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List of tallest buildings in Seattle

List of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Summary

List of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Field	Value
name	Skyline of Seattle
image	Downtown Seattle skyline from Kerry Park - October 2019.jpg
caption	Seattle's skyline and the Space Needle
tallest	Columbia Center (1985)
tallestheight	937 ft (286 m)
yearfigures	2025
above150m	22
above200m	5
above400ft	53

Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, with a metropolitan area population of over 4 million. It is home to 53 completed high-rise buildings over 400 feet (122 meters), of which 21 are over 500 ft (152 m) tall. Seattle's skyline is one of the largest on the West Coast of the United States, and is by far the largest in the Northwestern United States. The tallest building in Seattle is the 76-story Columbia Center, which rises 937 ft and was completed in 1985. It is currently the 41st-tallest building in the United States, and the tallest building in the state of Washington.

The history of skyscrapers in Seattle began in the late 19th century, with early construction spurred on by money from the Klondike Gold Rush and the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. One noteworthy early skyscraper was the neoclassical Smith Tower, a 38-story, 462 ft (141 m) building completed in 1914. It was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River from its completion until 1931. A building boom in the 1920s was followed by a lull in high-rise development from the 1930s until the late 1950s. Seattle's world's fair, the Century 21 Exposition in 1962, contributed to the revival of the city's downtown. The Space Needle, considered the city's most recognizable landmark, was built for the fair as part of the Seattle Center. A 605 ft (184 m) tall observation tower, it was the tallest structure in the city until 1969, as another construction boom began.

The period between the 1960s and the early 1990s would see the addition of many notable commercial skyscrapers. The rate of development was particularly high during the 1980s, during which the city's third and fourth-tallest buildings, 1201 Third Avenue and Two Union Square, were built. Following another downturn in the 1990s, development resumed with the IDX Tower and WaMu Center in the 2000s. In recent years, Seattle has undergone a significant amount of high-rise development. The neighborhood of Denny Triangle has received an influx of residential towers since Amazon's relocation of their headquarters there in 2012, and the skyline has also expanded northwards to South Lake Union and westwards towards Belltown. Seattle's second tallest building, Rainier Square Tower, was completed in 2021.

The majority of tall buildings in Seattle are located in downtown, with several high-rises extending the skyline towards South Lake Union. There are also a number of towers in the area of First Hill, which is separated from the rest of the downtown skyline by Interstate 5. Additionally, there are a cluster of high-rises in University District to the north, as new residential towers have been built near UW Tower since the late 2010s. The suburban city of Bellevue, east of Seattle across Lake Washington, has a skyline of its own.

History

Early high-rises

Photograph of the [[Smith Tower]] in 1914, the year it was completed

After the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, Seattle began reconstruction of the city's central business district under a new building code requiring the use of fireproof materials, such as stone and brick. By the end of 1890, 465 buildings had been built, completing the initial phase of reconstruction, and city boosters looked to build modern high-rise buildings after the infusion of new money from the Klondike Gold Rush later that decade. The Pioneer Building, whose observation tower surpassed 110 ft, was completed in 1892 and is regarded as the city's first modern high-rise building. The Alaska Building, completed in 1904 and rising 203 ft above 2nd Avenue in Pioneer Square, is considered to be Seattle's first skyscraper and first steel-framed high-rise building. It held the title of tallest habitable building in the city until the completion of the 205 ft, 18-story Hoge Building in 1911. Both buildings had been surpassed in height by the clocktower of King Street Station, opened in 1906, which stands 245 ft tall.

Seattle's continued growth at the turn of the century, bolstered by the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909 and the opening of the Metropolitan Tract to development, led to a building boom north of Yesler Way in the modern-day downtown. On July 4, 1914, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith opened the 484 ft Smith Tower, the city's new tallest building. For several years, the 38-story tower would hold the title of tallest west of the Mississippi River, and dominate the Seattle skyline. By the end of the 1920s building boom, several new Art Deco high-rises above 200 ft were completed in Seattle, including the Medical Dental Building (1925), Seattle Tower (1930), Roosevelt Hotel (1929), Washington Athletic Club (1930), Textile Tower Building (1930), Harborview Medical Center (1931), and Pacific Tower (1933).

Post-war

New high-rise construction in Seattle was halted during the Great Depression and World War II, and slowed during the post-war economic boom in the 1950s, as suburbanization took hold in the region. The first new building in downtown to be built after the war was the Norton Building in 1959, a 19-story office building in the International Style with a glass curtain wall and simple exterior features, a departure from the previous Neo-Gothic and Art Deco styles used in high-rises. By 1959, office space occupying downtown buildings had overtaken retail uses, with over 4,987,000 sqft. Seattle was selected to host the World's Fair in 1962, revitalizing the downtown area and bringing the construction of the fairgrounds' centerpiece, the Space Needle. The 605 ft observation tower became the symbol of the fair and a landmark for Seattle, and was the first new structure to surpass the Smith Tower in height.

