Top 17 Fastest Growing US Skylines from 2021-2025 (5Years)

List of the 17 US Cities with the most skyline growth within 5 year time span of 2021-2025. This includes high-rises and skyscrapers completed during the time span and those that are currently under construction as of March 2023 and that are scheduled to be completed by December 2025
In the event that the cities had similar numbers , a higher ranking was given to the city with the most buildings being developed closest to its primary core. This contributes to a greater visual presence of the primary skyline.

This video is part of a series that explores several metrics for measuring skylines.
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These three zones are delineated
Primary Zone (City Core)-
0-10miles from the CBD (CBD included )
Secondary Zone- 10-20miles from the CBD
Tertiary Zone- 20-30miles from the CBD

The Vast Majority of the metropolitan areas have most of their high-rises/skyscraper developments in the City Core.

Few cites have significant development Outside of the Primary Core. Miami and Dallas are notable exceptions. Both cities have large secondary cities included in their metropolitan area ; Miami/ Ft Lauderdale and Dallas/Ft Worth. Most of the development in Fort Worth is within 30-30.5miles from Dallas, therefore it is included in the data


Historically (late 1800's) the term "Skyscraper" referred to buildings that were between 10-20 stories. Modern sources typically define skyscrapers as being either 100m(328ft) or 150m(492ft), however there is no universally accepted definition. The most extensive database concerning worldwide building information generally uses 100m(328ft) as the standard, therefore we used the 100m marker.

There is even greater variation in the definition of the term "Highrise". Considering the fact that it is becoming increasingly rare for any building shorter than 45m(approximating150ft) to be categorized as a "highrise" we use the marker of 45m to denote highrise. In generally there are significant inconsistencies in the databases concerning this designation (not only among cities within the same country, but intracity also ). More recently, most new buildings under 45m(approx 150ft) are generally categorized as "Lowrise".

Usually City A will literally have hundreds of buildings between 31-45m classified as highrise ; City B will literally have hundreds of buildings between 31-45m (with the same floor count) all classified as lowrise. Oddly, City A will have also have a hundred buildings in the same range (31m-45m) classified as lowrise. The amount of variations in this datafield is remarkable.

Moreover, there should be a global push amongst those who maintain skyline databases to standardize the terms used in the industry.

For all practical purpose, I suggest adding two new terms to the lexicon; "Skyrise " and also "Starscraper" instead of supertall.

Lowrise for buildings under 49m
Highrise for buildings 50m to 99m
"Skyrise" for buildings 100m - 149m
Skyscraper for buildings 150m-299m
"Starscraper" for buildings 300m and greater

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Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Tampa Skyline fastest growing
0:36 - Phoenix Skyline fastest growing
0:53 - Charlotte Skyline fastest growing
1:09 - Denver Skyline fastest growing
1:25 - Philadelphia Skyline fastest growing
1:41 - San Francisco Skyline fastest growing
1:58 - Seattle Skyline fastest growing
2:14 - Dallas Skyline fastest growing
2:31 - Nashville Skyline fastest growing
2:46 - Houston Skyline fastest growing
3:03 - Los Angeles Skyline fastest growing
3:19 - Boston Skyline fastest growing
3:36 - Austin Skyline fastest growing
3:52 - Chicago Skyline fastest growing
4:08 - Miami Skyline fastest growing
4:24 - Atlanta Skyline fastest growing
4:41 - New York Skyline fastest growing
4:54 - Outro