List of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City
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Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Utah. Anchoring its metropolitan area of 1.2 million inhabitants and the larger Wasatch Front of 2.8 million residents, Salt Lake City is home to the vast majority of Utah's tallest buildings. The city has 30 buildings taller than 200 feet (61 m) as of 2026. 16 of these have a height greater than 300 feet (91 m), the fourth most in the Mountain states after Las Vegas, Denver, and Phoenix. The tallest building in Salt Lake City is Astra Tower, a 449 ft (137 m), 40-story residential high-rise completed in 2024.[1]
Tallest buildingAstra Tower (2024)
Tallest building height449 ft (136.8 m)
Taller than 75 m (246 ft)22
Taller than 100 m (328 ft)11
| Skyline of Salt Lake City | |
|---|---|
Downtown Salt Lake City in front of the Wasatch Range in 2024 | |
| Tallest building | Astra Tower (2024) |
| Tallest building height | 449 ft (136.8 m) |
| Number of tall buildings (2026) | |
| Taller than 75 m (246 ft) | 22 |
| Taller than 100 m (328 ft) | 11 |
| Number of tall buildings — feet | |
| Taller than 200 ft (61.0 m) | 30 |
| Taller than 300 ft (91.4 m) | 16 |
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Shortly after the city's founding by the Mormon pioneers in 1847, work began on the Salt Lake Temple, which took 40 years to construct. Dedicated in 1893, the 222 ft (68 m) structure, the largest temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) by floor area, has become an icon of Salt Lake City.[2] It was the tallest building in the city for only a year, as the 256 ft (78 m) Salt Lake City and County Building, the city's seat of government, was completed in 1894. The Utah State Capitol was completed in 1916, becoming the city's tallest due to its dome. The first multi-story high-rise in Salt Lake City was the 10-story Kearns Building, built in 1911; the 220 ft (67 m) Walker Center opened soon after in 1912. Unlike many major American cities, Salt Lake City's skyline changed little in the 1920s. Due to the Great Depression and World War II, no high-rises were built from 1930 to 1961.
Skyscraper development resumed in the 1960s with the construction of the Zions Bank Building and the South Temple Tower that decade. In 1973, the Church Office Building was built near Salt Lake Temple to hold offices for the LDS Church. At 420 ft (128 m), it surpassed the state capitol as the tallest building in the state. More office towers were completed in the 1980s and 1990s, including the 422 ft (129 m) Wells Fargo Center in 1998, which took the title of tallest building from the Church Office Building. Since the 2000s, high-rise constructed has shifted towards residential and hotel purposes. The mixed-use City Creek Center development, which opened in 2012, incorporates several existing buildings, but also instigated the construction of residential towers such as 99 West on South Temple and The Regent. A construction boom in the 2020s has altered the city's skyline, most notably with Astra Tower, The Worthington, and 95 State at City Creek, which are all among the city's ten tallest buildings.[3][4][5]
Most high-rises in Salt Lake City are situated in downtown. A distinctive characteristic of Salt Lake City's skyline is its uniquely large city blocks, measuring 660 ft (201 m) on each side. To the north of downtown is the Utah State Capitol, which sits on Capitol Hill. The LDS Church is involved in the development of several of Salt Lake City's high-rises, including through its commercial real estate arms, such as Property Reserve and City Creek Reserve.[6][7] When viewed from the west, the city's skyline is framed by the Wasatch Range, a mountain range on the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains. Another popular view of the skyline is from Ensign Peak, just north of Capitol Hill.
History
Number of buildings by height in Salt Lake City by the end of each year, based on the information in this article. This takes into account the demolished Key Bank Building. Click on the legend to toggle a specific height on or off. View chart definition.
Cityscape
Map of tallest buildings
This map shows the location of every building taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Salt Lake City, most of which are located downtown. The exception is the Utah State Capitol, which is on Capitol Hill. Each marker is numbered by the building's height rank, and colored by the decade of its completion.
Buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in Salt Lake City.
- 1950s and before
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
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Astra Tower2
Wells Fargo Center3
Church Office Building4
95 State at City Creek5
111 Main6
99 West on South Temple7
KeyBank Tower8
One Utah Center9
The Worthington10
Beneficial Financial Group Tower11
Grand America Hotel12
Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City13
American Tower North14
American Tower South15
World Trade Center at City Creek16
222 Main17
Utah State Capitol18
South Temple Tower19
Zions Bank Building20
The Regent (City Creek)21
Salt Lake City and County Building22
Liberty Sky23
250 Tower24
Salt Lake Temple25
Walker Center26
Hotel Monaco27
J.C. Penney Building28
170 S Main29
Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse30
Ken Garff TowerTallest buildings
This list ranks completed buildings in Salt Lake City 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.
