On the whole, the 2021 ENR MidAtlantic Top Starts ranking is evidence that the region’s construction market is still recovering from the pandemic. The 22 projects on this year’s list are valued at $5.3 billion, down 17.2% from the top 22 projects on last year’s list. In all, the ENR MidAtlantic 2020 Top Starts ranking included 24 projects worth a combined $6.7 billion. The projects on the 2019 list, based on pre-pandemic data, totaled $9 billion.
Going back further, the list’s results for each of the last three years are down sharply from the $13.5 billion reported in 2018 and the $21.2 billion total for ENR MidAtlantic’s list for 2017.