An aerial view of Downtown Seattle looking north in 1969, after the completion of the 50-story [[Seafirst Building

The 50-story Seafirst Building (now Safeco Plaza) became the city's tallest when it opened in 1969, standing 630 ft, and signaled the start of a major construction boom in Downtown Seattle. The boom would last well into the 1980s, despite an economic downturn caused by the Boeing bust and 1970s energy crisis, and introduce elements of Modernist and Postmodern architecture to high-rise construction in the city. During this period, 15 skyscrapers taller than 400 ft in height were constructed in Seattle, including 901 Fifth Avenue (1973), the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building (1974), 1600 Seventh Avenue (1976), Rainier Tower (1977), 1111 Third Avenue (1980), the Westin Building (1981), 800 Fifth Avenue (1981), Union Square (1981 and 1989), and the First Interstate Center (1983). In total, more than 14 e6sqft of office space was added by new construction in the 1980s. In 1984, the 76-story, 943 ft Columbia Center was completed, becoming the tallest building in Seattle and on the West Coast of the United States. During the 1980s, the suburb of Bellevue emerged as an urban center, boasting a skyline of its own that would continue to grow well into the 21st century.

The Downtown Seattle skyline in 1986, viewed from [[Elliott Bay

The boom of the 1980s was capped by the Columbia Center and other downtown towers such as 1000 Second Avenue (1987), 1201 Third Avenue (1988), the Pacific First Centre (1989) and the Gateway Tower (1990), with new downtown office space in the decade surpassing what had been built over the previous 100 years in Seattle. The new wave of development sparked fears of "Manhattanization" in downtown that would push out lower-income residents and reduce quality of life. A downtown land use plan adopted in 1984 and shelved until 1986 required the addition of public benefits for major construction projects. Opposition to the new downtown plan, which would allow "generous" new construction unhindered by a height limit, led to the creation of the "Citizen's Alternative Plan", which would limit buildings to 450 ft and restrict development to an annual limit of 1 e6sqft of space per year. The plan was approved by voters as a ballot initiative on May 16, 1989, replacing the land use plan and introduced the city's modern design review process for new development.

1990s and 2000s

Development of new high-rises slowed down across U.S. cities during the early 1990s recession as demand caught up to an over-built market, with Seattle's 1980s office buildings suffering from a lack of tenants that forced ownership changes or the threat of bankruptcy and foreclosure. By 1992, vacancy rates for office space in Downtown Seattle reached 14.7 percent, while vacancy rates in outlying suburbs remained much lower. The dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, including a local economy boosted by Boeing and Microsoft, led a cut of the vacancy rate to 6 percent by 1997; between 1997 and 1999, new office buildings created an average of 1.5 e6sqft of additional office space per year. After the burst of the dot-com bubble and the early 2000s recession, downtown office vacancies shot up from 1 percent to 13 percent by the end of 2001.

Two major downtown projects, the IDX Tower (2003) and WaMu Center (2006), were completed during the early 2000s and were the first office buildings to be built since the Key Tower in 1990. By the mid-2000s, office vacancies in Downtown Seattle improved to below 10 percent, but office developers were hesitant to break ground on new projects. A new downtown zoning plan adopted in 2006 effectively repealed the 1989 Citizens' Alternative Plan and its modified 540 ft height limit, favoring unlimited heights in downtown and 400 ft residential towers on the periphery of downtown. The new zoning plan set off a wave of high-rise residential development in the late 2000s, including the completion of Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue (2008), Escala (2009), and Olive 8 (2009), coming at the peak of the United States housing bubble and the demand for downtown luxury condominiums before the Great Recession.

Post-recession boom

During the Great Recession, downtown office vacancies rose to a record 21 percent by the beginning of 2010, but dropped to 10 percent by 2013; the downturn was partially blamed on the collapse of Washington Mutual, which employed 3,500 in its downtown offices. The surge in demand for office space revived several downtown high-rise office projects, including The Mark and Madison Centre, both exceeding 500 ft in height and completed in 2017. Other office and mixed-use buildings in Downtown Seattle include 2&U and the Rainier Square Tower, which became the city's second-tallest building at 850 ft. Since 2010, developers have also sought to build high-rise residential towers in Downtown Seattle; unfinished proposals include the stalled Civic Square project and a supertall 101-story tower named 4/C, which would become the city's tallest building at 1,029 ft. Another proposed supertall, the 888 Tower, was later scaled back in height.

