ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT | DOWNTOWN REAL ESTATE

Five decades
of Dallas skyscrapers Year built
By STEVE BROWN By LAURIE JOSEPH 1960
Real Estate Editor Staff Artist
stevebrown@dallasnews.com ljoseph@dallasnews.com

During the 1980s, Dallas skyline grew by

nine major skyscrapers the most ever.
Since then, the race to build tall buildings
has slowed to a crawl. Only one
downtown tower taller than 40 floors has
been built since the 1980s. Another one 1 First National 2 Republic Bank

with 45 floors is on the way. Here are the 1970 Bank 52 stories
1965
Tower 50 stories
1965

downtown towers with 40 stories or

more built since the 1960s.

1980 3 Bryan Tower 4 Renaissance

40 stories Tower 56 stories
1972 1974

Thanksgiving 5 1700 Pacific 6

Tower 50 stories 49 stories
1982 1983

1990
7 Energy Plaza 8 Ross Tower
49 stories 45 stories
1983 1984

Trammell Crow 9 Bank of America 10

Center 50 stories Plaza 72 stories
1984 1985

2000

11 Fountain Place 12 Comerica Bank

60 stories Tower 60 stories
1986 1987

Chase Tower 13 Museum Tower 14

53 stories 42 stories rs 75
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2 Elm
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5 Main
Amli Fountain 15 Pacific 1 12
Place 45 stories 4
opens 2019 10
SOURCE: Dallas Morning News files
The bottom line
There were huge egos While I occasionally hear a rumor about Its doubtful that Dallas will return
attached to huge projects in another skyscraper downtown, I tend to to the skyscraper boom days of the
the 80s. They werent building believe those days are generally over. The 80s. But demand for luxury
based on need. ability to pre-lease and finance high-rise residential is driving a few
an office building with projects.
Lance Josal, 60, 70 or more floors is a
chairman, thing of the past. Steve Brown, real
CallisonRTKL estate editor,
John Crawford, vice The Dallas Morning
chairman, Downtown News
Dallas Inc.