There’s no lack of empty corporate suites to pick from in downtown Boston right now.

But if you are looking for truly modern space in our increasingly high-tech, 21^st century society, you are going to have a hard time finding it here.

Boston Properties’ new Russia Wharf tower and Joe Fallon’s more modest, Fan Pier high-rise just opened up, with BP’s tower already mostly committed to Wellington Investments.

Liberty Mutual is putting up a new tower in the Back Bay, but again that’s for its own use.

That leaves us with a skyline dominated by towers from the 60s, 70s and 80s for most if not all of the coming decade.

If it feels any better, Boston is not alone. Plans for new office tower construction have ground to a halt in major metro markets across the country, The Wall Street Journal reports.

And like Boston, our competitors are also faced with aging skylines - even as demands for new and more modern and efficient office space grow.

The piece throws out a stunning stat: 60 percent of the Big Apple’s office buildings are at least 60 years old.

That makes Boston’s skyline, still mired in the 1980s, look positively cutting edge.

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