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 70-story Four Seasons Hotel Miami, which rises 789 feet (240 m) in the City of Miami's Brickell neighborhood and was completed in 2003.^[1] It also stands as the 51st-tallest building in the United States.

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	Four Seasons Hotel Miami		789 / 240	70	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

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 m	Floors	Year completed	City	Notes
1896–1902	Florida Brewing Company building		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		25	6	1902	Jacksonville	Built after the Great Fire of 1901.[33]
1909–1912	121 Atlantic Place		41	10	1909	Jacksonville	[33]
1912–1913	Florida Life Building		45	11	1909	Jacksonville	Part of the Laura Street Trio.[33]
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. The columned entrance façade was preserved.[33]
1925–1928	Freedom Tower		78		1925	Miami	The first of Florida's tallest buildings to be built outside of Jacksonville.[33]
1928–1967	Miami-Dade County Courthouse		120	28	1928	Miami	[33]
1967–1972	Riverplace Tower		127	28	1967	Jacksonville	Originally the Gulf Life Building[33]
1972–1974	Park Tower		140	36	1972	Tampa	First of Florida's tallest buildings to be in Tampa.[33]
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.[33]
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.[33]
1984–2003	Southeast Financial Center		233	55	1984	Miami	Formerly the Wachovia Financial Center; currently Florida's tallest office building.[33]
2003–present	Four Seasons Hotel Miami		240	64	2003	Miami	Miami's and Florida's current tallest building.[33]

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 Tampa

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.

References

General

• Marquis Residences and Hotel in downtown Miami
• Emporis.com - Miami

Specific