The value of the top project starts across the Midwest region fell again in 2021 after a run of record-breaking years ended in 2020 with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

中西部construction persevered, and the 66 projects on ENR Midwest’s Top Starts ranking represent $14.08 billion in work that began in 2021. Each project has been valued at or above $100 million. That’s down from $14.8 billion represented by 87 projects that started in 2020, all of which were valued at or above $50 million. One of the formerly strongest Midwest sectors, office and mixed-use projects, was virtually absent from the list as developers and real estate professionals continued to try to figure out what the post-COVID-19 workplace looks like.

What was a surprise was that another formerly hot market, data centers, joined office and mixed use on the sidelines in 2021. Only two data centers were included on the ranking, placing within the top 10 starts, from ever-expanding owners Facebook/Meta and Microsoft Corp. This could be a sign that the appetite for bandwidth and data storage has been temporarily sated.

在2021年确实增长的项目类型反映了受大流行和随后封锁影响的其他文化趋势。文化/崇拜和体育/娱乐场所似乎在2021年咆哮。文化机构和体育所有者利用了停机时间，取消或缩短了季节，以投资其设施，在整个地区的9.99亿美元。

新的医疗保健项目破裂达到9.0218luck官网亿美元。即使业主在大流行高峰期争先恐后地18luck官网为更多的床铺，门诊护理项目仍超过了住院项目。

Speculative residential and hotel development, K-12 and higher education school building improvements and other non-office markets were represented on the list. A standout category was the $2.66 billion spent on highways and bridges in 2021. Infrastructure, overall, saw ample investment, with the water sector netting $1.58 billion in new projects. As the new infrastructure law funnels billions of tax dollars into states and municipalities, that investment will likely continue to grow across the 11-state region.

The shift from fossil-fuel generated power systems continued with nine wind and solar power generation projects making the Midwest’s 2021 Top Starts list. Transmission investment was represented as well with the Cardinal-Hickory Creek Transmission Line in Wisconsin starting last year.