List of tallest buildings in Arizona facts for kids
- Note: Table widths too wide for most users; tables forced to 1920px to prevent crowding.
The following is a chronological list of buildings in the state of Arizona that are taller than 7-stories or have historical relevance, grouped by city.
Contents
By city
Casa Grande
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Completed y/m/d |
Name | Image | Height | Floors | Architect | Cost USD |
Area sq ft |
Usage | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Francisco Grande Resort Tower | 109 ft (33 m) | 9 | Nicholas G. Sakellar | Hotel | Complete | Built as an addition to the Spring Training home of the San Francisco Giants. The hotel played host to celebrates such as John Wayne and Pat Boone. |
Chandler
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Flagstaff
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Mesa
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Phoenix
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Completed y/m/d |
Name | Image | Height | Floors | Architect | Cost USD |
Area sq ft |
Usage | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1915 | Barrister Place | 77 ft (23 m) | 7 | F. C. Hurst | Complete | Originally the Jefferson Hotel. This building was used in the opening scene of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 movie Psycho, where Marion and Sam spend their lunchbreak. The building is currently being converted to condos. | ||||
1920 | Heard Building | 103 ft (31 m) | 7 | Llewellyn A. Parker | 75,000 | Office | Complete | It was the first high-rise building to be erected in Phoenix and held the title of tallest building in Arizona for four years until the completion of the Luhrs Building in 1924. The buildings facade was modernized in 1937. | ||
1924-2 | Luhrs Building | 138 ft (42 m) | 11 | Trost & Trost | $500,000 - $900,000 | 100,000 | Office / Retail | Complete | L-shaped building that held the title of tallest building in Arizona for almost five years until the opening of the Westward Ho in January 1929. | |
1928 | Security Building | 108 ft (32 m) | 8 | Curlett & Beelman | $600,000 | 230,000 | Office | Complete | ||
1928-3-20 | Hotel San Carlos | 86 ft (26 m) | 7 | G. Whitecross Ritchie | $350,000 | Hotel | Complete | Opened in March 1928 and has operated as a hotel since. | ||
1928-9-20 | Westward Ho | 208 ft (63 m) | 16 | H. Rafael Lake Louis L. Dorr |
$2,500,000 | Residential | Complete | A 16-story building that opened in 1929, it held the title of tallest building in Arizona for over 30 years until the completion of the Guaranty Bank Building in 1960. | ||
1929-3-2 | Luhrs Tower | 185 ft (56 m) | 15 | Trost & Trost | $400,000 - $2,000,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1930-10-5 / 1931-1-31 | Orpheum Lofts | 11 | Lescher & Mahoney | $650,000 - $900,000 | 137,734 | Residential / Retail | Complete | Originally called the Title and Trust Building. | ||
1931-12 | Professional Building | 171 ft (52 m) | 12 | Morgan, Walls & Clements | $759,000 - $800,000 | 157,000 | Vacant | Complete | Upon completion in February 1932, the Valley Bank and Trust Company moved into the bottom three floors with medical offices occupying the top seven. | |
1956-1-21 | University Center | 9 | William D. Reed | $3,000,000 - $4,500,000 | Education | Complete | Originally the First National Bank of Arizona Building, it has since been turned into the Phoenix campus of Arizona State University. | |||
1957-8 | Phoenix Towers | 176 ft (53 m) | 14 | Ralph C. Harris | $2,500,000 - $3,000,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
1959-9-1 | Central Towers South | 140 ft (38 m) | 11 | Robert Lee Hall | $1,500,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1960-2 | 3033 North Central Avenue | 110 ft (33 m) | 9 | Nicholas G. Sakellar | Office | Complete | Originally the Mayer Central Building | |||
