| Skyline of Nashville | |
|---|---|
 Nashville in 2023, looking south | |
| Tallest building | 333 Commerce (1994) |
| Tallest building height | 617 ft (188.1 m) |
| First 150 m+ building | 333 Commerce (1994) |
| Number of tall buildings | |
| Taller than 100 m (328 ft) | 30 (2025) |
| Taller than 150 m (492 ft) | 4 |
| Number of tall buildings (feet) | |
| Taller than 300 ft (91.4 m) | 39 (2025) |
Nashville is the capital and largest city in the U.S state of Tennessee, with a metropolitan area of 2.1 million people. Nashville is home to 39 buildings with a height greater than 300 feet (91 m), four of which are taller than 492 feet (150 m), making it the largest skyline in Tennesee ahead of Memphis, and in the East South Central states. The tallest building in the city and the state is 333 Commerce, formerly and still commonly known as the AT&T Building, which rises 617 feet (188 m) in downtown Nashville and was completed in 1994. [1] Since the mid-2010s, Nashville has been undergoing an unprecedented skyscraper boom.
Contents
- History
- Cityscape
- Map of tallest buildings
- Tallest buildings
- Tallest under construction or proposed
- Under construction
- Proposed
- Timeline of tallest buildings
- References
High-rise buildings first appeared in Nashville with the construction of the 12-story First National Bank Building (now the Downtown Courtyard Hotel) in 1905. [2] The city's skyline remained short until the completion of the modernist Life & Casualty Tower in 1957. [3] At 409 ft (125 m), it was much taller than any other building in Nashville at the time. From the 1970s to the mid-1990s, the city added several office and hotel skyscrapers downtown, culminating with the completion of the AT&T Building in 1994. Nicknamed the "Batman Building" due to its shape, it is one of Nashville's most recognizable icons.
The 2000s saw a construction boom in downtown, notable high-rises of which include Symphony Place and Viridian Tower. With continued population growth, Nashville's skyline overtook that of Memphis to become the largest in the state. In the mid-2010s, a much larger construction boom began that has significantly expanded Nashville's high-rise footprint. 27 of the city's 39 buildings over 300 ft (91 m)—over two thirds—have been built since 2015, including its second, third, and fourth-tallest buildings: Four Seasons Hotel and Residences, 505, and The Pinnacle. The Pinnacle is part of Nashville Yards, a 19-acre mixed-use development consisting of several high-rises, including two developed by Amazon. Construction on Paramount Tower began in 2025; it is expected to be complete in 2028, surpassing 333 Commerce as Nashville's tallest building at 750 ft (229 m). [4]
Most of Nashville's high-rises are in downtown, southwest of the Cumberland River that runs through the city. Before the 2010s, the core of the skyline was north of Broadway and east of Rosa L Parks Boulevard; since then, it has expanded southwards and westwards. The Gulch, on the southern end of downtown, has been dramatically transformed by new development. [5] The skyline has also extended past Interstate 40 towards Midtown. The two-tower Broadwest development, completed in 2022, are the tallest buildings there.
