List of tallest buildings in Florida
This list of tallest buildings in Florida ranks the tallest buildings (150 metres (490 ft) or higher) in the U.S. state of Florida by height. The tallest building in the state is the 70-story Four Seasons Hotel Miami, which rises 789 feet (240 m) in the City of Miami's Brickell district and was completed in 2003.[1] It also stands as the 51st-tallest building in the United States.
Florida has 45 buildings that are 150 metres (490 ft) or higher. The majority are located in the City of Miami, and over 85% are in the Miami metro area. Of the 45, 30 are in Miami, 5 are in Sunny Isles Beach, 3 are in Miami Beach, 4 are in Tampa, 2 are in Jacksonville, and 1, NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building, is in Merritt Island.
The majority of the skyscrapers in Miami are within the greater Downtown Miami area, specifically the neighborhoods of the Central Business District (Downtown), Brickell, Omni, and Edgewater. Thomas Kramer is well-known for the negotiations with local Miami-Dade County governments that allowed the building of the tallest towers in Miami. His influence is evident in the construction of high-rises in Miami Beach, particularly in the South Beach neighborhood of "South of Fifth".[2]
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[edit] Tallest buildings
Height used is standard measurement which includes spires and other permanent architectural details but discludes antennas.
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | City | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Four Seasons Hotel Miami | 787 / 240 | 64 | 2003 | Miami | 51st-tallest in the United States. Has been the tallest building in Miami and Florida since 2003.[1][3][4] | |
2 | Southeast Financial Center | 764 / 233 | 56 | 1984 | Miami | Tallest all-office building in the city and the state. Formerly known as Wachovia Financial Center, Southeast Bank Center and First Union Financial Center. Tallest building built in Miami in the 1980s, and the tallest in Miami and Florida until 2003.[5][6] | |
3 | Marquis Miami | 700 / 214 | 67 | 2008 | Miami | Tallest all-residential skyscraper in the Southeastern U.S.[7][8] | |
4 | 900 Biscayne Bay | 650 / 198 | 63 | 2008 | Miami | [9][10] | |
5 | Wells Fargo Center | 647 / 197 | 47 | 2010 | Miami | Topped out in August 2009.[11][12] Formerly known as Met 2 Financial Center. | |
6 | Mint at Riverfront | 631 / 192 | 55 | 2008 | Miami | [13] | |
7 | Infinity at Brickell | 630 / 192 | 53 | 2008 | Miami | [14][15] | |
8 | Miami Tower | 625 / 191 | 47 | 1986 | Miami | Formerly known as CenTrust Tower and Bank of America Tower.[16][17][18] | |
9 | Bank of America Tower | 617 / 188 | 42[19][20] | 1990 | Jacksonville | Formerly known as the Barnett Bank Center | |
10 | Marinablue | 615 / 187 | 58 | 2007 | Miami | [21][22] | |
11 | Plaza on Brickell Tower I | 610 / 186 | 57 | 2007 | Miami | [23][24] | |
12= | Icon Brickell North Tower | 586 / 179 | 58 | 2008 | Miami | [25][26] | |
12= | Icon Brickell South Tower | 586 / 179 | 60 | 2008 | Miami | [27][28] | |
14 | Ten Museum Park | 585 / 178 | 50 | 2007 | Miami | [29][30] | |
15 | 100 North Tampa | 579 / 176 | 42 | 1992 | Tampa | Has been the tallest building in the city since 1992. Tallest building along Florida's Gulf Coast. Tallest building constructed in Tampa in the 1990s. Also known as the Regions Building.[31] | |
16 | Bank of America Plaza | 577 / 176 | 42 | 1986 | Tampa | Damaged in a 2002 plane crash. Tallest building constructed in Tampa in the 1980s.[32] | |
17 | Jade Beach | 574 / 175 | 53 | 2008 | Sunny Isles Beach | ||
18= | Blue Diamond | 559 / 170 | 44 | 2000 | Miami Beach | ||
18= | Green Diamond | 559 / 170 | 44 | 2000 | Miami Beach | ||
20= | 50 Biscayne | 554 / 169 | 55 | 2007 | Miami | [33][34] | |
20= | Quantum on the Bay South Tower | 554 / 169 | 52 | 2008 | Miami | Tallest building in Midtown Miami.[35][36] | |
20= | Jade Ocean | /169 | 51 | 2009 | Sunny Isles Beach | ||
23 | Trump Palace | 551 / 168 | 43 | 2005 | Sunny Isles Beach | ||
24= | Aqualina Ocean Residences and Resort | 550 / 168 | 51 | 2004 | Sunny Isles Beach | ||
24= | Trump Royale | 550 / 168 | 44 | 2008 | Sunny Isles Beach | ||
26 | Opera Tower | 543 / 165 | 56 | 2007 | Miami | [37][38] | |
27 | 1450 Brickell | 540 / 164 | 40 | 2009 | Miami | 2009[39][40] | |
28= | Everglades on the Bay North Tower | 538 / 164 | 50 | 2008 | Miami | [41][42] | |
28= | Everglades on the Bay South Tower | 538 / 164 | 49 | 2008 | Miami | [43][44] | |
