Downtown Rochester in 2010
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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