1960-3-4 | Meridian Bank Tower | 252 ft (76 m) | 20 | Charles G. Polacek | 275,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the Guaranty Bank Building, it only took 9 months to complete. The building underwent renovations in the early 1990s, repainted from light blue to tan and brown, and a pitched roof was added for aesthetics. | ||
1960-3 | 1001 North Central Avenue | 120 ft (36 m) | 10 | Fred M. Guirey & Associates | $2,400,000 | 110,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the Coronet Apartment Hotel. The Kennedy-Johnson campaign set up Phoenix headquarters here in 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy visited the building for its opening on August 29, 1960. The building underwent renovations in the mid-1980s to turn it into an office building, the footprint was doubled and the building was modernized with glass cladding. | |
1960-10-19 | Arizona Bank Building | 120 ft (36 m) | 10 | Charles G. Polacek | Office | Demolished | In 2004, the building was in the process of being remodeled into residential condominiums called Monroe Place Lofts. High demand quickly sold out the 60-unit project. In May 2005 it was announced the existing building would be razed and in its place a 34-story tower would be erected and named 44 Monroe, the site's address. In late September 2005, demolition of the Arizona Bank Building began. | |||
1961-7 | Federal Building | 110 ft (33 m) | 8 | Lescher & Mahoney Edward L. Varney |
$5,000,000 | Complete | ||||
1961-7-4 | Security Center | 13 | Weaver & Drover | $3,500,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the United Title Building. | |||
1962-6-4 | 3800 North Central Avenue | 245 ft (74 m) | 17 | Flatow, Moore, Bryan and Fairburn | $5,000,000 | 190,456 | Office | Complete | Originally known as the Del Webb Building. The building was remodeled in 1989, the exterior cladding was redone and it was given a pyramid crown. | |
1963-5-30 | Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building | 120 ft (36 m) | 10 | Ralph Haver Edward L. Varney |
$4,500,000 | 174,000 | Government | Complete | Originally the Phoenix Municipal Building or Phoenix City Hall. | |
1963-7-13 / 1963-9 | Executive Towers Condominiums | 235 ft (71 m) | 22 | Alan A. Dailey & Associates | $7,000,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
1964 | 805 North 4th Avenue | 125 ft (38 m) | 11 | Chopas & Starkovich | $2,000,000 | Complete | Originally the Embassy Square Apartments. | |||
1964-8-10 | The Monroe | 249 ft (75 m) | 18 | Weaver & Drover | $11,000,000 | 255,556 | Office | Complete | On April 23, 1983, a four-alarm fire broke out on the 10th floor resulting in $9,000,000 of damage, 20 firefighters suffered from smoke inhalation. Originally the Arizona Title Building, later First American Title Building. | |
1964-10 | Landmark On Central | 176 ft (53 m) | 17 | Charles G. Polacek | $6,000,000 | Residential | Complete | Originally the Camelback Towers. | ||
1964-10-31 | Memorial Towers (North) | 110 ft (33 m) | 10 | Lescher & Mahoney | $1,000,000 | Residential | Complete | Low-rent units for senior citizens on Phoenix Memorial Hospital grounds. | ||
1964-10-31 | Memorial Towers (South) | 110 ft (33 m) | 10 | Lescher & Mahoney | $1,000,000 | Residential | Complete | Low-rent units for senior citizens on Phoenix Memorial Hospital grounds. | ||
1964-12 | Maricopa County Administration Building | 105 ft (32 m) | 6 | Stephen, Walsh, Emmons and Shanks | Government | Complete | ||||
1965 | Central Towers North | 140 ft (38 m) | 11 | Robert Lee Hall | $3,000,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1965-1-3 | Phoenix Corporate Center | 341 ft (104 m) | 27 | Irvin Finical & Associates | $21,000,000 | 445,811 | Office | Complete | Originally the First Federal Building, it was the state's tallest building for six years until Wells Fargo Plaza claimed the title and brought the tallest back downtown. The exterior was remodeled in the mid-1990s. | |
