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Rochester, Minnesota has some of the tallest buildings for a city of its size, including the Broadway Plaza, which upon completion was the tallest residential building in a U.S. city with a metro area of less than 200,000.

Tallest buildings

Rank Name Image Height
ft / (m)
Floors (Stories) Year Completed
1 Broadway Plaza 342 / 104 29 2004
2 Gonda Building 305 / 93 21 2001
3 Plummer Building 298 / 91 19 1928
4 Mayo Building 295 / 90 20 1955, expanded 1970
5 Hilton Rochester Mayo Clinic 295 / 81 20 2019
6 Guggenheim Building 258 / 78 21 1974
7 Siebens Building 220 / 67 14 1989
8 Stabile Building 211 / 64 13 2006
9 Center Plaza (Hotel Indigo) 190 / 58 16 1969, renovated 2019
10 Eisenberg Building 169 / 52 12 1966
11 The Berkman 168 / 52 13 2020
12 Charlton Building 163 / 50 10
13 The Kahler Grand Hotel 154 / 47 12 1921
14 Minnesota Bio Business Center 130 / 40 8 2009


Buildings with Unknown Heights

Rank Name Image Floors (Stories) Year Completed
1 Charter House 290 ft 22 1984
2 Fontaine Towers 17 1984
3 Park Towers 16 1973
4 Central Towers 14 1987
5 Rochester Towers 13 1966
6 Madonna Towers 12 1967
7 DoubleTree Hotel 11 1989
8 St. Mary's Hospital 11 1889-2019 (near continuous construction, future additions planned)
9 Rochester Marriott Mayo Clinic 9 1989
10 US Bank Building 9 1989
11 Kahler Inn & Suites 9 1979
12 Condominiums of Buena Vista 9
13 Best Western Soldiers Tower 8 1988
14 Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center 7 2014


Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed

Citywalk Apartments 12 2023 Proposed Kellen Building 11 2022 Under Construction
Civic on First Hyatt 9 2020 Under Construction
The 324 Apartments 6 2020 Under construction
CommonBond tower 14 2023 Planned. 8 story tower on top of 6 level parking ramp.
Minnesota BioBusiness Center Phase II 14 TBA planned


Tallest cancelled

Name Height
ft / m
Floors Year Notes
Rochester Time Square 425 / 130 35 1998 Originally approved in 2000, but the Broadway Plaza was later preferred by the city council.


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