List of tallest buildings in Sacramento facts for kids
This list of tallest buildings in Sacramento ranks buildings in Sacramento, California, including West Sacramento, by height. The tallest building in Sacramento is the Wells Fargo Center, which stands 429 feet (129 m) tall. There are many highrise residential towers proposed for Sacramento's downtown.
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This lists ranks Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wells Fargo Center | 430 / 131 | 31 | 1992 | Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s. | |
| 2 | US Bank Tower | 404 / 123 | 25 | 2008 | This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building. | |
| 3 | Bank of the West Tower | 397 / 121 Roof - 404 / 123 Tip Pointing Top | 25 | 2009 | This building has topped out and is also known as 500 Capital Mall. | |
| 4 | Park Tower | 380 / 116 | 26 | 1991 | ||
| 5 | Renaissance Tower | 372 / 113 | 28 | 1989 | Tallest building constructed in the 1980s. | |
| 6 | Cal/EPA Building | 372 / 113 | 25 | 2000 | ||
| 7 | Capitol Square | 351 / 107 | 25 | 1992 | ||
| 8 | Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse | 350 / 107 | 16 | 1999 | ||
| 9 | Esquire Plaza | 322 / 98 | 22 | 1999 | ||
| 10 | Sheraton Grand Sacramento | 318 / 97 | 28 | 2001 | This is the tallest hotel in Sacramento. | |
| 11 | CalSTRS Tower | 300 / 91 | 19 | 2009 | In Raley's Landing in West Sacramento. California State Teachers' Retirement System Building. | |
| 12 | California State Capitol | 247 / 75 | 6 | 1874 | Tallest building completed in the 19th Century. | |
| 13 | 1201K Tower | 238 / 73 | 18 | 1992 | ||
| 14 | Kimpton Sawyer Sacramento | 231 / 70 | 16 | 2017 | Part of Downtown Commons, a new mixed use development home of the Golden 1 Center for the Sacramento Kings. Tallest building completed during the 2010s. | |
| 15 | West America Bank | 229 / 69.7 | 18 | 1984 | ||
| 16 | Department of Justice Building | 227 / 69 | 18 | 1995 | ||
| 17 | Elks Club Building | 226 / 69 | 15 | 1925 | Tallest building completed in the 1920s. | |
| 18 | The Citizen Hotel (originally California Life Insurance) | 216 / 66 | 15 | 1925 | Sacramento's first sky-scraper built in 1925. |
Tallest under construction, approved or proposed
This lists ranks projects-developments Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.
| Rank | Name | Height feet / m |
Floors | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 301 Capitol Mall | 557 / 170 | 33 | N/A | Approved. Project delayed and undecided as a result of CIM pulling out of the development. CalPERS and Hines are the developers. At 557 feet, Tower 301 would be the tallest building in the Sacramento region. |
| 2 | Metropolitan Tower | 450 / 137 | 40 | N/A | Project is currently on hold and undecided. Metropolitan Tower, a project dating back to 2007 and shelved as a result of the Great Recession, will be 40 stories featuring condominiums and a hotel. |
| 3 | Sacramento Commons | 420 / 127 | 26 | 2025 | Phase One featuring 2 mid rise buildings is now under construction. At buildout, the Sacramento Commons project will have up to 1470 units spaced out between two mid rises and three 26 story towers with the option for an on site hotel and residential mixed use. |
| 4 | Vanir Tower | 400 / 121.9 | 26 | N/A | The proposed Vanir tower in downtown Sacramento is being designed by Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners of New York, the international architecture firm founded by I.M. Pei, architect of the Louvre Museum Pyramid. The proposal includes a 250-key luxury hotel, 50 luxury condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office space, and ground-floor retail and restaurants. |
| 5 | Sacramento Superior Court | 365 / 111 | 18 | 2023 | Now under construction and is set to be complete by September 2023. The Judicial Council of California approved plans to consolidate county court functions at one new 53-courtroom building planned for H and Sixth streets. |
| 6 | Natural Resources Tower | 344/105 | 22 | 2021 | Now under construction. Expecting to be complete by Summer 2021. DGS is leading the planning of a new high-rise tower called Natural Resources Building on 9th Street, 8th & O Streets. |
| 7 | Yamanee | N/A | 14 | N/A | An approved proposal for a 14-story mixed-use condominium project in midtown Sacramento. |
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