Nashville has experienced a tall-building construction boom — unlike any other before the 21st century — that started in the early 2000s and has since seen only a pandemic-caused pause.
Of the city’s 34 buildings standing 300 feet or taller, 22 have been completed since 2015. In addition, seven towers of at least 300 feet (the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat considers a skyscraper as a building of 330 feet minimum) are currently under construction.
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