List of tallest buildings in Tennessee
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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. As of May 2026, 41 out of the 52 of the buildings on this list are in Nashville. The tallest by height is the AT&T Building, but the tallest by roof height is Four Seasons Hotel and Residences. However, the Paramount Tower, under construction in Nashville, is set to surpass the AT&T tower as the tallest building in Tennessee, with a height of 750 feet. Construction in Paramount is a month ahead of schedule and set for completion in early 2028, with topping out as soon as late 2027.
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.
Was the tallest building in Nashville upon completion
Topped out but not yet completed
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
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.[1] |
| 2 | Four Seasons Hotel and Residences |  |
542 (165) | 40 | 2021 | Nashville | Tallest building in Tennessee by roof height. Tallest building completed in the 2020s so far. |
| 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. Tallest building completed in the 2010s.[2][3][4][5][6] |
| 4 | The Pinnacle at Nashville Yards |
|
504 (154) | 35 | 2025 | Nashville | Currently the tallest tower in the multi-tower Nashville Yards project. |
| 5 | Prime |
|
456 (139) | 38 | 2024 | Nashville | Prime is one of two Giarratana towers that are both residential and complimentary in styles. |
| 6 | William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower |  |
452 (137.8) | 31 | 1970 | Nashville | Originally the National Life Center. Tallest building completed in Tennessee in the 1970s |
| 7 | Bridgestone Tower |  |
444 (135.2) | 30 | 2017 | Nashville | Headquarters for Bridgestone in the United States |
| 8 | Fifth Third Center |  |
436 (133) | 30 | 1986 | Nashville | Originally known as the Third National Financial Center. Tallest building completed in Tennessee in the 1980s.[7][8] |
| 9 | Amazon Tower Two |  |
421 (128) | 35 | 2023 | Nashville | Second of two towers, in the Nashville Yards Development, for Amazon's Operations Center of Excellence. |
| 10 | The Emory |  |
420 (128) | 35 | 2025 | Nashville | Built alongside The Everett as a two-tower project in the Nashville Yards neighborhood. |
| 11 | Alcove |  |
418 (127) | 34 | 2023 | Nashville | First of three Giarratana-led residential towers surrounding the Nashville Yards development. |
| 12 | Pinnacle at Symphony Place |  |
417 (127.1) | 29 | 2010 | Nashville | [9] |
| 13 | The Place at Fifth + Broadway |  |
415 (126.5) | 34 | 2020 | Nashville | Located at 5th and Broadway |
| 14 | 100 North Main |  |
430 (130) | 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. |
| 15 | The Everett |  |
409 (125) | 34 | 2025 | Nashville | Built alongside The Emory as a two-tower project in the Nashville Yards neighborhood. |
| 16 | Life and Casualty Tower |  |
409 (125) | 30 | 1957 | Nashville | [10][11] |
| 17 | Conrad Hotel and Residences |  |
406 (124) | 35 | 2021 | Nashville | Topped out. This building will have a 14 story hotel in addition to 220 condominiums [12] |
| 18 | Raymond James Tower |  |
403 (123) | 21 | 1985 | Memphis | Includes the spire atop the building |
| 19 | Nashville City Center |  |
402 (123) | 27 | 1988 | Nashville | |
| 20 | Clark Tower |  |
400 (122) | 34 | 1971 | Memphis | Tallest building outside of downtown. |
| 21 | One Commerce Square | .jpg) |
396 (121) | 30 | 1972 | Memphis | |
| 22 | James K. Polk State Office Building |  |
392 (119) | 24 | 1981 | Nashville | [13][14] |
| 23 | JW Marriott Nashville |  |
386 (118) | 33 | 2018 | Nashville | |
| 24 | Renaissance Nashville Hotel |
|
385 (117) | 31 | 1987 | Nashville | |
| 25 | Embassy Suites |  |
384 (117) | 30 | 2021 | Nashville | Third hotel in a suite of hotels in this development: Embassy Suites, One Hotel and Cambria Hotel [15][16] |
| 26 | Viridian Tower |  |
378 (115) | 31 | 2006 | Nashville | |
| 27 | 805 Lea |
|
370 (110) | 30 | 2021 | Nashville | Located in Nashville's SoBro District, the building will have a total of 354 residential units.[17] |
| 28 | Sterick Building |  |
365 (111) | 29 | 1930 | Memphis | |
| 29 | One Nashville Place |  |
359 (109) | 23 | 1985 | Nashville | |
| 30-T | One22One |
|
360 (109.7) | 28 | 2022 | Nashville | |
| 30-T | Ray Nashville | .jpg) |
360 (109.7) | 32 | 2027 | Nashville | Located at 601 Lafayette St. in downtown's Pie Town, this skyscraper will offer 411 residential units, 373 parking spaces, and 6,000 square feet of retail. Topped out and nearing full skinning, with interior work underway as of May 2026.[18] |
| 32 | UBS Tower |  |
354 (108) | 28 | 1973 | Nashville | |
| 33 | The Olive at Peabody Union |  |
350 (107) | 27 | 2025 | Nashville | Located at 30 Peabody Street, the tower is adjacent to a six-story office building owned by Eakin partners completed in 2019.[19] |
| 34 | Albion Music Row |
|
350 (106.7) | 34 | 2026 | Nashville | Fully skinned as of April 2026 and will accept first residents by spring's end, according to local media reports. Located at 14th and McGavock in Midtown, this will be the taller of two residential towers planned for the site and will offer 458 units.[20] |