30 | One Tampa City Center | 537 / 164 | 38 | 1981 | Tampa | Stood as the tallest building in Florida at the time of its completion, and held that title until 1984 when it was surpassed by the Southeast Financial Center in Miami.[45][46] | |
31 | Quantum on the Bay North Tower | 536 / 163 | 45 | 2008 | Miami | [47][48] | |
32 | Wells Fargo Center | 535 / 163 | 37 | 1974 | Jacksonville | Formerly known as the Modis Building; Originally known as the Independent Life Building; Tallest building in Florida for seven years. | |
33 | Jade at Brickell Bay | 528 / 161 | 48 | 2004 | Miami | [49][50] | |
34 | NASA Vehicle Assembly Building | 526 / 160 | 40 | 1965 | Merritt Island | Fourth largest building in the world by volume. Tallest building in the U.S. outside an urban area. Generally considered to be one story. | |
35= | Plaza on Brickell Tower II | 525 / 160 | 48 | 2007 | Miami | [51][52] | |
35= | SunTrust Financial Centre | 525 / 160 | 36 | 1992 | Tampa | ||
37 | Santa Maria | 520 / 158 | 51 | 1997 | Miami | Tallest building constructed in Miami in the 1990s.[53][54][55] | |
38 | Brickell World Plazaa | 517 / 158 | 40 | 2009 | Miami | Topped out in early 2009.[56][57] | |
39 | The Ivy | 512 / 156 | 45 | 2008 | Miami | [58][59] | |
40 | Stephen P. Clark Government Center | 510 / 155 | 28 | 1985 | Miami | Also known as Government Center and Miami-Dade Center.[60][61][62] | |
41 | The Beach Club Phase II | 505 / 154 | 50 | 2006 | Hallandale Beach | ||
42 | Wind | 501 / 153 | 41 | 2008 | Miami | [63][64] | |
43 | Epic | 500 / 152 | 52 | 2008 | Miami | [65][66] | |
44 | Paramount Bay at Edgewater Square | 496 / 151 | 47 | 2008 | Miami | [67][68] | |
45= | Akoya Condominiums | 492 / 150 | 47 | 2004 | Miami Beach | [69][70] | |
45= | One Biscayne Tower | 492 / 150 | 40 | 1973 | Miami | With its antenna included, the building reaches a total height of 692 feet (211 m), making it the 4th-tallest building in the city when measuring to pinnacle height. Tallest building built in Miami in the 1970s.[71][72][73] |
[edit] Chronology of the tallest buildings in Florida
This is a list of buildings that were the tallest in Florida when they were built, beginning in the early 20th century, when the skyscraper boom began in the state. Since 1902, six of Florida's tallest buildings have been in Jacksonville, four have been in Miami, and two have been in Tampa.b[74]
Years tallest | Name | Image | Height m |
Floors | Year completed | City | Notes |
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1902–1909 | Dyal-Upchurch Building | 25 | 6 | 1902 | Jacksonville | Built after the Great Fire of 1901.[74] | |
1909–1912 | 121 Atlantic Place | 41 | 10 | 1909 | Jacksonville | [74] | |
1912–1913 | Florida Life Building | 45 | 11 | 1909 | Jacksonville | Part of the Laura Street Trio.[74] | |
1913–1925 | Heard National Bank Building | 55 | 15 | 1913 | Jacksonville | The only one of Florida's ranking tallest buildings to have been demolished. It was torn down in 1981 and was later replaced by the Bank of America Tower, now Jacksonville's tallest building.[74] | |
1925–1928 | Freedom Tower | 78 | 1925 | Miami | The first of Florida's tallest buildings to be built outside of Jacksonville.[74] | ||
1928–1967 | Miami-Dade County Courthouse | 120 | 28 | 1928 | Miami | [74] | |
1967–1972 | Riverplace Tower | 127 | 28 | 1967 | Jacksonville | [74] | |
1972–1974 | Park Tower | 140 | 36 | 1972 | Tampa | First of Florida's tallest buildings to be in Tampa.[74] | |
1974–1981 | Wells Fargo Center | 163 | 37 | 1974 | Jacksonville | Formerly known as the Independent Life Building and the Modis Building; the last of Florida's tallest buildings to be in Jacksonville.[74] | |
1981–1984 | One Tampa City Center | 164 | 48 | 1981 | Tampa | The last of Florida's tallest buildings to be in Tampa or anywhere outside of Miami.[74] | |
1984–2003 | Southeast Financial Center | 233 | 55 | 1984 | Miami | Formerly the Wachovia Financial Center; currently Florida's tallest office building.[74] | |
2003–present | Four Seasons Hotel Miami | 240 | 64 | 2003 | Miami | Miami's and Florida's current tallest building.[74] |
[edit] See also
- List of tallest buildings in Fort Lauderdale
- List of tallest buildings in Jacksonville
- List of tallest buildings in Miami
- List of tallest buildings in Miami Beach
- List of tallest buildings in Orlando
- List of tallest buildings in Tampa
[edit] Notes
- ^a Still under construction, but has been topped out
- ^b This list does not include the NASA Vehicle Assembly Building. If it were included, it would have been Florida's tallest building from 1965–1974, surpassing Riverplace Tower and Park Tower.
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