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 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		617 / 188	33	1994	Nashville	Tallest building in Tennessee. Previously named the South Central Bell Building and the BellSouth Building. [1]
2	Four Seasons Hotel and Residences		542 / 165	40	2021	Nashville	Under construction. Topped out
3	505		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		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	Prime		456 / 139	38	2024	Nashville	Prime is one of two Giarantana towers that are both residential and complimentary in styles.
6	William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower		452 / 138	31	1970	Nashville	Originally the National Life Center. [8] [9]
7	Fifth Third Center		435 / 133	31	1986	Nashville	Originally known as the Third National Financial Center. [10]
8	The Place at Fifth + Broadway		433 / 132	34	2019	Nashville	Tallest for-rent residential building in Tennessee
9	Pinnacle at Symphony Place		432 / 132	29	2010	Nashville	[11]
10	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.
12	Alcove		418 / 127	34	2024	Nashville	First of three Giarratana-led residential towers surrounding the Nashville Yards development.
13	Life and Casualty Tower		409 / 125	30	1957	Nashville	[12] [13]
14	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]
15	Raymond James Tower		403 / 123	21	1985	Memphis	Includes the spire atop the building
16	Nashville City Center		402 / 123	27	1988	Nashville
17	Clark Tower		400 / 122	34	1971	Memphis	Tallest building outside of downtown.
18	One Commerce Square		396 / 121	30	1972	Memphis
19	James K. Polk State Office Building		392 / 119	24	1981	Nashville	[15] [16]
20	JW Marriott Nashville		386 / 118	33	2018	Nashville
21	Renaissance Nashville Hotel		385 / 117	31	1987	Nashville
22	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]
23	Viridian		378 / 115	31	2006	Nashville
24	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]
25	Sterick Building		365 / 111	29	1930	Memphis
26	One Nashville Place		359 / 109	23	1985	Nashville
27	One22One Tower		356/109	28	2022	Nashville
28	UBS Tower		354 / 108	28	1973	Nashville
29	The SoBro		345 / 105	33	2016	Nashville
=30	1200 Broadway		344 / 105	27	2019	Nashville	Also known as Endeavor Tower [20]
=30	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]
32	Westin Hotel		337 / 103	27	2016	Nashville	[22] [23] [24]
33	First Horizon Bank Tower		332 / 101	25	1964	Memphis
34	501 Commerce		331 / 101	26	2020	Nashville	[25]
35	Hilton Memphis		329 / 100	27	1975	Memphis
36	Plaza Tower		327 / 99.7	27	1979	Knoxville	Tallest building outside of Nashville and Memphis
=37	222 2nd Avenue South		326 / 99	26	2017	Nashville	[26] [27]
=37	Broadwest Office Tower		326 / 99	21	2021	Nashville	Under construction. Topped out. This tower will offer 21 floors of class A office space. [28]
39	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.
40	Grand Hyatt		320 / 98	25	2020	Nashville	This Grand Hyatt 27 floor tower opened in 2020 in downtown Nashville.
41	Riverview Tower		312 / 95	24	1985	Knoxville
42	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.
=43	Sheraton Nashville Downtown		300 / 91	27	1975	Nashville
=43	Republic Centre		300 / 91	21	1975	Chattanooga	Tallest building in Chattanooga.
=43	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
1010 Church Street Tower/YMCA Renovation	750	230	60	2024-25	Under construction	Nashville	Will be, once completed, Tennessee's tallest building. Located at 1000 Church St., the Nashville based Giarratana Development is developing the with 500 residential units.
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]
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 [30]
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. [31] 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 [32]
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 [33]
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. [34] [35]
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. [36]
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. [37] Eyeing an early 2022 groundbreaking.
531 Second Ave. Tower 2	375	114	32	2023	Nashville	located at 531 Second ave. [36]
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. [38]
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

• List of tallest buildings in Nashville
• List of tallest buildings in Knoxville
• List of tallest buildings in Memphis

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