List of tallest buildings in Sacramento
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This list of tallest buildings in Sacramento ranks buildings in Sacramento, California, including West Sacramento, by height. Compared to other cities in the United States and California, Sacramento's skyline is not as tall nor diverse, with a total of 19 skyscrapers exceeding 215 feet. In addition, no skyscrapers exceed 430 feet or are in the top 75 of the tallest buildings in California.
The history of skyscrapers in Sacramento began with the Citizen Hotel and the Elks Tower, which were both built in 1925. After this, Sacramento saw a 59 year drought without a skyscraper being built, ending with the construction of the West America Bank building in 1984. During the 1980s and 1990s, Sacramento saw a building boom, with 8 skyscrapers being built including the Wells Fargo Center, the tallest building in the city at 423 feet. However, Sacramento has seen another construction drought during the 21st century, with only 2 skyscrapers exceeding 350 feet being built since 2000. There were many highrise residential and office towers proposed for Sacramento's downtown, however a majority of proposed towers, most notably the Towers on Capitol Mall, were cancelled due to the Great Recession and higher construction costs.[1][2][3]
Tallest buildings[]
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This lists ranks Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | Wells Fargo Center | ![]() |
423 / 129 | 31 | 1992 | Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s.[4][5] |
2 | US Bank Tower | 404 / 123 | 25 | 2008 | This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building.[6][7] | |
3 | Bank of the West Tower | ![]() |
397 / 121 Roof - 404 / 123 Tip Pointing Top | 25 | 2009 | This building has topped out and is also known as 500 Capital Mall.[8][9] |
4 | Park Tower | 380 / 116 | 26 | 1991 | [10][11] | |
5 | Renaissance Tower | 372 / 113 | 28 | 1989 | Tallest building constructed in the 1980s.[12][13] | |
6 | Cal/EPA Building | 372 / 113 | 25 | 2000 | [14][15] | |
7 | 351 / 107 | 25 | 1992 | [16][17] | ||
8 | Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse | 350 / 107 | 16 | 1999 | [18][19] | |
9 | 344/105 | 22 | 2021 | A 344 foot, 877,000 sq ft skyscraper for the California Natural Resources Agency for up to 4200 employees. Also known as the "P Street Building". Tallest building built in Sacramento during the 2020s.[20][21] | ||
10 | Esquire Plaza | 322 / 98 | 22 | 1999 | [22][23] | |
11 | 318 / 97 | 28 | 2001 | This is the tallest hotel in Sacramento.[24][25] | ||
12 | 300 / 91 | 19 | 2009 | In Raley's Landing in West Sacramento. California State Teachers' Retirement System Building.[26] | ||
13 | California State Capitol | 247 / 75 | 6 | 1874 | Tallest building completed in the 19th Century. | |
14 | 238 / 73 | 18 | 1992 | [27][28] | ||
15 | 231 / 70 | 16 | 2017 | Part of Downtown Commons, a new mixed use development home of the Golden 1 Center for the Sacramento Kings. Tallest building completed during the 2010s.[29] | ||
16 | 229 / 69.7 | 18 | 1984 | |||
17 | 227 / 69 | 18 | 1995 | [30][31] | ||
18 | Elks Tower | 226 / 69 | 15 | 1925 | Tallest building completed in the 1920s.[32] | |
19 | The Citizen Hotel (originally California Life Insurance) | 216 / 66 | 15 | 1925 | Sacramento's first sky-scraper built in 1925.[33] |
Tallest under construction, approved or proposed[]
This lists ranks projects-developments Sacramento buildings that stand at least 175 feet (53 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.
Rank | Name | Height feet / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | 557 / 170 | 33 | N/A | Approved. Project delayed and undecided as a result of CIM pulling out of the project. CalPERS and Hines are currently the developers. At 557 feet, Tower 301 would be the tallest building in the Sacramento region.[34] | |
2 | 450 / 137 | 40 | N/A | Project is currently on hold and undecided. Metropolitan Tower, a project dating back to 2007 and shelved as a result of the Great Recession, will be 40 stories featuring condominiums and a hotel under its current entitlements. The developers are John Saca and SKK Developments, the latter joining the project in 2018 after entitlements were set to expire that year and due to pressure from the city to develop the site.[35][36] | |
3 | N/A | 28 | 2025 | Released news October 19, 2021, of a "28-floor luxury high-rise coming to downtown Sacramento, Kings say." A national real estate developer said it plans to build Sacramento’s first high-rise for rental apartments in the city at a downtown site purchased from the Kings. Southern Land Company and the Sacramento Kings said Tuesday the mixed-use project will be built at Capitol Mall and Third Street and feature 28 floors with 225 luxury apartments and an 80,000-square-foot mass timber office building. The 2.56-acre site across the street from Crocker Park near the Crocker Art Museum was purchased from the Sacramento Kings and is known as Lot X. The developer plans to break ground on the project in 2023 and complete it in 2025.[37][38] | |
4 | 420 / 127 | 26 | 2025 | Phase One featuring 2 mid rise buildings is now under construction.[39] At buildout, the Sacramento Commons project will have up to 1470 units spaced out between two mid rises and three 26 story towers with the option for an on site hotel and residential mixed use.[40] | |
5 | 400 / 121.9 | 26 | N/A | The proposed Vanir tower in downtown Sacramento includes a 250-key luxury hotel, 50 luxury condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office space, and ground-floor retail and restaurants. Currently on hold after the developer, Vanir Development Co., withdrew the original application on June 29, 2018 to work on the current concept.[41][42] | |
6 | 365 / 111 | 18 | 2023 | Now under construction and is set to be complete by September 2023.[43] The Judicial Council of California approved plans to consolidate county court functions at one new 53-courtroom building planned for H and Sixth streets.[44] | |
7 | 176 / 53.6 | 15 | N/A | An approved proposal for a 15-story mixed-use project in midtown Sacramento featuring 134 condominiums. Currently on hold due to high construction costs.[45][46] |
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(help) - ^ "Wells Fargo Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
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- ^ "Elks Club Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
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