Was the tallest building in Salt Lake City upon completion
| Rank | Name | Image | Location | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astra Tower |  |
40°45′56″N 111°53′19″W | 449 (136.8) | 40 | 2024 | Residential | Tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah. Tallest building completed in Salt Lake City in the 2020s. Previously the site of a Carl's Jr.[8] The tower encompasses 680,000 square feet, housing 376 rental units and three floors of amenities.[9] The building is LEED Gold Certified.[10][11][1] |
| 2 | Wells Fargo Center |  |
40°45′48″N 111°53′27″W | 422 (128.6) | 26 | 1998 | Office | Tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah from 1998 to 2024. Tallest building completed in Salt Lake City in the 1990s. Tallest office building in Salt Lake City. Originally the American Stores Tower. The height is 400 ft (122 m) at roof level and a total height of 422 ft (129 m). Has two rooftop heliports.[12] |
| 3 | Church Office Building | .jpg) |
40°46′16″N 111°53′22″W | 420 (128) | 30 | 1973 | Office | Tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah from 1973 to 1998. Tallest building completed in Salt Lake City in the 1970s. There is an observation deck on the 26th floor, providing a view of the north side of the Salt Lake Temple.[13][14][15] |
| 4 | 95 State at City Creek |  |
40°46′04″N 111°53′16″W | 393 (119.8) | 25 | 2021 | Office | The tower houses retail shops, restaurants and a meetinghouse for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, as well as 515,000 square of leasable Class A Offices.[16][17] |
| 5 | 111 Main |  |
40°46′01″N 111°53′26″W | 387 (118) | 25 | 2016 | Office | Also known as 111 South Main. Tallest building completed in Salt Lake City in the 2010s. The property, designed by international architecture firm SOM, is directly adjacent to and shares a common lobby with the 2,468 seat Eccles Theater. The theatre was separately designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and opened in 2016. Developed by City Creek Reserve, Inc.[18][19] |
| 6 | 99 West on South Temple |  |
40°46′08″N 111°53′37″W | 377 (114.9) | 30 | 2011 | Residential | Topped out in 2009 and completed in 2010. Opened in 2011. 99 West is the tallest residential tower in City Creek Center, and the second tallest residential building in Salt Lake City.[20][21] |
| 7 | KeyBank Tower |  |
40°46′06″N 111°53′20″W | 351 (107) | 27 | 1976 | Office | Previously named Beneficial Life Tower, renamed when City Creek Center was developed. Not to be confused with Key Bank Building, which was demolished by implosion in 2007.[22][23] |
| 8 | One Utah Center |  |
40°45′52″N 111°53′26″W | 350 (106.7) | 24 | 1991 | Office | Contains 420,000 square feet of class A office space. Completed at a cost of $102 million.[24][25] |
| 9 | The Worthington |  |
40°45′48″N 111°53′06″W | 335 (102.1) | 31 | 2024 | Residential | Also known as Convexity Tower. Contains 359 residential units in 26 of the 31 stories, leaving 5,800 square feet (540 m2) of space for ground-floor retail and 359 parking stalls on four stories above ground.[26][27] |
| 10 | Beneficial Financial Group Tower |  |
40°46′08″N 111°53′30″W | 335 (102) | 20 | 1998 | Office | Originally the Gateway Tower West. Briefly renamed Beneficial Life Tower.[28] |
| 11 | Grand America Hotel |  |
40°45′27″N 111°53′25″W | 330 (100.6) | 24 | 2001 | Hotel | Tallest building completed in Salt Lake City in the 2000s. The main structure, not including the cupola or flagpole, is 249 feet (76 m). The cupola and flagpole brings the hotel to 330 ft (101 m). Tallest all-hotel building in the state.[29][30] |
| 12 | Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City |  |
40°45′56″N 111°53′40″W | 327 (99.7) | 25 | 2022 | Hotel | A 616,000 square foot (57,200 m2) hotel that is integrated into the adjacent Salt Palace Convention Center. Includes 700 guest rooms.[31] |
| 13 | American Tower North |  |
40°45′49″N 111°53′33″W | 324 (98.8) | 26 | 1982 | Residential | Along with the South Tower, the tallest "twin" buildings in Salt Lake City. They are the joint-tallest buildings completed in Salt Lake City in the 1980s.[32][33] |
| 14 | American Tower South |  |
40°45′47″N 111°53′33″W | 324 (98.8) | 26 | 1982 | Residential | Along with the North Tower, the tallest "twin" buildings in Salt Lake City. They are the joint-tallest buildings completed in Salt Lake City in the 1980s.[34][35] |
| 15 | World Trade Center at City Creek |  |
40°46′08″N 111°53′21″W | 320 (97.5) | 22 | 1986 | Office | Originally called the Eagle Gate Plaza and Eagle Gate Tower.[36][37] |
