List of tallest buildings in Tennessee

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This list of tallest buildings in Tennessee ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Tennessee by height. Since 1970, all five tallest buildings statewide have been in Nashville. Currently nine out of the ten tallest buildings are in Nashville. The tallest by height is the AT&T Building, but the tallest by roof height is 4 Seasons Hotel and Residencies.

Skyline of Nashville in 2018

Tallest buildings[]

This list ranks Tennessee skyscrapers that stand at least 300 feet tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts or other objects not part of the original plans. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

Rank Name Photograph Height Floors Year City Notes
1 AT&T Building AT&T Building Nashville, TN.jpg 617 / 188 33 1994 Nashville Tallest building in Tennessee. Previously named the BellSouth Building.[1]
2 Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Four Seasons Tower Nashville.jpg 542 / 165 40 2021 Nashville Under construction. Topped out
3 505 Nashville 505 Tower from Church Street.jpg 522 / 159 45 2018 Nashville First building in state history with forty or more floors. Tallest residential building in Tennessee.[2][3][4][5][6]
4 Bridgestone Tower Bridgestone Americas HQ 1.jpg 460 / 140 30 2017 Nashville Architects Perkins & Will say "...in Music City, U.S.A., [four roofline] planes of glass suggest pages of sheet music."[7]
5 William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower Tennessee Tower 2009.jpg 452 / 138 31 1970 Nashville Originally the National Life Center.[8][9]
6 Fifth Third Center Nashville 5-3rd Tower.jpg 435 / 133 31 1986 Nashville Originally known as the Third National Financial Center.[10]
7 The Place at Fifth + Broadway The Place Tower at 5th and Broadway.jpg 433 / 132 34 2019 Nashville Tallest for-rent residential building in Tennessee
8 100 North Main 100 North Main St, Memphis TN.jpg 430 / 131 37 1965 Memphis Tallest building in Memphis since 1965. Tallest in Tennessee from 1965-1970. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Currently sits vacant, but major renovation underway. In 2017, new owner who will be gut-renovating and converting to apartments/possibly office use in 2019/2020.
9 Pinnacle at Symphony Place Pinnacle at Symphony Place.jpg 417 / 127 29 2010 Nashville [11]
10 Life and Casualty Tower Life & Casualty Tower, 2018.jpg 409 / 125 30 1957 Nashville [12][13]
11 Conrad Hotel and Residences Tower.jpg 406 / 124 35 2021 Nashville Topped out. This building will have a 14 floor hotel in addition to 220 condominiums [14]
12 Raymond James Tower Raymond James Building.png 403 / 123 21 1985 Memphis Includes the spire atop the building
13 Nashville City Center Nashville City Center Tower.jpg 402 / 123 27 1988 Nashville
14 Clark Tower Clark Tower Memphis TN 02.jpg 400 / 122 34 1971 Memphis Tallest building outside of downtown.
15 One Commerce Square One Commerce Square Memphis.jpg 396 / 121 30 1972 Memphis
16 James K. Polk State Office Building James K Polk building 2009.jpg 392 / 119 24 1981 Nashville [15][16]
17 JW Marriott Nashville JW Marriott Nashville 8-28-2019.jpg 386 / 118 33 2018 Nashville
18 Renaissance Nashville Hotel Renaissance Hotel, Nashville.jpg 385 / 117 31 1987 Nashville
19 Embassy Suites Nashville Embassy Hotel Tower.jpg 384 / 117 30 2021 Nashville Under Construction: Full Height. Third hotel in a suite of hotels in this development: Embassy Suites, One Hotel and Cambria Hotel [17][18]
20 Viridian Viridian.jpg 378 / 115 31 2006 Nashville
21 805 Lea Nashville Tower.jpg 370 / 110 30 2021 Nashville Under construction. Topped out. Located in Nashville's SoBro District, will have a total of 354 residential units.[19]
22 Sterick Building R1-06904-0004.jpg 365 / 111 29 1930 Memphis
23 One Nashville Place One Nashville Place 2019.jpg 359 / 109 23 1985 Nashville
24 UBS Tower UBS Tower Nashville from Public Square Park.JPG 354 / 108 28 1973 Nashville
25 The SoBro The SoBro Tower Nashville.jpg 345 / 105 33 2016 Nashville
=26 1200 Broadway 1200 Broadway Nashville Tower.jpg 344 / 105 27 2019 Nashville Also known as Endeavor Tower[20]
=26 Amazon Tower 1 Amazon Tower 1 Nashville.jpg 344 / 105 21 2020 Nashville Located at 1010 Church Street, in the Nashville Yards Development, this is the first of two towers being developed for Amazon's Operations Center of Excellence.[21]
28 Westin Hotel The Westin Nashville.jpg 337 / 103 27 2016 Nashville [22][23][24]
29 First Tennessee Bank Building Downtown Memphis TN 2012-04-21 018.jpg 332 / 101 25 1964 Memphis
30 501 Commerce 501 Commerce Tower at 5th and Broadway.jpg 331 / 101 26 2020 Nashville [25]
31 Hilton Memphis Hilton Memphis, TN.jpg 329 / 100 27 1975 Memphis
32 Plaza Tower Plaza-tower-laurel-knoxville-tn1.jpg 327 / 99.7 27 1979 Knoxville Tallest building outside of Nashville and Memphis
=33 222 2nd Avenue South 222 2nd Ave South Nashville Tower.jpg 326 / 99 26 2017 Nashville [26][27]
=33 Broadwest Office Tower Broadwest Office Tower.jpg 326 / 99 21 2021 Nashville Under construction. Topped out. This tower will offer 21 floors of class A office space.