1965-1-17 | Superior Court Building | 140 ft (42 m) | 9 | Stephen, Walsh, Emmons and Shanks | Government | Complete | ||||
1965-2-27 | 4000 North Central Avenue | 280 ft (85 m) | 23 | Flatow, Moore, Bryan and Fairburn | $10,000,000 | 297,615 | Office | Complete | Originally the Del Webb TowneHouse. | |
1965-9 | O'Malley Building | 9 | Weaver & Drover | $2,000,000 | Office | Demolished | Demolished July 4, 1992 by means of controlled demolition. | |||
1966-10-30 | Regency House | 235 ft (71 m) | 21 | George H. Schoneberger | $4,000,000 | Residential | Complete | Originally to be named Royal Towers. | ||
1969 | St. Lukes Medical Center | 110 ft (30 m) | 9 | Varney, Sexton, Sydnor Associates | Medical | Complete | ||||
1970 | Valleywise Health Medical Center | 98 ft (29 m) | 8 | Lescher & Mahoney | Medical | Complete | Originally Maricopa County Medical Center | |||
1970-5 | Phoenix Financial Center | 228 ft (69 m) | 18 | Wenceslaus Sarmiento | $8,200,000 | 312,000 | Office | Complete | Originally opened in September 1964 as a 10-story building. The architectural plans called for two 18-story buildings and two one story structures, in 1968 construction began on adding an additional 8-stories. | |
1971-2-28 | 3838 North Central Avenue | 240 ft (73 m) | 20 | Flatow, Moore, Bryan and Fairburn | $10,000,000 | 235,477 | Office | Complete | Originally called the Greyhound Tower. | |
1971-10-15 | 100 West Washington | 372 ft (113 m) | 27 | Charles Luckman Associates | $25,000,000 | Government | Complete | It opened as the First National Bank Plaza or First National Bank Building on October 15, 1971, it was briefly the states tallest building until Chase Tower was completed just a year and a half later. Later known as Wells Fargo Plaza. | ||
1972-3-6 | Fellowship Towers | 212 ft (64 m) | 17 | Roger A. Reeves & Associates Norman E. Hodge |
$3,700,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
1971-6-12 | Holiday Inn Phoenix Downtown North | 120 ft (36 m) | 10 | Peter Lendrum Architecture | Hotel | Complete | Originally a Doubletree Inn hotel. | |||
1971-5-21 | Chase Tower | 483 ft (147 m) | 38 | Welton Becket & Associates | $40,000,000 | 723,000 | Vacant | Complete | Originally built for local financial heavyweight Valley National Bank, which Bank One merged with in 1994. Bank One merged with Chase in 2005 and the building was renamed. It has held the title of tallest building in Phoenix since its completion in 1971. Opened to the public on May 21, 1972. The building has been vacant since Chase moved out in 2021. | |
1972-11-26 | Mountain Bell Building | 136 ft (41 m) | 10 | Alfred N. Beadle | $4,500,000 | Office | Demolished | The building was demolished on September 27, 2009. The firm that purchased the property in 2004 hoped to turn the building into a mid-rise retirement condominium but later stated the cost was too much for the building to be saved. The demolition was filmed for the pilot of The Imploders, a short-lived TV series on TLC network. | ||
1973-5-25 | Arizona State Capital Executive Tower | 110 ft (33 m) | 9 | Varney, Sexton, Sydnor Associates
|
$7,300,000 | Government | Complete | |||
1974-7-15 | One Lexington | 200 ft (61 m) | 15 | Russell McCaleb | $6,000,000 | 190,000 | Residential | Complete | Originally an office building for the Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Company called the Southern Arizona Bank Plaza, the facade was redone and the structure was converted into condominiums early 2010. | |
1975-3-5 | Renaissance Phoenix Downtown | 198 ft (60 m) | 19 | Schwenn & Clark, Inc. | $27,000,000 - $30,000,000 | Hotel | Complete | Built on the site of the 12-story Adams Hotel which was built in 1911, it was demolished in two phases, on August 12, 1973, 350 pounds of explosives were used to demolish the two 5-story wings of the hotel, on September 2, 1973, the remaining 12-story structure was demolished. | ||
