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This list of tallest buildings in Florida ranks the tallest buildings (170 metres (560 ft) or higher) in the U.S. state of Florida by height. The tallest building in the state is the 85-story Panorama Tower, which rises 868 feet (265 m) in the City of Miami's Brickell neighborhood and was completed in 2017.

Florida has 45 buildings that are 550 feet (170 m) or higher. The majority are located in the City of Miami, and over 94% are in the Greater Miami area while the rest are in the Tampa and Jacksonville areas. None of them are in the Orlando area. Of the 37 tallest buildings in Florida, 24 are in the City of Miami, 14 in Sunny Isles Beach, 2 are in Miami Beach, 2 are in Tampa, and 1 is in Jacksonville. The Greater Miami area accounts for 34 of the 37 tallest buildings over 550 feet in Florida. Miami alone is ranked as the third largest skyline in the United States after New York City and Chicago, even without counting the extended skyline up the beach to Sunny Isles and Fort Lauderdale.

The majority of the skyscrapers in Miami are within the Greater Downtown Miami area, specifically the neighborhoods of the Central Business District (including the Downtown Miami Historic District), Arts & Entertainment District, Brickell, and Edgewater.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks the tallest buildings in Florida that stand at least 550 ft (or 167m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed or topped-out. Where applicable, floor counts are given by the observed measurements, as reported floor counts may include many skipped floors, not limited to floor 13.

Rank	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	City	Notes
1	Panorama Tower	869 (265)	85	2017	Miami	Tallest building in Miami and Florida since 2017. 55th tallest in United States.
2	Aston Martin Residences	817 (249)	66	2023	Miami	Will contain 391 condominiums and be one of Miami's tallest buildings when completed. Officially topped out on December 1, 2021 as the tallest residential building south of New York City.
3	Four Seasons Hotel Miami	789 (240)	64	2003	Miami	86th-tallest in the United States; had been the tallest building in Miami and Florida since 2003. Tallest building built in Miami and Florida in the 2000s. The building's total Building Area stands at 690,000sq.ft.
4	Southeast Financial Center	764 (233)	55	1984	Miami	Tallest all-office building in the city and the state; tallest building built in Miami in the 1980s. The building has won the TOBY Building of the Year Award in 1990, 1996 and 1999, and in 1997 was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of the 50 best buildings in the US. Most floors have 9 corner offices, with the top twelve floors having as many as 16.
5	Brickell Flatiron	734 (224)	65	2019	Miami	Residential tower with 549 condominiums and 3,716 square meters of ground floor retail. Site is located on the corner of South Miami Avenue and Brickell Plaza. Typical of Miami residential construction, financing will use the Latin American finance method. Construction began in March 2016.
6	One Thousand Museum	709 (216)	62	2018	Miami	83-unit residential condominium tower. The tower was designed by world-renowned architect Zaha Hadid. Construction began in December 2014. It topped off in February 2018.
7	Marquis	703 (215)	63	2009	Miami
8	Paramount Miami Worldcenter	700 (213.3)	60	2019	Miami	Residential tower with 444 apartments as part of the Miami World Center development. Broke ground in late 2015. The building topped off in August 2018.
=9	Estates at Acqualina South	672 (205)	52	2022	Sunny Isles Beach
=9	Estates at Acqualina North	672 (205)	52	2023	Sunny Isles Beach
11	900 Biscayne Bay	650 (198)	63	2008	Miami	Tallest all-residential skyscraper in Miami and Florida.
=12	Muse	649 (198)	47	2018	Sunny Isles Beach	Tallest building in Florida outside of the city of Miami.
=12	Turnberry Ocean Club Residences	649 (198)	52	2020	Sunny Isles Beach	Tallest building in Florida outside of the city of Miami.
=12	Elysee Miami	649 (197)	57	2019	Miami
15	Wells Fargo Center	647 (197)	47	2010	Miami	Formerly known as Met 2 Financial Center
16	Mansions at Acqualina	643 (196)	46	2015	Sunny Isles Beach	Second tallest building in Florida outside of the city of Miami.
17	Porsche Design Tower	641 (195)	57	2016	Sunny Isles Beach	Robotic car parking system will bring vehicles up to each unit.
18	Ritz-Carlton Residences	640 (195)	52	2020	Sunny Isles Beach
19	Residences by Armani Casa	639 (195)	55	2019	Sunny Isles Beach
20	Jade Signature	636 (194)	57	2017	Sunny Isles Beach	Topped-out
21	Echo Brickell	635 (193)	57	2017	Miami	Announced in Spring 2013. Topped out early 2017.
22	Mint at Riverfront	631 (192.3)	55	2008	Miami
23	Infinity at Brickell	630 (192)	52	2008	Miami
24	Miami Tower	625 (191)	47	1986	Miami	Designed by I.M. Pei & Partners. Formerly known as CenTrust Tower and Bank of America Tower. The building contains the Knight Center Metromover station. 216 ultra-modern LED fixtures placed on the setbacks and rooftops of neighboring blocks light the tower in multicolored displays.
25	Bank of America Tower	617 (188)	42	1990	Jacksonville	Formerly known as the Barnett Bank Center. Tallest building in Jacksonville, in North Florida, and outside of the Miami metropolitan area.
26	Marinablue	615 (187)	57	2007	Miami
27	Plaza on Brickell Tower I	610 (186)	56	2007	Miami
28	Epic	601 (183)	54	2009	Miami
29	SLS Brickell	599 (183)	52	2016	Miami	Announced in Fall 2012. Construction began in January 2014, topped-out by early 2016 for late 2016 occupancy.
30	SLS Lux	595 (181)	57	2018	Miami	This is the third tower in the Brickell Heights development project. Construction began in 2014 and includes 450 condominiums and a 60-room SLS Hotel. Site work began in June 2014.
=31	Icon Brickell North Tower	586 (179)	58	2008	Miami
=31	Icon Brickell South Tower	586 (179)	58	2008	Miami
33	Ten Museum Park	585 (178)	50	2007	Miami
34	100 North Tampa	579 (176)	42	1992	Tampa	Tallest building in Tampa since 1992. Tallest building along Florida's Gulf Coast, and Central Florida. Tallest building constructed in Tampa in the 1990’s. Also known as the Regions Building.
35	Bank of America Plaza	577 (176)	42	1986	Tampa	Damaged in a 2002 plane crash. Tallest building constructed in Tampa in the 1980’s.
36	Jade Beach	574 (175)	53	2008	Sunny Isles Beach
=37	Green Diamond	559 (170)	44	2000	Miami Beach
=38	Blue Diamond	559 (170)	44	2000	Miami Beach
39	Paramount Bay at Edgewater Square	555 (169)	47	2009	Miami	Designed by Arquitectonica Architects, Creative Vision by Lenny Kravitz for Kravitz Design Inc.
=40	50 Biscayne	554 (169)	55	2007	Miami
=40	Quantum on the Bay South Tower	554 (169)	52	2008	Miami	Tallest building in the Arts & Entertainment District
42	Trump Palace	551 (168)	43	2005	Sunny Isles Beach	Tallest building in center of photo
=43	Acqualina Ocean Residences	550 (168)	51	2004	Sunny Isles Beach	Façade has a clock on it
=43	Biscayne Beach	550 (168)	51	2016	Miami	Residential apartment tower began construction in May 2014. Tower will have 399 units and a private "beach club." Topped of summer 2016.
=43	Trump Royale	550 (168)	43	2008	Sunny Isles Beach	Almost identical to adjacent Trump Palace

