ENR Midwest’s Top Starts in 2020 fell to levels not seen since 2015, as the record-setting pace of starts over the last three years faltered with owners delaying or canceling projects nationwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A total of $14.8 billion in new construction started in the 11-state region in 2020, a more than two-thirds drop from the record $43.5 billion in 2019. Most ubiquitously absent was the building type that powered 2019, 2018 and 2017 to records: data centers.