1975-5-5 | 3030 North Central Avenue | 188 ft (57 m) | 14 | McSweeney & Schuppel | 174,003 | Office | Complete | |||
1976-1-24 | Hyatt Regency Phoenix | 317 ft (97 m) | 24 | Charles Luckman Associates | $34,000,000 | Hotel | Complete | |||
1976-9-20 | US Bank Center | 407 ft (124 m) | 31 | Thomas F. Marshall Associates | $20,000,000 | Office | Complete | Originally served as headquarters for The Arizona Bank. Bank of America then occupied the tower until 2001 when the Bank of America Tower was completed at the Collier Center. In January 2005, this tower was renamed U.S. Bank Center and underwent a modest renovation to reflect the building's newest and largest tenant. | ||
1977 | Maricopa County Central Court Building | 234 ft (71 m) | 13 | Varney, Sexton, Sydnor Associates | Government | Complete | ||||
1980 | 3300 North Central Avenue | 356 ft (109 m) | 27 | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill | 364,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1981 | Great Western Bank Plaza | 295 ft (90 m) | 20 | Peter Lendrum Architecture | Office | Complete | ||||
1981 | National Bank of Arizona Plaza | 217 ft (66 m) | 16 | Rauenhorst Corporation | Office | Complete | ||||
1982 | Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center | 217 ft (66 m) | 12 | Bertrand Goldberg & Associates | $90,000,000 | Medical | Complete | |||
1982 | Engle Homes Tower | 289 ft (88 m) | 20 | Opus West | 323,607 | Office | Complete | Originally the Phelps Dodge Tower. | ||
1984 | One Camelback | 165 ft (50 m) | 11 | Shepherd & Boyd | Office | Complete | ||||
1984 | Security Title Plaza | 127 ft (38 m) | 12 | Dwayne Lewis Architects | 217,247 | Office | Complete | |||
1984 | Central Park Square | 151 ft (46 m) | 12 | CVML Architects | 247,911 | Office / Retail | Complete | |||
1985 | One Thomas | 13 | Cornoyer-Hedrick Architects & Planners Inc. | Complete | ||||||
1985-12 | Abacus Building | 200 ft (61 m) | 14 | Allen + Philip | $43,000,000 | 252,400 | Office | Complete | ||
1985 | Great American Tower | 320 ft (98 m) | 24 | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill | 338,411 | Office | Complete | |||
1985 | 2700 Tower | 170 ft (51 m) | 15 | Opus West | 213,338 | Office | Complete | |||
1986 | One Renaissance Square | 347 ft (105 m) | 25 | Emery, Roth & Sons | 492,116 | Office | Complete | LEED Gold 2010 | ||
1986 | Talley Plaza | 162 ft (49 m) | 11 | Vernon Swaback Associates | 226,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1988 | Ritz-Carlton Hotel | 130 ft (39 m) | 11 | Cornoyer-Hedrick Architects & Planners Inc. | Hotel | Complete | ||||
1988 | Three Gateway Center | 146 ft (44 m) | 12 | A. C. Martin Partners | Office | Complete | ||||
1988 | Biltmore Financial Center II | 150 ft (45 m) | 11 | CCM3 Architects | $60,000,000 | 299,499 | Office | Complete | ||
1988 | 2800 Tower | 258 ft (78 m) | 21 | Opus West | 364,533 | Office | Complete | LEED Certified | ||
1988 | Phoenix Plaza I | 331 ft (101 m) | 20 | Langdon Wilson | Office | Complete | ||||
1989 | Quest Plaza | 397 ft (121 m) | 25 | Langdon Wilson | 586,403 | Office | Complete | The tallest building in Midtown and the 3rd tallest building in Phoenix overall. The tower's design in a basic square with vertical setbacks on all four sides giving each actual corner of the tower three 45-degree angled corners. Adding to the postmodern element is the addition of a single bay style window centered on each face of the tower and spanning floors 2 to 23. The crown is a hip roof, pyramid design and is colored turquoise. | ||
1989 | Crystal Point | 224 ft (68 m) | 20 | Dwayne Lewis Architects | Residential | Complete | ||||
1989 | Camelback Esplanade I | 136 ft (41 m) | 11 | Cornoyer-Hedrick Architects & Planners Inc. | 234,743 | Office | Complete | |||
