List of tallest buildings in Florida Facts for Kids

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This article lists the tallest buildings in Florida. These are buildings that stand at least 170 meters (about 550 feet) tall. The very tallest building in Florida is the Panorama Tower. It has 85 floors and reaches 265 meters (868 feet) into the sky. It's located in the City of Miami's Brickell area and was finished in 2017.

Florida has 45 buildings that are 167 meters (550 feet) or taller. Most of these tall buildings are in the City of Miami. In fact, over 94% of them are in the larger Miami metropolitan area. The rest are found in Tampa and Jacksonville. You won't find any of these super tall buildings in the Orlando area. Miami itself has one of the biggest collections of skyscrapers in the United States, ranking third after New York City and Chicago.

Most of Miami's skyscrapers are in the Greater Downtown Miami area. This includes neighborhoods like the Central Business District, Arts & Entertainment District, Brickell, and Edgewater.

Florida's Tallest Skyscrapers

This list shows the tallest buildings in Florida that are at least 167 meters (550 feet) tall. We measure their height from the ground to the very top, including spires and cool architectural parts. We don't count antenna masts. If two or more buildings have the same height, they share a rank, shown with an equals sign (=). The "Year" column tells you when the building was finished.

Rank	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	City	Fun Facts
1	Panorama Tower	869 (265)	85	2017	Miami	This is the tallest building in Miami and all of Florida since 2017. It's also among the tallest in the whole United States.
2	Aston Martin Residences	817 (249)	66	2023	Miami	This building has 391 homes inside. It became the tallest residential building south of New York City when it was topped out in 2021.
3	Four Seasons Hotel Miami	789 (240)	64	2003	Miami	This building was the tallest in Miami and Florida from 2003 until 2017. It was the tallest building built in Miami in the 2000s.
4	Southeast Financial Center	764 (233)	55	1984	Miami	This is the tallest building in Florida used only for offices. It was the tallest building built in Miami in the 1980s.
5	Brickell Flatiron	734 (224)	65	2019	Miami	This building has 549 homes and shops on the ground floor. Construction started in 2016.
6	One Thousand Museum	709 (216)	62	2018	Miami	This building has 83 homes. It was designed by the famous architect Zaha Hadid. It was topped off in 2018.
7	Marquis	703 (215)	63	2009	Miami
8	Paramount Miami Worldcenter	700 (213.3)	60	2019	Miami	This building has 444 apartments and is part of the big Miami World Center project. It was topped off in 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	This was the tallest building in Miami and Florida used only for homes.
=12	Muse	649 (198)	47	2018	Sunny Isles Beach	This is one of the tallest buildings in Florida located outside of Miami.
=12	Turnberry Ocean Club Residences	649 (198)	52	2020	Sunny Isles Beach	This is one of the tallest buildings in Florida located outside of Miami.
=12	Elysee Miami	649 (197)	57	2019	Miami
15	Wells Fargo Center	647 (197)	47	2010	Miami	This building used to be called Met 2 Financial Center.
16	Mansions at Acqualina	643 (196)	46	2015	Sunny Isles Beach	This is another very tall building outside of Miami.
17	Porsche Design Tower	641 (195)	57	2016	Sunny Isles Beach	This building has a cool robotic system that parks cars right next to your apartment!
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	This building was topped out in 2017.
21	Echo Brickell	635 (193)	57	2017	Miami	Construction on this building started in 2013 and it was topped out in 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	This building was designed by a famous architect named I.M. Pei. It can light up in many colors at night!
25	Bank of America Tower	617 (188)	42	1990	Jacksonville	This is the tallest building in Jacksonville and in North Florida. It's also the tallest building outside of the Miami 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	Construction started in 2014 and it was topped out in 2016.
30	SLS Lux	595 (181)	57	2018	Miami	This building has 450 homes and a 60-room hotel.
=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	This has been the tallest building in Tampa since 1992. It's also the tallest building on Florida's Gulf Coast.
35	Bank of America Plaza	577 (176)	42	1986	Tampa	This building was damaged in a plane crash in 2002.
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	This building was designed by Arquitectonica Architects, with creative ideas from Lenny Kravitz.
=40	50 Biscayne	554 (169)	55	2007	Miami
=40	Quantum on the Bay South Tower	554 (169)	52	2008	Miami	This is the tallest building in the Arts & Entertainment District area of Miami.
42	Trump Palace	551 (168)	43	2005	Sunny Isles Beach	This building is in the center of the photo.
=43	Acqualina Ocean Residences	550 (168)	51	2004	Sunny Isles Beach	This building has a clock on its outside.
=43	Biscayne Beach	550 (168)	51	2016	Miami	This building has 399 apartments and its own private "beach club." It was topped off in 2016.
=43	Trump Royale	550 (168)	43	2008	Sunny Isles Beach	This building looks almost the same as the Trump Palace next to it.

How Florida's Tallest Buildings Changed Over Time

This list shows buildings that were once the tallest in Florida, starting from the early 1900s when many skyscrapers began to be built. Since 1902, six of Florida's tallest buildings have been in Jacksonville, five in Miami, two in Tampa, and one in Pensacola.

Years Tallest	Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	City	Cool Facts
1896–1902	Florida Brewing Company building	82 (25)	6	Tampa	This building used to be a very successful brewery. It made 80,000 barrels of beer each year! Later, it was used by a cigar company and even as a bomb shelter during the Cold War. Today, it's an office building.
1902–1909	Dyal-Upchurch Building	82 (25)	6	Jacksonville	This building was constructed after a huge fire in Jacksonville in 1901.
1909–1910	121 Atlantic Place	135 (41)	10	Jacksonville
1910-1912	Seville Tower	141 (43)	10	Pensacola	This building stands where Florida's first telephone exchange was set up in 1880.
1912–1913	Florida Life Building	148 (45)	11	Jacksonville	This building is part of a group of historic buildings called the Laura Street Trio.
1913–1925	Heard National Bank Building	180 (55)	15	Jacksonville	This is the only building on this list that was torn down. It was replaced by the current tallest building in Jacksonville, the Bank of America Tower.
1925–1926	Freedom Tower	256 (78)	17	Miami	This was the first time Florida's tallest building was located outside of Tampa or Jacksonville.
1926–1928	Miami Biltmore Hotel	315 (96)	15	Coral Gables	This hotel became Florida's tallest building just one year after Coral Gables became a city.
1928–1966	Miami-Dade County Courthouse	394 (120)	28	Miami
1966–1974	Vehicle Assembly Building	526 (160)	1	Merritt Island	This is the largest one-story building in the entire world! It's used to put together rockets.
1974-1981	Wells Fargo Center	535 (163)	37	Jacksonville	This was the last time Florida's tallest building was in Jacksonville.
1981–1984	One Tampa City Center	538 (164)	48	Tampa	This was the last time Florida's tallest building was in Tampa or anywhere outside of Miami.
1984–2003	Southeast Financial Center	764 (233)	55	Miami	This building is still Florida's tallest office building.
2003–2017	Four Seasons Hotel Miami	789 (240)	64	Miami
2017–present	Panorama Tower	869 (265)	85	Miami	This is currently the tallest building in Miami and all of Florida!

List of tallest buildings in Florida facts for kids

Florida's Tallest Skyscrapers

How Florida's Tallest Buildings Changed Over Time

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