| 35 | The SoBro |  |
345 (105) | 33 | 2016 | Nashville | |
| 36-T | 1200 Broadway |  |
344 (105) | 27 | 2019 | Nashville | Also known as Endeavor Tower[21] |
| 36-T | 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.[22] |
| 38 | Westin Hotel |  |
337 (103) | 27 | 2016 | Nashville | [23][24][25] |
| 39 | First Horizon Bank Tower |  |
332 (101) | 25 | 1964 | Memphis | |
| 40 | 501 Commerce |  |
331 (101) | 26 | 2020 | Nashville | [26] |
| 41 | Hilton Memphis |  |
329 (100) | 27 | 1975 | Memphis | |
| 42 | Plaza Tower |  |
327 (100) | 27 | 1979 | Knoxville | Tallest building outside of Nashville and Memphis |
| 43-T | 222 2nd Avenue South |  |
326 (99) | 26 | 2017 | Nashville | [27][28] |
| 43-T | Broadwest Office Tower |  |
326 (99) | 21 | 2021 | Nashville | Located in Midtown Nashville |
| 45 | Modera McGavock |  |
325 (99) | 29 | 2025 | Nashville | Features 396 units with 12,000 square feet of retail.[30] |
| 46 | 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. |
| 47 | Grand Hyatt |  |
320 (98) | 25 | 2020 | Nashville | This Grand Hyatt 27-floor tower opened in 2020 in downtown Nashville. |
| 48 | Riverview Tower |  |
312 (95) | 24 | 1985 | Knoxville | |
| 49 | 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. |
| 50-T | Sheraton Nashville Downtown |  |
300 (91) | 27 | 1975 | Nashville | |
| 50-T | Republic Centre |  |
300 (91) | 21 | 1975 | Chattanooga | Tallest building in Chattanooga. |
Tallest under construction
The following table ranks buildings under construction in Nashville that are expected to be at least 300 ft (91 m) tall when topped out or completed.
| Name | Photo | Height | Floors | Year | Purpose | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramount Tower |  |
750 (230) | 60 | 2028 | Residential | 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.[31] |
| Pendry Hotel and Residences |
|
388 (118) | 30 | 2027 | Mixed-use | Nashville | Mixed-use residential and hotel building. Full scale work started in July 2025.[32] |
| Nashville EDITION Hotel & Residences |  |
355 (108) | 28 | 2027 | Mixed-use | Nashville | Will include both hotel and condominiums.[33] Full scale underway as of 2026.[34] |
| Voce |  |
303 (92) | 25 | 2027 | Mixed-use | Nashville | To be located at 1717 Hayes in Midtown and will include 194 condo units and 60,000 sq. ft. of office. Preliminary site work was undertaken in late 2024 and $130 million construction loan has been secured. Construction started in December of 2025. Structure is fully above grade as of mid-2026.[35] |
| The Motley
Tower One |
|
300 (91) | 26 | 2027 | Residential | Nashville | Located at 1401 Church St, this is the first of a planned three-tower residential complex collectively called The Motley. Tower one has reached 20 floors in July 2026, and will offer 326 units and 1,400 square feet of retail space.[36][37] |
Tallest pending construction
These buildings have either been issued permits and approved that stand 280 feet (85 m) using standard measurement.
| Name | Height | Height | Floors | Year | City | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 Lea | 610 | 190 | 45 | Nashville | Located at 800 Lea st. The developer will be Giarratana. The design will be a curved tower.[38] 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[39] | |
| Ritz-Carlton Tower | 569 | 173 | 46 | Nashville | Located on the former KVB tower property it will be accompanied by a 32 story Tower with planned early 2022 start[40] | |
| 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.[41][42] |
| 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.[43] |
| 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.[44] Eyeing an early 2022 groundbreaking. |
| 531 Second Ave. Tower 2 | 375 | 114 | 32 | 2023 | Nashville | located at 531 Second ave.[43] |
| 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.[45] |
| 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. Was planned as a 30-story building but it underwent a design change making the building 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. |
Timeline of tallest buildings
This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Tennessee.
| Name | City | Street Address | Years as tallest | Height feet | Height meters |
Floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 10 Main | Memphis | 10 South Main Street | 1904–1905 | 216 | 66 | 16 |
| Madison Hotel | Memphis | 79 Madison Avenue | 1905–1910 | 232 | 71 | 16 |
| Exchange Building | Memphis | 9 North Second Street | 1910–1924 | 264 | 80 | 19 |
| Lincoln American Tower | Memphis | 60 North Main Street | 1924-1930 | 290 | 88 | 22 |
| Sterick Building | Memphis | 8 North Third Street | 1930-1965 | 365 | 111 | 29 |
| Life & Casualty Tower | Nashville | 100 North Main Street | 1957–1965 | 409 | 125 | 31 |
| 100 North Main | Memphis | 100 North Main Street | 1965–1970 | 430 | 130 | 37 |
| William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower | Nashville | 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue | 1970-1994 | 452 | 138 | 32 |
| AT&T Building | Nashville | 333 Commerce Street | 1994-present | 632 | 193 | 33 |