ABSTRACT
This chapter explains projections of residential and nonresidential development for the megapolitan clusters and their megapolitan areas over the periods 2010–2025, 2025–2040, and 2010–2040. It also explains residential construction needs of megapolitan clusters,megapolitan areas and nonresidential needs. Megapolitan clusters and megapolitan areas will see their growth-related housing needs expand as their populations do, accounting for about 65 percent of the 48-state growth-related housing needs between 2010 and 2040. At 9 million units, the Megalopolis megapolitan cluster will lead the nation in total housing construction, followed by the Southwest at 7.7 million. It is the New York–Philadelphia megapolitan area, however, that will lead the nation in total growth-related and replacement housing units constructed, with slightly more than about 8.5 million units, followed closely by Southern California, with 8.5 million units. Industrial development includes structures needed for such activities as manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, utilities, and communication.
