There's no denying it: Office construction in the U.S. is on the rise and will be for the foreseeable future. From the proposed tallest office-only skyscraper in Chicago since 1990 to the new Marriott headquarters planned for downtown Bethesda, MD, companies are getting to work in their quest to attract new employees in areas with robust economic growth.
Dodge Data & Analytics predicted in its 2017 Dodge Construction Outlook that office construction starts would finish 2016 9% higher than in 2015, primarily due to a few megaprojects in New York City, but would surpass that mark for 2017 with 10% more construction starts, or 10 million more square feet than in 2016.