Located in the Nanshan District in southwest Shenzhen, China, the two...
29 September 2022 | Manchester
1950s Manchester Block to be Replaced with 45-Story Tower
Studio Egret West has unveiled plans to demolish a Modernist office tower in Manchester and replace it with a 45-story residential tower The practice is consulting on plans to pull...
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29 September 2022 | New York City
Investment Firm Signs 32,281-Square-Meter Lease at Madison-Avenue Development in New York City
SL Green Realty Corp, one of Manhattan’s largest office landlords has announced that investment management firm Franklin Templeton has signed a 15-year, 347,474 square foot (32,281 square meter) lease at...
29 September 2022 | Gold Coast
Residential Gold Coast Building Reaches Completion
CTBUH has just received confirmation that a 75-story, 252-meter building, located in Gold Coast, Australia has reached completion. 84 The Esplanade is developed by Karimbla Constructions Services Pty Ltd and...
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28 September 2022 | New York City
Site of Upcoming 15-Story Building in Harlem to Host Apartments, Not Offices in New York City
Instead of an office building, the developer Extell will construct a large apartment tower on the site of the former Pathmark supermarket on East 125th Street, according to newly filed...
28 September 2022 | Burnaby
New Art Sculpture Revealed as Part of Public Realm Redevelopment at Residential Complex in Burnaby
The pedestrian-oriented streetscape of the now-completed Station Square redevelopment recently saw a further enhancement of its public realm with significant pieces of public art. Anthem Properties worked with renowned local...
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28 September 2022 | Glasgow
Opposition Mounts to Demolition of Post-War Glasgow Towers
Campaigners are urging Scotland’s biggest social housing landlord to rethink its plans to demolish four high-rise towers at the heart of a Glasgow housing estate The towers have been earmarked...
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27 September 2022 | Houston
Cosmeceuticals Company Relocates Headquarters from California to Houston
The Howard Hughes Corporation has announced that Obagi Cosmeceuticals LLC is relocating its corporate headquarters from California to The Woodlands®, Texas, adding to the now 32 businesses that have relocated,...
27 September 2022 | Chicago
Condominium Sells for US$20.5 million in Chicago
A condominium at the St. Regis tower sold Wednesday for a little more than US$20.56 million, the highest price anyone has paid for a Chicago-area home this year. The condominium,...
6 October 2022 | Brisbane
Sekisui House Proposes Final Stage of West Village of Brisbane
A development application has been submitted for the final stage of Sekisui House’s West Village development. The application follows the January lodgement of tower’s 4 & 5a, known as Allere...
5 October 2022 | Tokyo
Tokyo Hotel to Close Permanently
Akasaka Excel Hotel Tokyu will close its doors permanently in late August 2023 as its lease comes to an end. The 487-room hotel first opened in 1969 as the Akasaka...
5 October 2022 | Chicago
Pharmacy Company Expanding, Moving HQ to Fulton Market, Chicago
An injectable-drug maker that moved its research team from California to Chicago early in the COVID-19 pandemic is beefing up its office and lab space footprint in the Fulton Market...
5 October 2022 | Toronto
New Redevelopment Coming to the Cambridge Suites in Toronto
Since 1989, the Cambridge Suites Hotel has been a fixture of Toronto’s Financial District. Located at the corner of Richmond and Victoria Streets, it has been known as a long-term...
4 October 2022 | Paris
Paris Abandons Re-Landscaping Around Eiffel Tower
The Paris mayor's office has abandoned plans for new buildings around the foot of the Eiffel Tower following months of protests from environmentalists and a petition signed by nearly 150,000...
4 October 2022 | Boston
Luxury Hotel Brand Coming to South Station Tower in Boston
The residences being built at South Station Tower are within walking distance of the T and convenient for commuters. The units going up for sale here just became even more...
4 October 2022 | San Francisco
New Renderings Revealed for Supertall Slated for San Francisco
New renderings of 50 Main Street have been published for the Foster + Partners-designed project, allowing a look at the tallest proposal for the city since the Salesforce Tower. Along...
3 October 2022 | London
Student Housing Buildings are Approved in East London
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has approved two schemes on 27 September that will provide 669 student homes in east London. They include a 25-story hig-rise in Stratford as well...
3 October 2022 | New York City
26 Story Building in Brooklyn has Topped Out
A 26-story residential building on 69 Adams street in Brooklyn has hit a construction milestone and structurally topped out. Located in the DUMBO neighborhood, the new reinforched concrete structure will...
3 October 2022 | Barcelona
"French Spiderman" Climbs Barcelona High-Rise with His Son
Alain Robert, the free climber dubbed the “French Spiderman”, scaled one of Barcelona’s highest skyscrapers on Saturday without a harness. And for the first time ever, the famous daredevil was...
30 September 2022 | Fort Myers
Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Traps Residents on 22nd Floor
Hurricane Ian landed in Fort Myers, Florida in the United States on 28 September, 2022 as a Category 4 hurricane. Terry Mazany, who moved to Florida from California a year...
30 September 2022 | Shenzhen
Buildings Completed for Technology Headquarters in Shenzhen
The new headquarters for DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and creative camera technology has been recently completed. Located in the Nanshan District in southwest Shenzhen, China, the two...
29 September 2022 | Manchester
1950s Manchester Block to be Replaced with 45-Story Tower
Studio Egret West has unveiled plans to demolish a Modernist office tower in Manchester and replace it with a 45-story residential tower The practice is consulting on plans to pull...
29 September 2022 | New York City
Investment Firm Signs 32,281-Square-Meter Lease at Madison-Avenue Development in New York City
SL Green Realty Corp, one of Manhattan’s largest office landlords has announced that investment management firm Franklin Templeton has signed a 15-year, 347,474 square foot (32,281 square meter) lease at...
29 September 2022 | Gold Coast
Residential Gold Coast Building Reaches Completion
CTBUH has just received confirmation that a 75-story, 252-meter building, located in Gold Coast, Australia has reached completion. 84 The Esplanade is developed by Karimbla Constructions Services Pty Ltd and...
28 September 2022 | New York City
Site of Upcoming 15-Story Building in Harlem to Host Apartments, Not Offices in New York City
Instead of an office building, the developer Extell will construct a large apartment tower on the site of the former Pathmark supermarket on East 125th Street, according to newly filed...
28 September 2022 | Burnaby
New Art Sculpture Revealed as Part of Public Realm Redevelopment at Residential Complex in Burnaby
The pedestrian-oriented streetscape of the now-completed Station Square redevelopment recently saw a further enhancement of its public realm with significant pieces of public art. Anthem Properties worked with renowned local...
28 September 2022 | Glasgow
Opposition Mounts to Demolition of Post-War Glasgow Towers
Campaigners are urging Scotland’s biggest social housing landlord to rethink its plans to demolish four high-rise towers at the heart of a Glasgow housing estate The towers have been earmarked...
27 September 2022 | Houston
Cosmeceuticals Company Relocates Headquarters from California to Houston
The Howard Hughes Corporation has announced that Obagi Cosmeceuticals LLC is relocating its corporate headquarters from California to The Woodlands®, Texas, adding to the now 32 businesses that have relocated,...
27 September 2022 | Chicago
Condominium Sells for US$20.5 million in Chicago
A condominium at the St. Regis tower sold Wednesday for a little more than US$20.56 million, the highest price anyone has paid for a Chicago-area home this year. The condominium,...
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