Crews broke ground April 24 on Ellington Airport’s new $12.4 million air traffic control tower.

The Boston City Council recently approved Mayor Marty Walsh’s home rule petition to ease a 20-year-old state law that restricts shadows from construction on the Boston Common and the Public Garden to allow for construction of the 775-ft Winthrop Square tower proposed by Millennium Partners.

With a slight shift from residential to the industrial and higher-education sectors in 2016, New England’s construction market will continue to look up in 2017, especially in Boston. 

Architect Michael Green thinks most cities don’t need high-rises taller than 30 stories.

In a stunning comeback from near-collapse at the turn of the millennium, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is flourishing.