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35 Memphis Pyramid Memphis Pyramid HDR.jpg 321/98 5 1991 Memphis 7th-tallest pyramid and largest Bass Pro Shops in the world. Home to retail, restaurants, an observation deck, a hotel, a bowling alley, and the largest free-standing elevator in America.
36 Grand Hyatt Grand Hyatt Nashville Tower.jpg 320 / 98 25 2020 Nashville This Grand Hyatt 27 floor tower opened in 2020 in downtown Nashville.
37 Riverview Tower Riverview-tower-knoxville-tn2.jpg 312 / 95 24 1985 Knoxville
38 Vanderbilt residences Vanderbilt Residences Tower.jpg 306 / 93 21 2021 Nashville Under construction. Topped out. Located on the edge of campus and West End Avenue this tower will house student apartments.
=39 Sheraton Nashville Downtown Sheraton Hotel Nashville Cropped.jpg 300 / 91 27 1975 Nashville
=39 Republic Centre Chattanooga, Tennessee.jpg 300 / 91 21 1975 Chattanooga
=39 2012 West End Ave Tower.jpg 300 / 91 25 2021 Nashville This building is a 25 floor residential building.

Tallest under construction[]

Buildings approved that are currently under construction, in site prep, or demolition phase. Buildings listed are planned to rise above 280 feet (85 m).

Name Height

feet

Height

meters

Floors Year Status City Notes
Pinnacle Tower 575 175 34 2024 Under Construction Nashville Bass, Berry & Sims law firm will occupy 180,000 sq. ft. in the top 8 floors of the Pinnacle Tower at Nashville Yards, which just broke ground a few weeks ago. They are currently tenants at The Pinnacle at Symphony Place on 2nd Ave. South.[29]
Prime Giarratana 456 139 38 2022 Under Construction Nashville Located at 801 church st. Will have 350 residential units.
Amazon Tower 2 421 128 21 2022 Under Construction Nashville Second of two towers, in the Nashville Yards Development, for Amazon's Operations Center of Excellence. Was on hold for a while due to covid but now the work will resume[30][31]
Alcove Giarratana 418 127 34 2022 Under Construction Nashville Located at 900 Church Street.[32]
Peabody Union 400 120 32 2023 Under Construction (Preliminary work starts) Nashville Located at 30 Peabody Street, is adjacent to a 6-story office owned by Eakin partners completed in 2019[33]
Gulch Union Tower 2 365 111 28 2024 Under Construction Nashville Located at 1222 Demonbreun[34]
One22One 356 109 28 2022 Under Construction Nashville Located at 1221 Broadway. It will rise across the street from 1200 Broadway.[35]
Gibson Residences 280 85 21 late 2022 Under Construction Nashville Located at the old Gibson guitars (1111 church st). It will house 380 residences

Tallest pending construction[]

These buildings have either been issued permits and approved that stand 280 feet (85 m) using standard measurement.

Name Height

feet

Height

meters

Floors Year City Notes
800 Lea 610 190 45 2024-25 Nashville Located at 800 Lea st. The developer will be Giarratana. The design will be a curved tower.[36] They say it could be 18 months for permits to be approved and the construction will take 3.5 years to take on. A permit has been issued to allow grading work to start[37]
Ritz-Carlton Tower 569 173 46 2025 Nashville Located on the former KVB tower property it will be accompanied by a 32 story Tower with planned early 2022 start[38]
Circle South Office Tower 443 135 30 2023 Nashville Located at 410 8th avenue south. The design will be a leaning tower. The current buildings on the property will be razed and demolished.[39][40]
531 Second Ave. Tower 1 433 132 36 2024 Nashville 531 Second ave. The Boston developer who is developing the 40 story Four Seasons hotel. The developer has downgraded to 38 stories now 36 stories and has added a 18-story building to the proposal.[41]
Ritz-Carlton Residential Tower 396 121 32 2025 Nashville Located at 417 Seventh Ave S. A two tower project would take the place of One KVB tower which fell through.[42] Eyeing an early 2022 groundbreaking.
531 Second Ave. Tower 2 375 114 32 2023 Nashville located at 531 Second ave.[41]
Gulch union Tower 3 362 110 28 2024 Nashville Located at 1207 McGavock st.
1601 Broadway 326 99 27 2022 Nashville This Midtown mixed use tower is by the New York firm Scenic Investments. Eyeing a summer 2021 start, no on site action but a fence is around the property. The property is located at the west end Ave and the Broadway split. The development of Broadwest, Alcove and Regent Apartments is in the area and the development of a future high rise is in the books at the locally famous Nashville sign.[43]
Pinch District Office 325 99 22 2023 Memphis Proposed tower adjacent to downtown in the Pinch. Will be one of 5 or 6 towers.
Mixed use Tower: Residential or office or hotel, TBD. 325 99 24 2023 Memphis 5th highrise in Pinch Development.
Avalon 323 98 25 2022 Nashville Located at 1719 Hayes st. Use to be planned as a 30-story building but it went under a design change causing the building to be smaller. Eyeing a 2021 Summer start
Pinch District Hotel 300 91 20 2024 Memphis Major high rise brand hotel.
Loews Brand Convention Center Hotel 300 91 26 2024 Memphis Loews Hotel next to convention center.
Pinch District Residential 300 91 22 2023 Memphis Second high rise residential tower in the Pinch District.

See also[]

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