# 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.

## 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| 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 | Fifth Third Center | 435 / 133 | 31 | 1986 | Nashville | Originally known as the Third National Financial Center. |
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 24 | Viridian Tower | 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. |
| 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 |
| =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. |
| 33 | Westin Hotel | 337 / 103 | 27 | 2016 | Nashville | |
| 34 | First Horizon Bank Tower | 332 / 101 | 25 | 1964 | Memphis | |
| 35 | 501 Commerce | 331 / 101 | 26 | 2020 | Nashville | |
| 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 | |
| =38 | Broadwest Office Tower | 326 / 99 | 21 | 2021 | Nashville | Under construction. Topped out. This tower will offer 21 floors of class A office space. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. Eyeing an early 2022 groundbreaking. |
| 531 Second Ave. Tower 2 | 375 | 114 | 32 | 2023 | Nashville | located at 531 Second ave. |
| 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. |
| 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. |