1990 | Camelback Esplanade II | 136 ft (41 m) | 11 | Cornoyer-Hedrick Architects & Planners Inc. | 234,844 | Office | Complete | |||
1990 | One Arizona Center | 240 ft (73 m) | 19 | HKS, Inc. | 326,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1990 | Two Arizona Center | 260 ft (79 m) | 20 | HNTB Architecture | 438,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1990 | Two Renaissance Square | 372 ft (113 m) | 27 | Emery, Roth & Sons Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville |
473,392 | Office | Complete | LEED Gold 2010 | ||
1990 | Phoenix Plaza II | 331 ft (101 m) | 20 | Langdon Wilson | Office | Complete | ||||
1990 | Hilton Suites Phoenix | 128 ft (39 m) | 11 | Hotel | Complete | |||||
1990-12 | Maricopa County Administration Building | 123 ft (37 m) | 10 | Varney, Sexton, Lunsford, Aye Associates | Government | Complete | ||||
1991 | Viad Tower | 374 ft (114 m) | 24 | HKS, Inc. | $83,000,000 | 482,256 | Office | Complete | Originally called the Greyhound Dial Tower, later Dial Tower or Dial Corporate Center. | |
1994 | Phoenix City Hall | 368 ft (112 m) | 20 | Langdon Wilson | $83,000,000 - $120,000,000 | 550,000 | Complete | |||
1997 | Camelback Esplanade III | 136 ft (41 m) | 10 | Cornoyer-Hedrick Architects & Planners Inc. | 218,254 | Office | Complete | LEED Gold | ||
1997 | Arizona Republic Building | 124 ft (37 m) | 10 | Complete | ||||||
1999-10 | Camelback Esplanade IV | 136 ft (41 m) | 10 | Cornoyer-Hedrick Architects & Planners Inc. | 206,222 | Office | Complete | |||
1999-12-27 | Phoenix Municipal Court | 161 ft (49 m) | 9 | DMJM Helmuth, Obata and Kassabaum Omni Design Group |
$44,880,000 | 330,000 | Government | Complete | ||
2000-6 | 24th at Camelback I | 100 ft (30 m) | 8 | Pickard Chilton | 302,209 | Office | Complete | |||
2000 | Bank of America Tower | 360 ft (110 m) | 24 | Opus Architects & Engineers | 512,000 | Office | Complete | Centerpiece of the Collier Center, a multi-use office and entertainment complex. | ||
2001 | One North Central | 289 ft (88 m) | 20 | SmithGroup | $78,000,000 | 460,000 | Office | Complete | Originally Phelps Dodge Centre | |
2002 | Camelback Esplanade V | 136 ft (41 m) | 10 | Cornoyer-Hedrick Architects & Planners Inc. | 241,000 | Office | Complete | |||
2003-1-13 | Esplanade Place | 135 ft (41 m) | 13 | DFD CornoyerHedrick | $30,000,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
2006-9-28 | Optima Biltmore Towers | 143 ft (43 m) | 15 | David Hovey | 469,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
2006 | The Residences at 2211 Camelback | 144 ft (43 m) | 12 | DFD CornoyerHedrick | $44,000,000 | 376,022 | Residential | Complete | ||
2007 | The Summit at Copper Square | 250 ft (76 m) | 23 | Hirsch Associates | Residential | Complete | ||||
2008-9-30 | Sheraton Phoenix Downtown | 360 ft (110 m) | 31 | Architectonica | $350,000,000 | Hotel | Complete | |||
2008 | 44 Monroe | 380 ft (115 m) | 34 | Tucker Sadler Architects | $70,000,000 | 523,619 | Residential | Complete | ||
2009-2 | Taylor Place | 161 ft (49 m) | 13 | SmithGroup | $71,007,264 | 352,000 | Residential | Complete | ||
2009 | Freeport-McMoRan Center | 383 ft (116 m) | 26 | SmithGroup | $103,000,000 | 800,000 | Office / Hotel | Complete | ||
2010 | 24th at Camelback II | 136 ft (41 m) | 11 | Pickard Chilton | 307,915 | Office | Complete | |||
2010-11-5 | Alliance Bank Tower | 385 ft (117 m) | 28 | Callison Architecture | 618,000 | Office | Complete | |||
2012-2-14 | Maricopa County Superior Court South Court Tower | 284 ft (86 m) | 16 | Gould Evans | $340,000,000 | 695,273 | Complete | |||
2014-4 | Hotel Palomar | 24 | Callison Architecture | Retail / Residential / Hotel | Complete | |||||
2017-3-2 | Residence Inn by Marriott Phoenix Downtown | 277 ft (75 m) | 20 | Awbrey, Cook, Rogers, McGill Architects | Hotel | Complete | ||||