Timeline of tallest buildings

This is a list of buildings that were the tallest in Florida when they were built, beginning in the early 20th century, when the skyscraper boom began in the state. Since 1902, six of Florida's tallest buildings have been in Jacksonville, five have been in Miami, two have been in Tampa, and one in Pensacola.

Years tallest	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	City	Notes
1896–1902	Florida Brewing Company building	82 (25)	6	Tampa	In its prime, The Florida Brewing Company produced 80,000 barrels of beer annually, making it the leading exporter of beer to Cuba in the U.S. and the premier brewery on Florida's West coast. The Florida Brewing Company survived the Prohibition and continued to thrive through the Great Depression. However, the embargo on Cuba and the opening of the Anheuser-Busch Company in Tampa ultimately led to its closing in 1961. A cigar company later took over the building. It also served as a bomb shelter during the Cold War. The building was eventually abandoned and fell into disrepair until it was restored in 1999. It now serves as offices for the law firm of Swope, Rodante P.A.
1902–1909	Dyal-Upchurch Building	82 (25)	6	Jacksonville	Built after the Great Fire of 1901.
1909–1910	121 Atlantic Place	135 (41)	10	Jacksonville
1910-1912	Seville Tower	141 (43)	10	Pensacola	Its location on the northeast corner of Palafox and Government Streets, is also the site of the first telephone exchange in Florida with exclusive operating rights, established by Southern Bell on September 1, 1880, and serving 31 telephones.
1912–1913	Florida Life Building	148 (45)	11	Jacksonville	Part of the Laura Street Trio.
1913–1925	Heard National Bank Building	180 (55)	15	Jacksonville	The only one of Florida's ranking tallest buildings to have been demolished. It was torn down in 1981 and was later replaced by the Bank of America Tower, now Jacksonville's tallest building. The columned entrance façade was preserved.
1925–1926	Freedom Tower	256 (78)	17	Miami	The first of Florida's tallest buildings to be built outside of Tampa or Jacksonville.
1926–1928	Miami Biltmore Hotel	315 (96)	15	Coral Gables	Became Florida's tallest building one year after Coral Gables was incorporated.
1928–1966	Miami-Dade County Courthouse	394 (120)	28	Miami
1966–1974	Vehicle Assembly Building	526 (160)	1	Merritt Island	Largest one-story building in the world.
1974-1981	Wells Fargo Center	535 (163)	37	Jacksonville	Formerly known as the Independent Life Building and the Modis Building; the last of Florida's tallest buildings to be in Jacksonville.
1981–1984	One Tampa City Center	538 (164)	48	Tampa	The last of Florida's tallest buildings to be in Tampa or anywhere outside of Miami.
1984–2003	Southeast Financial Center	764 (233)	55	Miami	Formerly the Wachovia Financial Center; currently Florida's tallest office building.
2003–2017	Four Seasons Hotel Miami	789 (240)	64	Miami
2017–present	Panorama Tower	869 (265)	85	Miami	Miami's and Florida's current tallest building.

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