Australia's Tallest Tower Plan, STH BNK by Beulah, Collapses

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  Inside Australia's Tallest New Skyscraper

  70 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaMultiplex

  

  Starts 09/30/2020ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCE6.0 years agoEstimated: Wikipedia's^[2] infobox and CTBUH give completion as September 2020 without a day, so the month's last day stands in. The tower had topped out earlier, in June 2020.

  Australia 108, a 316.7-metre residential tower in Melbourne’s Southbank district, is completed, three months after topping out as the tallest building in Australia by roof height and the tallest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere.

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  Australia 108 Tops Out as Tallest Residential Tower in Southern Hemisphere

  68-72 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC 3006, AustraliaWorld Class Global

  

  Starts 06/30/2020ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCE6.2 years agoEstimated: Wikipedia's^[2] infobox gives the topping out as June 2020 (its source, urban.com.au, reported it on 10 June 2020) without settling a day in the infobox, so the month's last day stands in. Completion followed in September 2020.

  Australia 108 topped out at level 100 in Melbourne's Southbank, becoming the tallest building in Australia by roof height and the tallest residential tower in the Southern Hemisphere; construction was completed three months later, in September 2020.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Construction Begins on The Delmore, Surfside Collapse Site

  8777 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Florida, United StatesDAMAC International

  

  Starts 02/26/2025CONFIRMED88% CONFIDENCE1.6 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: DAMAC International "unveils The Delmore... and commences construction" at the Surfside site.

  DAMAC International broke ground on The Delmore, a Zaha Hadid Architects-designed condo tower replacing the collapsed Champlain Towers South, with far fewer, far pricier units than before.

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• Policy09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Sydney Approves Taller Skyscrapers Above Its 235m Cap

  Sydney Tower, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

  

  Starts 12/31/2021CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "In 2021, the City of Sydney announced that the state government had approved its planning framework that would allow buildings of up to 310m."

  Sydney's decades-old rule capping buildings at 235m, tied to the height of Sydney Tower, gave way as the state government approved a planning framework allowing towers up to 310m.

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  Crown Sydney Opens at Barangaroo

  Crown Sydney, Wulugul Walk, Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCrown Resorts

  

  Starts 12/28/2020CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE5.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "select Crown Sydney venues were open to the public for the first time from December 28" 2020.

  Crown Sydney, the AUD $2.2BN, 71-storey tower at Barangaroo designed by Wilkinson Eyre, opened its hotel and restaurants after a construction run through the Covid-19 pandemic.

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• Infrastructure09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Queensland Reverses Course, Commits to Rebuilding Paradise Dam Wall in Place

  Paradise Dam, Burnett River, Queensland, AustraliaSunwater

  

  Starts 07/07/2026CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE78 days agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "I don't accept the nonsensical argument that was being put up, which is an inferior, smaller wall downstream".

  Queensland abandoned its plan for a new downstream dam in July 2026 and committed instead to rebuilding Paradise Dam's existing wall back to its original height.

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  Mjøstårnet Becomes the World's Tallest Timber Tower in Brumunddal

  Mjøstårnet, Brumunddal, Ringsaker, Norway

  

  Starts 03/15/2019CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE7.5 years agoWikipedia^[4] and Norway Today state Mjøstårnet was completed in March 2019, with its official opening on March 15, 2019.

  At 85.4 meters and 18 storeys, Mjøstårnet in Brumunddal, Norway opened as the world's tallest timber building, built from engineered glue-laminated wood instead of steel or concrete.

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  NYC's 'World's Tallest Modular Hotel' Plan Collapses

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  Starts 09/10/2024CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE2.0 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Pro-H bought the site at 842 Sixth Avenue from Developer Robert Chun for $30 million."

  Marriott's plan for the world's tallest modular hotel in Manhattan's NoMad district collapsed after years of stalled construction, and the site was sold for a residential condo tower instead.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Pinnacle SkyTower Opens in Toronto

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  Starts 09/22/2026SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCE1 day agoGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: Pinnacle SkyTower "will be Canada's tallest residential building when it opens in the fall of 2026."

  Pinnacle SkyTower, a 106-storey, 352m tower on Toronto's waterfront, becomes Canada's tallest building, taking the title from One Bloor West.

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  Jeddah Tower Nears Completion

  Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaJeddah Economic Company

  

  Starts 08/31/2028SCHEDULED78% CONFIDENCEin 1.9 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Jeddah Tower is on track to meet its planned completion date" of August 2028.

  Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower has passed its 100th floor and is on track to become the world's tallest building, edging past a kilometre in height once its spire is counted.

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• Policy09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  China Bans New Skyscrapers Over 500 Metres Nationwide

  Beijing, ChinaMinistry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development

  

  Starts 04/27/2020CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE6.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "new buildings over 500 metres in height are not allowed to be built."

  China's housing ministry issued a nationwide notice halting construction of any new building taller than 500 metres and tightly restricting towers over 250 metres.

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• Architecture09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Jeddah Tower Completion

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  Starts 06/01/2028ESTIMATED64% CONFIDENCEin 1.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…ed in January 2025, and the building is expected to be completed as early as 2028.[13] Site Jeddah T…"

  Construction resumed on the first building designed to pass 1,000 metres, intended to take the world's-tallest title from the Burj Khalifa. Estimated date.

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