2018-11-6 | Banner University Medical Center Tower | 290 ft (89 m) | 16 | HKS Architects | Medical | Complete | ||||
2019-5-20 | The Stewart | 242 ft (74 m) | 19 | CCBG Architects | $80,000,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
2019 | Altura PHX | 350 ft (107 m) | 30 | Shepley Bulfinch | Residential | Complete | Formerly known as Link PHX | |||
2020 | The Ryan | 210 ft (64 m) | 17 | Omniplan, Inc. | Residential | Complete | ||||
2021 | Kenect Phoenix | 249 ft (75 m) | 23 | RSP Architects | Residential | Complete | ||||
2021 | Adeline | 291 ft (89 m) | 25 | SmithGroup | Residential | Complete | ||||
2022 | 700 N 4th Street | 304 ft (93 m) | 27 | Shepley Bulfinch | Residential | Complete | ||||
2022 | X Phoenix | 269 ft (82 m) | 20 | Shepley Bulfinch | Residential | Complete | ||||
2022 | Derby Roosevelt Row | 240 ft (73 m) | 21 | Wilder Belshaw Architects | Residential | Complete | ||||
2022 (expected) | Aspire Fillmore | 208 ft (63 m) | 17 | CCBG Architects | Residential | Under Construction | ||||
2023 (expected) | Valleywise Heath Medical Center | 200 ft (61 m) | 10 | EYP, Inc. | Medical | Under Construction | ||||
2023 (expected) | Skye on Sixth | 287 ft (88 m) | 26 | Residential | Under Construction | |||||
2023 (expected) | Moontower PHX | 255 ft (78 m) | 24 | Shepley Bulfinch | Residential | Under Construction | ||||
2024 (expected) | PalmTower Residences | 316 ft (96 m) | 28 | The Lamar Johnson Colobrative | Residential | Under Construction | ||||
2024 (expected) | Central Station East | 373 ft (114 m) | 32 | Residential | Under Construction | |||||
2024 (expected) | Central Station West | 230 ft (70 m) | 22 | Residential | Under Construction |
Scottsdale
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Completed y/m/d |
Name | Image | Height | Floors | Architect | Cost USD |
Area sq ft |
Usage | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | AmTrust Tower | 143 ft (43 m) | 11 | Bell and Bell | $10,000,000 | 100,000 | Office | Complete | Originally known as Camel View Plaza or Arizona Bank Building. | |
2002 | The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa | 120 ft (36 m) | 9 | Hill Glazier Architects | $89,000,000 | Hotel | Complete | |||
2007-12 | Plaza Lofts at Kierland Commons | 120 ft (36 m) | 9 | Nelsen Architects | 436,776 | Residential / Retail | Complete | |||
2007-2-12 | One Waterfront Place | 160 ft (48 m) | 13 | Opus West Geoffrey H. Edmunds & Associates Inc |
Residential | Complete | ||||
2007-2-12 | Two Waterfront Place | 160 ft (48 m) | 13 | Opus West Geoffrey H. Edmunds & Associates Inc |
Residential | Complete | ||||
2010-4-15 | Talking Stick Resort | 180 ft (54 m) | 15 | FFKR Architects | $440,000,000 | 407,000 | Resort | Complete | ||
2017-5 | 7160 Optmia Kierland | 99 ft (30 m) | 10 | David Hovey | Residential | Complete | ||||
2018-5 | 7120 Optmia Kierland | 117 ft (35 m) | 12 | David Hovey | Residential | Complete | ||||
2020 | 7140 Optmia Kierland | 117 ft (35 m) | 12 | David Hovey | Residential | Complete | ||||
2020-8 | 7180 Optmia Kierland | 117 ft (35 m) | 12 | David Hovey | Residential | Complete | ||||
2021 | Hyatt House North Scottsdale | 105 ft (32 m) | 9 | Allen + Philip | Hotel | Complete |
Tempe
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Completed y/m/d |
Name | Image | Height | Floors | Architect | Cost USD |
Area sq ft |
Usage | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | Palo Verde East | 97 ft (29 m) | 8 | Cartmell and Rossman | $1,500,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
1964 | Palo Verde West | 97 ft (29 m) | 8 | Cartmell and Rossman | $1,500,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
1967-9-10 | Manzanita Hall | 181 ft (85 m) | 15 | Cartmell and Rossman | $3,600,000 | 205,000 | Residential | Complete | ||
1968-11-9 | Wexler Hall | 97 ft (29 m) | 8 | Michael & Kemper Goodwin | $1,714,238 | 94,000 | Education | Complete | Originally known as the Mathematics Building | |
