List of tallest buildings in Florida

Downtown Miami skyscrapers at night, with the Freedom Tower (purple), one of Florida's oldest skyscrapers, built in 1925, in the center and the Miami Tower (green) behind it.

This list of tallest buildings in Florida ranks the tallest buildings (170 metres (560 ft) or higher) in the U.S. state of Florida by height. The tallest building in the state is the 85-story Panorama Tower, which rises 868 feet (265 m) in the City of Miami's Brickell neighborhood and was completed in 2017.^[1]

Florida has 19 buildings that are 170 metres (560 ft) or higher. The majority are located in the City of Miami, and over 85% are in the Greater Miami area while the rest are in the Tampa and Jacksonville areas. Of the 19 tallest buildings in Florida, 13 are in the City of Miami, 2 are in Tampa, 2 are in Miami Beach, 1 is in Sunny Isles Beach, and 1 is in Jacksonville.

The majority of the skyscrapers in Miami are within the greater Downtown Miami area, specifically the neighborhoods of the Central Business District (Historic Downtown Miami), 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]

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	Panorama Tower		868 (265)	82	2017	Miami	Tallest building in Miami and Florida since 2017.[3]
2	Four Seasons Hotel Miami		789 (240)	64	2003	Miami	Tallest building in Miami and Florida from 2003 to 2017.[4][5]
3	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.[6][7]
4	Marquis Miami		700 (214)	67	2008	Miami	Topped out in March 2008. [8][9]
5	900 Biscayne Bay		650 (198)	63	2008	Miami	Tallest all-residential skyscraper in the Southeastern U.S. [10]
6	Wells Fargo Center		647 (197)	47	2010	Miami	Topped out in August 2009. Formerly known as Met 2 Financial Center. [11][12]
7	Mansions at Acqualina		643 (196)	46	2015	Sunny Isles Beach	Tallest building in Florida outside of the city of Miami.
8	Mint at Riverfront		631 (192)	55	2008	Miami	[13]
9	Infinity at Brickell		630 (192)	53	2008	Miami	[14][15]
10	Miami Tower		625 (191)	47	1986	Miami	Formerly known as CenTrust Tower and Bank of America Tower.[16][17][18]
11	Bank of America Tower		617 (188)	42	1990	Jacksonville	Formerly known as the Barnett Bank Center. [19][20] Tallest building in Jacksonville and in North Florida.
12	Marinablue		615 (187)	58	2007	Miami	[21][22]
13	Plaza on Brickell Tower I		610 (186)	57	2007	Miami	[23][24]
14=	Icon Brickell North Tower		586 (179)	58	2008	Miami	[25][26]
14=	Icon Brickell South Tower		586 (179)	60	2008	Miami	[27][28]
16	Ten Museum Park		585 (178)	50	2007	Miami	[29][30]
17	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, and Central Florida. Tallest building constructed in Tampa in the 1990s. Also known as the Regions Building.[31]
18	Bank of America Plaza		577 (176)	42	1986	Tampa	Damaged in a 2002 plane crash. Tallest building constructed in Tampa in the 1980s.[32]
19	Jade Beach		574 (175)	53	2008	Sunny Isles Beach
20=	Blue Diamond		559 (170)	44	2000	Miami Beach
20=	Green Diamond		559 (170)	44	2000	Miami Beach

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[33]

Years tallest	Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year completed	City	Notes
1896–1902	Florida Brewing Company building		82 (25)	6	1896	Tampa	In its prime, The Florida Brewing Company produced 80,000 barrels of beer annually, making it the leading exporter of beer to Cuba in the U.S. and the premier brewery on Florida’s West coast. The Florida Brewing Company survived the Prohibition and continued to thrive through the Great Depression. However, the embargo on Cuba and the opening of the Anheuser-Busch Company in Tampa ultimately led to its closing in 1961. A cigar company later took over the building. It also served as a bomb shelter during the Cold War. The building was eventually abandoned and fell into disrepair until it was restored in 1999. It now serves as offices for the law firm of Swope, Rodante P.A.
1902–1909	Dyal-Upchurch Building		82 (25)	6	1902	Jacksonville	Built after the Great Fire of 1901.[33]
1909–1912	121 Atlantic Place		135 (41)	10	1909	Jacksonville	[33]
1912–1913	Florida Life Building		148 (45)	11	1909	Jacksonville	Part of the Laura Street Trio.[33]
1913–1925	Heard National Bank Building		180 (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. The columned entrance façade was preserved.[33]
1925–1926	Freedom Tower		256 (78)	17	1925	Miami	The first of Florida's tallest buildings to be built outside of Tampa or Jacksonville.[33]
1926–1928	Coral Gables Biltmore Hotel		315 (96)	15	1926	Coral Gables	Became Florida's tallest building one year after Coral Gables was incorporated.[34]
1928–1966	Miami-Dade County Courthouse		394 (120)	28	1928	Miami	[33]
1966–1974	Vehicle Assembly Building		526 (160)	1	1966	Merritt Island	Largest one-story building in the world.
1974-1981	Wells Fargo Center		535 (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.[33]
1981–1984	One Tampa City Center		538 (164)	48	1981	Tampa	The last of Florida's tallest buildings to be in Tampa or anywhere outside of Miami.[33]
1984–2003	Southeast Financial Center		764 (233)	55	1984	Miami	Formerly the Wachovia Financial Center; currently Florida's tallest office building.[33]
2003–2017	Four Seasons Hotel Miami		789 (240)	64	2003	Miami
2017–present	Panorama Tower		868 (265)	82	2017	Miami	Miami's and Florida's current tallest building.

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 Sunny Isles Beach
• List of tallest buildings in Sarasota
• List of tallest buildings in St. Petersburg
• List of tallest buildings in Tampa
• List of tallest buildings in Bradenton, Florida

Notes

• ^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.

References