| 16 | 222 Main |  |
40°45′52″N 111°53′30″W | 315 (96) | 22 | 2009 | Office | Also known as 222 South Main. First high-rise building with over 20 stories completed since the Grand America Hotel in 2001. Leased by investment bank Goldman Sachs since 2014.[38][39][40] |
| 17 | Utah State Capitol | .JPG) |
40°46′39″N 111°53′17″W | 285 (86.9) | 5 | 1916 | Government | Houses two of the three branches of Utah State government after the Supreme Court moved to the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in 1998. Underwent major renovations between 2004 and 2008 in an effort to protect the building in the event of an earthquake. The building is now expected to withstand a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.[41][42] |
| 18 | South Temple Tower |  |
40°46′08″N 111°53′14″W | 274 (83.5) | 24 | 1966 | Office | Tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah besides the state capitol from 1966 to 1973. Tallest building completed in Salt Lake City in the 1960s. Also known as 136 East South Temple. Originally and office tower named the University Club Building. It was converted to residential use in 2025 and rebranded as Seraph.[43][44][45] |
| 19 | Zions Bank Building |  |
40°46′09″N 111°53′26″W | 267 (81.4) | 18 | 1962 | Office | Tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah besides the state capitol from 1962 to 1966. Also known as Gateway Tower East. Originally named the Kennecott Building, the Zion Bank Building was renovated between 2005 and 2006, receiving a post-modern stone and glass façade. Workers removed and recycled over 600,000 pounds of copper that once adorned the Kennecott Building during this renovation process.[46][47][48] |
| 20 | The Regent (City Creek) |  |
40°46′03″N 111°53′25″W | 265 (80.8) | 23 | 2011 | Mixed-use | Mixed-use residential and office building.[49][50] |
| 21 | Salt Lake City and County Building | .jpg) |
40°45′34″N 111°53′12″W | 256 (78) | 5 | 1894 | Government | Tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah from 1894 to 1962. Built by freemasons between 1891 and 1894 to house offices for the city and county of Salt Lake. The walls, made of rough-hewn Kyune sandstone, quarried in Summit County, are faced with brick on the inside and have a width of over five feet, which slowly tapers off with height.[51][52] |
| 22 | Liberty Sky |  |
40°45′57″N 111°53′16″W | 250 (76.2) | 24 | 2021 | Residential | This design intentionally showcases extensive amounts of exposed concrete. The all-concrete structural framework is a first for a high-rise in Salt Lake City. Includes 278 apartments and five parking decks.[53][54][55] |
| 23 | 250 Tower | .jpg) |
40°45′53″N 111°53′03″W | 233 (71)[i] | 16 | 1984 | Office | Formerly known as the CenturyLink Building and the Qwest Building.[56][57] |
| 24 | Salt Lake Temple |  |
40°46′14″N 111°53′31″W | 222 (67.7) | 4 | 1893 | Religious | The sixth and largest temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Construction started in 1853 and took 40 years to complete. The 50 moonstones on the buttresses of the temple depict the phases of the moon throughout the year; additional stones include a depiction of the constellation Ursa Major.[58][59] Tallest building in Salt Lake City briefly from 1893 to 1894. Closed in 2019 for a seismic retrofitting designed to allow it to withstand a magnitude 7.3 earthquake, work on which is expected to be complete in 2026.[60][61] |
| 25 | Walker Center |  |
40°45′55″N 111°53′27″W | 220 (67.1) | 16 | 1912 | Office | Originally called the Walker Bank Building, it was constructed for the Walker Brothers Bank. The tallest high-rise building in the city when completed in 1912. A 90-foot radio tower was erected in 1947 for use by the KDYL radio and television station, the first television station in Utah. The station moved the television transmitters after a few years, but the tower remained. Letters were hung on each of the four sides to spell out Walker, while Bank was around the perimeter of the top of the building's three-story tower.[62][63][64] |
| 26 | Hotel Monaco |  |
40°45′53″N 111°53′30″W | 214 (65.2) | 13 | 1924 | Hotel | Originally called the Continental Bank Building. Its design composition is narrow and vertical and combines a Second Renaissance Revival treatment of the bottom two floors with a strictly utilitarian treatment of the upper floors. The overall design reflects a period of eclecticism during which traditional and modern elements were often joined. Decorative elements include carved stone faces and cartouches, a classical cornice and an original exterior clock.[65][66] |