1991-9-30 | Life Sciences Tower | 161 ft (49 m) | 9 | Anderson DeBartolo Pan, Inc. | Education | Complete | ||||
2000 | US Airways Headquarters | 130 ft (39 m) | 9 | Leo A. Daly SmithGroup |
218,000 | Office | Complete | LEED Gold | ||
2002-7 | Hayden Ferry Lakeside I | 138 ft (42 m) | 8 | DFD CornoyerHedrick | $21,000,000 | 203,000 | Office | Complete | ||
2006 | Edgewater | 100 ft (30 m) | 8 | Callison Architecture, Inc. | $67,000,000 | 128,000 | Residential | Complete | ||
2007-2 | Hayden Ferry Lakeside II | 194 ft (59 m) | 12 | DFD CornoyerHedrick | $55,000,000 | 300,000 | Office | Complete | ||
2007 | Bridgeview | 156 ft (47 m) | 12 | Callison Architecture, Inc. | $140,000,000 | 352,000 | Residential | Complete | ||
2009-2 | Tempe Gateway | 8 | Opus Architects & Engineers | $49,000,000 | 263,000 | Office / Retail | Complete | |||
2009-8-18 | 922 Place | 11 | Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture | $30,000,000 | 275,000 | Residential | Complete | Formerly called The Vue on Apache | ||
2011 | West Sixth I | 258 ft (78 m) | 22 | Gould Evans | Residential | Complete | Centerpoint Residential | |||
2011 | West Sixth II | 345 ft (105 m) | 30 | Gould Evans | Residential | Complete | Centerpoint Residential | |||
2013-8 | University House | 193 ft (58 m) | 19 | Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture | $42,600,000 | 414,000 | Residential | Complete | Also known as Hub on Campus. | |
2013-9-26 | Residence Inn Tempe | 145 ft (44 m) | 11 | LK Architecture | $50,000,000 | Hotel | Complete | |||
2017-9 | The Rise on Apache | 170 ft (52 m) | 15 | Shepley Bulfinch | 640,000 | Mixed Use | Complete | |||
2018-8 | Union Tempe | 221 ft (67 m) | 20 / 12 | Opus Architects & Engineers, LLC | $160,000,000 | 850,000 | Mixed Use | Complete | ||
2020-6 | Tempe Hilton Canopy Hotel | 159 ft (48 m) | 14 | Allen + Philip | $60,000,000 | 136,000 | Hotel | Complete | ||
2020 | Watermark Office Tower | 318 ft (97 m) | 15 | Nelsen Partners | $150,000,000 | 265,000 | Mixed Use | Complete | ||
2020-8 | Oliv Tempe | 259 ft (79 m) | 24 | Antunovich Associates | 319,148 | Mixed Use | Complete | The land purchased for the project—only 0.75 acres—sold for $8.4 million, and was the most expensive land purchase (per square foot) of any in Arizona over the last 10 years | ||
2020 | Mirabella at ASU | 250 ft (76 m) | 20 | Ankrom Moisan Architects, Inc. | $167,000,000 | 620,000 | Residential: Retirement | Complete | ||
2021-8 | Westin Tempe | 223 ft (68 m) | 18 | RSP Architects Ltd. | $86,000,000 | 276,558 | Hotel | Complete | ||
2022 (Expected) | 100 Mill | 245 ft (75 m) (estimated) | 15 | Davis Architects | $190,000,000 | 280,000 | Office/Hotel | Under Construction | Development of the site is conditioned upon renovation of the Valley's oldest continually occupied structure, the historic Hayden House. |
Tucson
Was the state’s tallest building upon completion
Completed y/m/d |
Name | Image | Height | Floors | Architect | Cost USD |
Area sq ft |
Usage | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1917 | Santa Rita Hotel Addition | 100 ft (30 m) | 8 | William and Alexander Curlett | Hotel | Demolished | Addition to the original 5 story structure built in 1903 | |||
1929-10-11 | Chase Building | 142 ft (43 m) | 11 | Walker & Eisen Architects | $1,000,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the Consolidated National Bank building. | ||
1930-1-4 | Pioneer Hotel Building | 151 ft (46 m) | 11 | Roy Place | Office | Complete | Originally a hotel. In the early morning hours of December 20, 1970 a fire broke out in the building resulting in the deaths of 29 people. Louis Cuen Taylor, a 16-year-old boy, was later charged with starting the fire. Taylor was sentenced to life in prison though he continues to maintain his innocence. | |||
