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29 March 2019 | Miami-Dade County (Unincorporated)

Construction Completed on Miami-Dade Apartment Tower

13th Floor Investments and Adler Group, in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Transportation & Public Works have announced that Motion at Dadeland, a mixed-use project next to the Dadeland North Metrorail...

28 March 2019 | Hong Kong

Luxury Hotel Anchors Victoria Dockside Redevelopment in Hong Kong

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has completed the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong. The Rosewood Tower anchors the redeveloped Victoria Dockside, Hong Kong’s new creative and cultural hub, also designed...

28 March 2019 | Chicago

Chicago to See a New Skyscraper on Michigan Avenue

One of Chicago’s busiest real estate developers wants to build a 47-story residential and hotel tower on a stretch of North Michigan. Sterling Bay is seeking approval to build the...

28 March 2019 | Shenzhen

New Tower Complex to Rise in Shenzhen Bay

Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) has won an international competition for the design of a new tower complex in Shenzhen’s “Super Bay City” business district. Consisting of three distinct blocks...

28 March 2019 | Melbourne

High Demand for Office Space in Melbourne Spurs Mega-Precinct Development

Dexus Property Group is set to acquire the octagon-shaped tower at 80 Collins Street from the Queensland government’s investment arm, QIC, in a deal industry sources say is worth at...

27 March 2019 | Busan

Structural Work Begins on Busan High-Rise

POSCO Engineering & Construction has completed the structural work for Haeundae LCT The Sharp, a high-rise apartment complex in Busan, three-and-one-half years after the buildings’ groundbreaking in October 2015. Haeundae...

27 March 2019 | Dubai

New Complex Launching in Dubai Suburb MBR City

Indian-Omani developer PNC Menon-led Sobha Realty has launched Tower B of its Creek Vistas project in Sobha Hartland, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum City (MBR City). Sobha Hartland is a...

27 March 2019 | London

Tulip Tower Set for City of London Approval

City of London planning officers have recommended approval for Foster + Partners’ opinion-splitting Tulip on a site next to the Gherkin. The planned 305-meter-tall tourist attraction has come in for...

26 March 2019 | Toronto

Large Donation to Fund Two New Towers at University of Toronto

The University of Toronto has been given the largest donation it has ever received and as a result, it plans to build two all-new CA$100 million (US$74,696,545), 750,000 square-foot (69,677-square-meter)...

26 March 2019 | Nashville

Mixed-Use High-Rise Tops Off in Nashville

Turner Construction Company’s Nashville office announced the topping out of 1200 Broadway, the luxury mixed-use high-rise in downtown Nashville. The 26-floor complex began construction in September 2017 and is set...

26 March 2019 | Tokyo

Plan for a 65-Story Residential Complex in Tokyo Gets Approval

Shinjuku ward issued a town planning approval for the Nishi Shinjuku 3 Chome West District Redevelopment. This project includes two 65-story, 235-meter-tall apartment towers that will be the tallest purely-residential...

25 March 2019 | Mumbai

Mumbai Housing Complex Receives Funding

A joint venture between Marathon Group and Adani Realty has secured RS500 crore (US$72.5 million) funding from HDFC Bank to develop the second phase of their luxury project in south...

25 March 2019 | Shenzhen

Bronze Skyscraper Headquarters to be Built in Shenzhen

Dutch firm Mecanoo has created a new skyscraper design for the Hengli Group Headquarters in Shenzhen, China. In the city’s dense urban environment, the design will host the world’s largest...

25 March 2019 | Detroit

Two-Skyscraper Development Coming to Midtown Detroit

Two new skyscrapers will be constructed in Midtown just north of the Whole Foods at Woodward and Mack avenues. The project, dubbed The Mid, will be a pair of 25...

22 March 2019 | Chicago

Luxury Co-Working Firm Leases Penthouse in New Wacker Drive Tower in Chicago

The development team behind the new Bank of America Tower going up at 110 N. Wacker Drive today announced a 58,000-square-foot (5,388-square-meter) lease with No18, a high-end shared office provider...

22 March 2019 | Melbourne

Development Freeze Halts Urban Redevelopment Projects in Melbourne

Submitted plans for projects in Fishermans Bend, a sprawling urban renewal site on the southern edge of Melbourne’s CBD, have been surging since 2017 after the release of the master...

22 March 2019 | Parañaque

Developer to Launch Two Residential Projects in Parañaque

Megaworld, a developer of integrated urban townships in the Philippines, will launch two more residential projects in its 31-hectare Westside City township in Entertainment City in Parañaque in 2019. The...

21 March 2019 | Aarhus

A 44-Story Residential Tower Will Rise in Aarhus

A 44-story residential tower along the harbor in Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, is on track to become among the country’s tallest building, either residential or commercial. Last month, the development...

21 March 2019 | Sydney

Infinity Development in Sydney’s Green Square Nears Completion

SKYE Suites Green Square will be opening its doors over the coming months as part of the AU$575 million (US$409 million) “Infinity” development in Sydney’s City South. The development forms...

21 March 2019 | Hangzhou

Prismatic Building Breaks Ground in Hangzhou

Construction has begun on a pyramid-shaped mixed-use building, Xinhu Hangzhou Prism, which forms the heart of Hangzhou’s Future Tech City in the new Technology Central Business District (CBD). The OMA-designed...