Seattle Claims Crane Crown, Again

National + Weekender | July 13, 2017

Seattle claimed the crown of crane capital of America for the second straight year. A study by Rider Levett Bucknall, a firm that tracks cranes around the world, revealed that the Emerald City had 58 construction cranes on the city skyline, roughly 60% more than any other city in the U.S.

The July crane count is down from 62 cranes in January, but the same as a year ago when Seattle also led the nation with 58 cranes. Across the country’s major cities, crane counts have dipped 8% over the past six months.

Los Angeles was ranked No. 2 with 36 cranes, followed by Denver, Chicago and Portland. Seattle’s crane count is more than double than San Francisco or Washington, D.C., and three times as many as New York. By comparison, Toronto has 81 cranes, the most in North America.

Don’t look for the Seattle crane count to wane any time soon. There are 50 major projects slated to commence construction this year, and an additional 99 developments in future year’s pipeline.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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