List of tallest buildings in Long Beach
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This list of tallest buildings in Long Beach, California ranks skyscrapers in Long Beach, California, by height. The tallest building is the Shoreline Gateway Tower at 417 feet(127m),[1] second-tallest is One World Trade Center at 397 feet (121 m). The third-tallest is the West Ocean Condominiums 1 at a height of 345 feet (105 m).
Cityscape
Tallest buildings
This list ranks completed buildings in Long Beach that stand at least 200 ft (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The “Year” column indicates the year of completion. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion with earlier buildings ranked first, and then alphabetically.
| Rank | Name | Image | Location | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoreline Gateway | — | 417 (127.1) | 35 | 2021 | Residential | Tallest building in Long Beach since 2021. Tallest building completed in Long Beach in the 2020s.[2] | |
| 2 | One World Trade Center | 397 (121) | 30 | 1989 | Office | Tallest building in Long Beach from 1989 to 2021. Tallest building completed in Long Beach in the 1980s. Tallest office building in Long Beach.[3] | ||
| 3 | West Ocean Condominiums 1 | — | 345 (105.2) | 29 | 2007 | Residential | Tallest building completed in Long Beach in the 2000s.[4] | |
| 4 | Landmark Square | 312 (95.1) | 24 | 1991 | Office | Tallest building completed in Long Beach in the 1990s.[5] | ||
| 5 | Shoreline Square | — | 279 (85) | 20 | 1988 | Residential | Tallest building in Long Beach briefly from 1988 to 1989.[6] | |
| 6 | Villa Riviera | 277 (84.4) | 16 | 1929 | Residential | Tallest building in Long Beach from 1929 to 1988.[7] | ||
| 7 | International Tower | — | 277 (84.4) | 27 | 1967 | Residential | [8] | |
| 8 | HarborPlace Tower | 262 (80)[i] | 22 | 1992 | Residential | [9] | ||
| 9 | West Ocean Condominiums 2 | — | 253 (77.1) | 21 | 2007 | Residential | [10] | |
| 10 | Onni East Village Apartments | — | 252 (76.8) | 24 | 2021 | Residential | [11][12] | |
| 11 | Aqua Tower 1 | — | 238 (72.5) | 22 | 2004 | Residential | [13] | |
| 12 | Aqua Tower 2 | 238 (72.5) | 22 | 2004 | Residential | [14] | ||
| 13 | California Bank and Trust Building | 236 (72) | 18 | 1968 | Office | [15] | ||
| 14 | Galaxy Towers Condominiums | — | 224 (68)[i] | 20 | 1967 | Residential | [16] | |
| 15 | Union Bank Building | 223 (68)[i] | 14 | 1976 | Office | [17] | ||
| 16 | Arco Tower Building | — | 223 (68) | 14 | 1983 | Office | Directly faces the Borg Warner Building.[18] | |
| 17 | Borg Warner Building | — | 223 (68) | 14 | 1983 | Office | Directly faces the Arco Tower Building.[19] | |
| 18 | The Ocean Club | 223 (68) | 16 | 1988 | Residential | [20] | ||
| 19 | Breakers Hotel | 221 (67.4) | 14 | 1926 | Hotel | Tallest building in Long Beach from 1926 to 1929.[21] | ||
| 20 | Crocker Plaza | — | 200 (61) | 14 | 1982 | Office | [22] |
Tallest demolished
Timeline of tallest buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of the tallest building in Long Beach.
| Name | Image | Years as tallest | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakers Hotel | 1926–1929 | 221 (67.4) | 14 | [21] | |
| Villa Riviera | 1929–1988 | 277 (84.4) | 16 | [7] | |
| Shoreline Square | — | 1988–1989 | 279 (85) | 20 | [6] |
| One World Trade Center | 1989–2021 | 397 (121) | 30 | [3] | |
| Shoreline Gateway | — | 2021–present | 417 (127.1) | 35 | [2] |
Notes
- Sources do not state the exact height of this building. This figure was determined using Google Earth by subtracting the altitude of the building's lowest main pedestrian open-air entrance from its highest architectural point.