1962-2-12 | Transamerica Building | 155 ft (47 m) | 11 | Thomas E. Stanley | 180,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the Phoenix Title Building, named after its largest tenant. Later called the Transamerica Title Building. | ||
1963-11-1 | Tucson House | 195 ft (59 m) | 18 | Lowenberg & Lowenberg | Residential | Complete | ||||
1966-3-27 | Pima County Legal Services Building | 260 ft (79 m) | 20 | Place & Place | $4,500,000 | 220,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association Building or Tucson Federal Building. Later known as the Home Federal Building. | |
1967-10-23 | City Hall Tower | 120 ft (36 m) | 10 | Friedman and Jobusch | $1,800,000 - 1,900,000 | City Hall | Complete | |||
1968-10-30 | Pima County Health & Welfare Building | 6 | Terry Atkinson | $2,000,000 | 96,000 | Government | Complete | |||
1969-9 | Pima County Administration Building | 11 | Terry Atkinson | $3,961,850 | Government | Complete | A fire broke out on the 4th floor on the night of June 25, 1973, there was only minor damage to the building estimated to be $40,000, there was additional damages of $500,000 to equipment. Investigators later determined that a 17-year-old boy employed at the building intentionally lit the fire. The building did not have sprinklers at the time of the fire. | |||
1973-11-29 | The Hotel Arizona | 150 ft (45 m) | 12 | Everett I. Brown | $9,000,000 | Hotel | Complete | Originally the Braniff Place Tucson or Braniff International Hotel. | ||
1974-5-10 | Federal Building | 113 ft (34 m) | 8 | Cain, Nelson, Wares, Cook & Associates | $5,500,000 | Government | Complete | |||
1975 | Pima County Superior Court Building | 9 | Terry Atkinson | $7,500,000 | Government | Complete | High winds caused the top of the buildings framework to bend 5 feet during construction. | |||
1975-5 | 5151 East Broadway | 226 ft (68 m) | 16 | Mascarella Merry & Associates | $7,500,000 | 210,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the Great Western Bank-Pima Savings Building or just Great Western Bank Building. | |
1977 | Bank of America Plaza | 264 ft (80 m) | 16 | Allan Elias | $10,000,000 | 160,000 | Office | Complete | Originally the Arizona Bank Plaza. | |
1985 | Gould-Simpson Building | 141 ft (42 m) | 10 | Metz, Train & Youngren | $18,500,000 | Office | Complete | |||
1986 | One South Church | 330 ft (100 m) | 23 | Fentress Bradburn Associates | 240,811 | Office | Complete | Formerly UniSource Energy Tower and Norwest Bank Tower. | ||
2011-11 | UniSource Energy Building | 9 | 170,000 | Office | Complete | |||||
2011-11-11 | Casino Del Sol Resort, Spa and Conference Center | 10 | $131,000,000 | 161,000 | Casino / Hotel | Complete | ||||
2013 | Luna | 170 ft (51 m) | 14 | Shepley Bulfinch | $25,000,000 | Residential | Complete | |||
2013-10-19 | Hub at Tucson | 160 ft (48 m) | 13 | Antunovich Associates | Residential | Complete | ||||
8-2014 | Sol | 160 ft (48 m) | 13 | Shepley Bulfinch | Residential | Complete |
Number of buildings
City | Completed | Under-Construction | On-Hold | Demolished |
---|---|---|---|---|
Casa Grande | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Flagstaff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mesa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phoenix | 107 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Scottsdale | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tempe | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tucson | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
State Total | 168 | 11 | 0 | 5 |
Average floor count
City | Average floor count |
---|---|
Casa Grande | 9 |
Chandler | 10 |
Flagstaff | 9 |
Mesa | 12.25 |
Phoenix | 16.39 |
Scottsdale | 11.66 |
Tempe | 13.77 |
Tucson | 12.41 |
State Total | 15.25 |
See also
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
List of tallest buildings in Arizona Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.