| 27 | J.C. Penney Building |  |
40°45′45″N 111°53′30″W | 209 (63.8) | 15 | 1973 | Office | Also known as Zions Bank Broadway Office or its street address, 310 South Main.[67][68] |
| 28 | 170 S Main | .jpg) |
40°45′56″N 111°53′30″W | 209 (63.8) | 15 | 1984 | Office | Formerly known as Wells Fargo Plaza, US Bank Tower (or US Bank Plaza), and First Interstate Bank Building.[69] |
| 29 | Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse | .jpg) |
40°45′41″N 111°53′35″W | 207 (63) | 10 | 2014 | Government | Federal courthouse, housing the United States District Court for the District of Utah. Named after Utah senator Orrin Hatch. Locals have nicknamed it the "Borg Cube" after the Borg, the villainous alien race in Star Trek.[70][71] |
| 30 | Ken Garff Tower |  |
40°45′47″N 111°53′16″W | 205 (62)[i] | 14 | 1992 | Office | Formerly known as the Broadway Centre until 2017. Headquarters of Ken Garff Auto Group since 2017, who moved from the Ken Garff Building (also in Salt Lake City).[72][73] |
Tallest under construction or proposed
Under construction
As of 2026, there are no buildings under construction in Salt Lake City that are planned to be taller than 200 ft (61 m).
Proposed
The following table includes approved and proposed buildings in Salt Lake City that are expected to be at least 200 ft (61 m) tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. The “Year” column indicates the expected year of completion. A dash “–“ indicates information about the building’s height, floor count, or year of completion is unknown or has not been released.
| Name | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed SLC Sports District Tower Project | 600 (183) | N/A | – | If built, it would become the tallest building in Utah. The previous zoning limit for SLC Sports District was 125 feet. In August 2024, the Salt Lake City Council approved a zoning change in August 2024 to allow buildings in the district to be as tall as 600 feet.[74] |
| Main Street Apartments | 392 (119.5) | 31 | – | The Main Street Apartments is a residential tower planned at 150 S. Main Street. Under a legal agreement with the city, it was supposed to start construction on March 31, 2023, but missed this deadline.[75] The tower will have 400 residential units and 424,856 square feet of space. The roof of the adjacent 5-level parking garage will house Pantages Park, a reference to the Pantages Theater that was demolished before starting construction.[76] |
| Sundial Tower | 344 (105) | 23 | – | A 23 floor 425,000 sq. ft office tower located at 477 South Main Street. The project is developed by Hines. Architecture firm is Pickard Chilton, which was inspired by Sundial Peak. Also includes a mid-block pedestrian walkway, an 8 floor garage, a 9th floor amenity space, and a 19th floor private patio space overlooking City Hall.[77] |
| Soren Tower | 313 (95.4) | 28 | – | 370 S. West Temple. This mixed-use community in downtown Salt Lake City will include a 25-story residential high-rise, retail, two floors of shared office space, and a boutique hotel. Located in a qualified Opportunity Zone, the developers claim it will feature best-in-class design, sustainability, amenities, and services and will be positioned as Salt Lake City’s premier mixed-use development.[78] |
Tallest demolished
There has been one demolished building in Salt Lake City that was taller than 200 ft (61 m).
| Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year completed | Year demolished | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key Bank Building |  |
270 (82.2) | 20 | 1980 | 2007 | Office | Also known as the Commercial Security Bank Tower. Not to be confused with the KeyBank Tower, previously named the Beneficial Life Tower. Demolished in August 2007 to make way for the City Creek Center.[79][80] |
Timeline of tallest buildings
| Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Years a tallest | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake Temple |  |
222 (67.7) | 4 | 1893–1894 | [59] |
| Salt Lake City and County Building |  |
256 (78) | 5 | 1894–1916 | [81] |
| Utah State Capitol | |
285 (86.9) | 5 | 1916–1973 | [42] |
| Church Office Building |  |
420 (128) | 30 | 1973–1998 | [82] |
| Wells Fargo Center |  |
422 (128.6) | 26 | 1998–2023 | [82] |
| Astra Tower |  |
449 (136.8) | 40 | 2023–present | [83] |
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.