List of tallest buildings in Tucson facts for kids
This List of tallest buildings in Tucson ranks high-rises from a starting point of at least 100 feet (30 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This measurement includes architectural details (such as spires), but this does not include Radio masts and towers. Currently the tallest building in Tucson, Arizona is One South Church at 330 feet (101 m) completed in 1986.
List
| Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One South Church |  |
330 (100) | 23 | 1986 | Formerly the Norwest Bank Tower until 2001, the name was changed to UniSource Energy Tower until 2012 when UniSource Energy moved to the new UniSource Energy Building. Tallest building in Arizona outside of the Phoenix metropolitan area. | |
| 2 | Bank of America Plaza | ,_2007-04-02.jpg) |
264 (80) | 16 | 1977 | Originally the Arizona Bank Plaza, the tallest building in Tucson from 1977-1986. The tower has an antenna that reaches up to 360 feet tall. | |
| 3 | Pima County Legal Services Building | .jpg) |
260 (79) | 20 | 1967 | Originally the Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association Building or Tucson Federal Building. Tallest building in Tucson from 1967-1977. Otherwise known as Home Federal Tower or Great American Tower. | |
| 4 | 5151 East Broadway | 225 (68) | 16 | 1975 | Originally the Great Western Bank-Pima Savings Building or Great Western Bank Building. | ||
| 5 | Banner University Medical Center Tucson | 196 (59) | 9 | 2019 | An expansion to Banner's current property to open in 2019. | ||
| 6 | Tucson House |  |
195 (59) | 17 | 1963 | Originally designed by Chicago developers to be a luxury high-rise apartment building with hotel-like amenities. Tallest building in Tucson from 1963-1967, and still the tallest residential building in the city. Currently owned by the City of Tucson and utilized as public housing for the elderly and disabled. | |
| 7 | Luna | 170 (51.6) | 14 | 2013 | Construction has been completed. The building is now the tallest all-student residential building in the city. | ||
| 8 | Casino Del Sol Hotel Tower | 166 (50) | 10 | 2011 | A 26 ft tall L.E.D. dome sits atop the building. | ||
| 9 | olīv | 160 (48.7) | 14 | 2020 | A 160 foot tall tower completed in August 2020. Private dormitories for University of Arizona students. | ||
| 10 | Sol | 160 (48.7) | 13 | 2014 | A 160 foot tall tower completed in 2014. Sister building to Luna. Private dormitories for University of Arizona students. | ||
| 11 | Hub at Tucson | 158 (48.7) | 13 | 2014 | A 160 foot tall residential tower. It is 13 stories tall. Private dormitories for University of Arizona students. | ||
| 12 | Pima County Administrative Building |  |
155 (47) | 11 | 1969 | ||
| 13 | Transamerica Building | .jpg) |
153 (47) | 11 | 1962 | Originally the Phoenix Title Building, named after its largest tenant. | |
| 14 | Aspire Tucson | 151 (46) | 12 | 2019 | Student housing in the main gate area | ||
| 15 | Pioneer Hotel Building |  |
151 (46) | 11 | 1930 | Originally a hotel. In the early morning hours of December 20, 1970 a fire broke out in the building resulting in the deaths of 29 people. Louis Cuen Taylor, a 16-year-old boy, was later charged with starting the fire. Taylor was sentenced to life in prison; when doubts arose as to the actual cause of the fire, he was allowed to change his plea to "no contest" and was set free after serving 42 years. | |
| 16 | The Hotel Arizona | 150 (45) | 12 | 1973 | Originally the Braniff Place Tucson or Braniff International Hotel. | ||
| 17 | UA Health Science Innovation Building | 148 (45.1) | 9 | 2019 | A new building for the school's nursing, medical, and pharmacy colleges. Lobby space will be used to host school events. Swaim architects. | ||
| 18 | Joint Justice | 143 (42.6) | 8 | 2013 | A court complex to be operated by Pima County. Frame work and facade are complete. | ||
| 19 | Chase Building | _from_SW_1.JPG) |
142 (43) | 11 | 1929 | Originally the Consolidated National Bank building. | |
| 20 | Pima County Superior Court Building | 137 (42) | 9 | 1974 | |||
| 21 | UniSource Energy Building | 135 (42) | 9 | 2011 | Building will become the new home for Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy, it is the first highrise/skyscraper built in Tucson since the mid-1980s. | ||
| 22 | Evo A. DeConcini United States Courthouse | 134 (41) | 6 | 2000 | |||
| 23 | Gould-Simpson Building | 131 (40) | 10 | 1985 | Houses technical labs and classrooms on the University of Arizona campus. | ||
| 24 | Merrill Lynch Building | 130 (40) | 9 | 1963 | |||
| 25 | City Hall Tower |  |
120 (36) | 10 | 1967 | ||
| 26 | Federal Building | .jpg) |
113 (34) | 8 | 1974 | ||
| 27 | St. Marys Hospital | 102 (31) | 8 | 1950 |
Approved, Proposed, Under Construction or Cancelled
Under Construction
| Rank in City After Completion | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Opus | 150 (45.7) | 13 | 2021 | 324 unit apartment tower on Fourth Avenue | Notes | |
| 2 | 75 Broadway | 300 (91.44) | 20 | 2020 | A 20 story tower with 200,000 square feet of office space. | ||
| 4 | Speedway and Campbell 1 | 250 (76.2) | 20 | 2019 | A proposed tower adjacent to the University of Arizona. Completed complex will have three towers. | ||
| 16 | Speedway and Campbell 2 | 150 (45.72) | 12 | 2019 | A proposed tower adjacent to the University of Arizona |
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