List of tallest buildings in Tennessee

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 9 out of the 10 tallest buildings are in Nashville. The tallest by height is the AT&T Building, but the tallest by roof height is Four Seasons Hotel and Residences.

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
1 333 Commerce 617 / 188 33 1994 Nashville Tallest building in Tennessee. Previously named the South Central Bell Building, BellSouth Building, and AT&T Building.[1]
2 Four Seasons Hotel and Residences 542 / 165 40 2021 Nashville Tallest building in Tennessee by roof height.
3 505 522 / 159 45 2018 Nashville First building in state history with forty or more floors. Tallest building in Tennessee by number of floors.[2][3][4][5][6]
4 The Pinnacle at Nashville Yards 504 / 154 35 2024 Nashville Currently the tallest tower in the multi-tower Nashville Yards project.
5 Bridgestone Tower 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]
6 Prime 456 / 139 38 2024 Nashville Prime is one of two Giarantana towers that are both residential and complimentary in styles.
7 William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower 452 / 138 31 1970 Nashville Originally the National Life Center.[8][9]
8 Fifth Third Center 435 / 133 31 1986 Nashville Originally known as the Third National Financial Center.[10]
9 The Place at Fifth + Broadway 433 / 132 34 2019 Nashville Tallest for-rent residential building in Tennessee
10 Pinnacle at Symphony Place 432 / 132 29 2010 Nashville [11]
11 100 North Main 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.
11 Amazon Tower Two 421 / 128 28 2023 Nashville Second of two towers, in the Nashville Yards Development, for Amazon's Operations Center of Excellence.
13 Alcove 418 / 127 34 2024 Nashville First of three Giarratana-led residential towers surrounding the Nashville Yards development.
14 Life and Casualty Tower 409 / 125 30 1957 Nashville [12][13]
15 Conrad Hotel and Residences 406 / 124 35 2021 Nashville Topped out. This building will have a 14 floor hotel in addition to 220 condominiums [14]
16 Raymond James Tower 403 / 123 21 1985 Memphis Includes the spire atop the building
17 Nashville City Center 402 / 123 27 1988 Nashville
18 Clark Tower 400 / 122 34 1971 Memphis Tallest building outside of downtown.
19 One Commerce Square 396 / 121 30 1972 Memphis
20 James K. Polk State Office Building 392 / 119 24 1981 Nashville [15][16]
21 JW Marriott Nashville 386 / 118 33 2018 Nashville
22 Renaissance Nashville Hotel 385 / 117 31 1987 Nashville
23 Embassy Suites 384 / 117 30 2021 Nashville Third hotel in a suite of hotels in this development: Embassy Suites, One Hotel and Cambria Hotel [17][18]
24 Viridian Tower Viridian.jpg 378 / 115 31 2006 Nashville
25 805 Lea 370 / 110 30 2021 Nashville Under construction. Topped out. Located in Nashville's SoBro District, will have a total of 354 residential units.[19]
26 Sterick Building 365 / 111 29 1930 Memphis
27 One Nashville Place 359 / 109 23 1985 Nashville
28 One22One Tower 356/109 28 2022 Nashville
29 UBS Tower 354 / 108 28 1973 Nashville
30 The SoBro 345 / 105 33 2016 Nashville
=31 1200 Broadway 344 / 105 27 2019 Nashville Also known as Endeavor Tower[20]
=31 Amazon Tower 1 344 / 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]
33 Westin Hotel 337 / 103 27 2016 Nashville [22][23][24]
34 First Horizon Bank Tower 332 / 101 25 1964 Memphis
35 501 Commerce 331 / 101 26 2020 Nashville [25]
36 Hilton Memphis 329 / 100 27 1975 Memphis
37 Plaza Tower 327 / 99.7 27 1979 Knoxville Tallest building outside of Nashville and Memphis
=38 222 2nd Avenue South 326 / 99 26 2017 Nashville [26][27]
=38 Broadwest Office Tower 326 / 99 21 2021 Nashville Under construction. Topped out. This tower will offer 21 floors of class A office space.

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40 Memphis Pyramid 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.
41 Grand Hyatt 320 / 98 25 2020 Nashville This Grand Hyatt 27 floor tower opened in 2020 in downtown Nashville.
42 Riverview Tower 312 / 95 24 1985 Knoxville
43 West End Tower 306 / 93 21 2021 Nashville Located on the edge of the Vanderbilt University campus and West End Avenue, this tower houses student apartments.
=44 Sheraton Nashville Downtown 300 / 91 27 1975 Nashville
=44 Republic Centre 300 / 91 21 1975 Chattanooga Tallest building in Chattanooga.
=44 2012 West End Ave 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
Paramount Tower 750 230 60 2027 Under construction Nashville Will be, once completed, Tennessee's tallest building. Located at 1010 Church St., the Nashville based Giarratana Development is developing the with 500 residential units.[29]
Pinnacle Tower 575 175 34 2024 Topped out 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.[30]
AEG Apartment Tower 2 420 130 36 2024 Under construction Nashville One of 3 or 4 upcoming Nashville Yards residential towers
AEG Apartment Tower 1 409 125 34 2024 Under Construction Nashville One of 3 or 4 upcoming Nashville Yards residential towers
Gulch Union Tower 2 365 111 28 2024 Under Construction Nashville Located at 1222 Demonbreun[31]
Peabody Union 350 110 27 2025 Under Construction Nashville Located at 30 Peabody Street, is adjacent to a 6-story office owned by Eakin partners completed in 2019
Modera McGavock 310 94 29 2025 Under Construction Nashville Located at 1212 McGavock. Will have 400 residential units

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.[32] 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[33]
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[34]
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.[35][36]
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.[37]
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.[38] Eyeing an early 2022 groundbreaking.
531 Second Ave. Tower 2 375 114 32 2023 Nashville located at 531 Second ave.[37]
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.[39]
18 Main LLC Pinch District Office 325 99 22 2023 Memphis Proposed tower adjacent to downtown in the Pinch. Will be one of 5 or 6 towers.
18 Main LLC 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
18 Main LLC Pinch District Hotel 300 91 20 2024 Memphis Major high rise brand hotel.
North Main Hotel Loews Brand Convention Center Hotel 300 91 26 2024 Memphis Loews Hotel next to convention center.
18 Main LLC Pinch District Residential 300 91 22 2023 Memphis Second high rise residential tower in the Pinch District.

See also

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