<img height="1" width="1" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=373327176680496&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Top 10 Project Starts in the U.S. - May 2023 Blog Feature

By: Alex Carrick on June 20, 2023

Print/Save as PDF

Top 10 Project Starts in the U.S. - May 2023

The accompanying table records the top 10 project starts in the United States for April 2023.

There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs have often received a fair amount of media coverage. Therefore, people in the industry are on the lookout for when jobsite work actually gets underway. And, as showcase projects, they highlight geographically where major construction projects are proceeding.

Also, total construction activity is comprised of many small and medium-sized projects and a limited number of large developments. But the largest projects, simply by their nature, can dramatically affect total dollar and square footage volumes. In other words, the timing and size of these projects have an exaggerated influence on market forecasts.

Click here to download the Construction Industry Snapshot Package - June 2023 PDF.

Click here for the January 2023 Industry Snapshot article, May’s Nonresidential Construction Starts +4% M/M, -30% Y/Y, and +2% YTD.

Click here for the Nonresidential Construction Starts Trend Graphs - May 2023.

Top 10 Project Starts in the U.S. - April 2023
LOCATION
(East to
West)
TYPE OF
CONSTRUCTION
DESCRIPTION
Sq. Ft.
000s*
Dollars
000,000s
New York        
New York Residential Java Street Multi-Residential Development 482 $360
    (3 structures; 36 stories; 834 units) 1 Java St    
    RedSky Capital    
         
Pennsylvania        
Philadelphia Institutional Spark Therapeutics at Drexel University Abbott's Dairy Site 500 $575
    (2 structures; 6 stories) 3001 Chestnut St    
    Brandywine Realty Trust    
         
Maryland        
North Bethesda Institutional Surgery, Radiology, Laboratory Medicine (SRLM) Facility - National Institutes of Health 630 $628
    (4 structures; 14 stories) Old Georgetown Rd & Rockville Pike    
    US Department of Health and Human Services - National Institutes of Health (NIH)    
         
Louisiana        
Geismar Industrial BASF MDI Chemical Plant Expansion 300 $780
    (3 structures) 8404 River Rd    
    BASF / Geismar    
         
Kansas        
De Soto Industrial Panasonic Energy Co. Electric Vehicle Battery Plant / De Soto 4,776 $4,000
    (1 structure) 10301 Astra Pkwy    
    Panasonic Corporation of North America    
         
Arizona        
El Mirage Industrial LogistiCenter at Copperwing 5,000 $1,500
    (5 structures) Northern Parkway Expressway & Dysart Rd    
    Dermody Properties    
         
Nevada        
Dyke Industrial Thacker Pass Lithium Mine * $650
    (1 structure) Humboldt County    
    Lithium Nevada Corp.    
         
Washington        
Woodinville Residential Harvest Farmstead Mixed-Use Development / Woodinville 4,157 $700
    (5 structures; 4 stories; 565 units) 14485 RedmondWoodinville Rd NE    
    Vector Development Company    
         
California        
San Jose Institutional New Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Facility/BHSC Project 207 $423
    (2 structures; 116 units) 751 S Bascom Ave    
    Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara    
         
San Francisco Residential Potrero Power Plant Site Redevelopment - Phase One 1,200 $400
    (7 structures; 742 units) 1201 Illinois St    
    Associate Capital    
         
TOTALS:     17,252 $10,016
*A square footage measure does not apply for alteration, some forms of industrial (e.g., petrochemical), and engineering/civil work.
Data source and table: ConstructConnect.

About Alex Carrick

Alex Carrick served as Chief Economist at ConstructConnect for over 39 years. He retired in 2024.