Recent high-rise development in Seattle has been concentrated in the Denny Triangle and South Lake Union areas to the north of Downtown Seattle, both rezoned to support development in the 2000s after decades of supporting industrial and low-rise commercial establishments. Office development came first to the Denny Triangle area in the mid-2000s, with the construction of the United States Courthouse (2004) and 1918 Eighth Avenue (2009). In 2012, Amazon.com announced their intention to relocate their South Lake Union headquarters to a complex of high-rises in Denny Triangle; the first towers, the 520 ft Doppler and Day 1, opened in 2016, and at least three more towers are in development. The Denny Triangle also hosts the region's largest hotel, the 45-story Hyatt Regency Seattle near the Washington State Convention Center, which was completed in 2018.

Residential developments in the Denny Triangle area above 400 ft include Aspira (2010), Premiere on Pine, Cirrus, Kinects, Stratus, McKenzie Apartments, and AMLI Arc. The Denny Way corridor in South Lake Union, upzoned in 2013 by the city council, has at least seven high-rise residential buildings above 400 ft in height, including the completed Kiara and 1120 Denny Way. Other parts of downtown Seattle have also been host to recent high-rise residential development, including the twin Insignia Towers in Belltown, Tower 12, Helios, and West Edge Tower near Pike Place Market.

Cityscape

Image:Seattle_skyline_panorama_from_Kerry_Park,_August_2022.jpg|thumb|center|1100px|Seattle from Kerry Park in 2022, with Mount Rainier in the background to the right (Hover over image to identify buildings or click to visit the corresponding article)

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Tallest buildings

This list ranks Seattle skyscrapers that stand at least 400 ft tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Freestanding observation towers, while not habitable buildings, are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.

Rank	Name	Image	Coordinates	Height
ft (m)	Floors	Year	Purpose	Notes
	Columbia Center	[[File:Columbia center from smith tower.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	285.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	76	1984	Office
	Rainier Square Tower	[[File:Rainier Square Tower, May 2020 from 4th Avenue and Union Street.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	258.2	m	ft	order=flip}}	58	2020	Mixed-use
	1201 Third Avenue	[[File:Seattle Washington Mutual Tower 2004-08-30.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	235.3	m	ft	order=flip}}	55	1988	Office
	Two Union Square	[[File:Two Union Square 2.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	225.6	m	ft	order=flip}}	56	1989	Office
	Seattle Municipal Tower	[[File:Seattle Municipal Tower.JPG	100px]]		{{convert	220	m	ft	order=flip}}	57	1990	Office
	F5 Tower	[[File:F5 Tower - July 2017.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	196.8	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2017	Mixed-use
	Safeco Plaza	[[File:1001 Fourth Avenue Seattle Washington.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	192	m	ft	order=flip}}	50	1969	Office
	U.S. Bank Center	[[File:City Centre Seattle Washington.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	184.8	m	ft	order=flip}}	44	1989	Office
	Space Needle	[[File:VolunteerParkNeedle.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	184.4	m	ft	order=flip}}	5	1962	Observation
	Russell Investments Center	[[File:WaMucenter.JPG	100px]]		{{convert	182.2	m	ft	order=flip}}	42	2006	Office
	Docusign Tower	[[File:Wells Fargo Center (Seattle).jpg	100px]]		{{convert	175	m	ft	order=flip}}	47	1983	Office
	Madison Centre	[[File:Madison Centre.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	170.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	36	2017	Office
	800 Fifth Avenue	[[File:Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza Building.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	165.5	m	ft	order=flip}}	42	1981	Office
	901 Fifth Avenue	[[File:901 Fifth Avenue (Seattle, Washington).jpg	100px]]		{{convert	163.4	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	1973	Office
	Qualtrics Tower	[[File:Qualtrics Tower (2+U) from Elliott Bay - August 2019.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	160.6	m	ft	order=flip}}	36	2019	Office
	Doppler	[[File:Amazon Tower I topped out, June 2015.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	159.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	37	2016	Office
	Day 1	[[File:Day 1 Tower Seattle WA Jan 17.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	158.8	m	ft	order=flip}}	37	2017	Office
17	Hyatt Regency Seattle	[[File:Hyatt Regency Seattle from Olive & Terry, July 2018.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	158.5	m	ft	order=flip}}	45	2018	Hotel
re:Invent	[[File:AmazonTowers1-3.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	158.5	m	ft	order=flip}}	37	2019	Office
	Rainier Tower	[[File:Rainier Tower Seattle Washington.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	156.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	31	1977	Office
	Fourth and Madison Building	[[File:Fourth and Madison building.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	156.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	40	2003	Office
	1918 Eighth Avenue	[[File:1918 Eighth Avenue (Seattle, Washington).jpg	100px]]		{{convert	152.4	m	ft	order=flip}}	37	2009	Office
22	1000 Second Avenue	[[File:1000 Second Avenue, Seattle from 2nd & Marion.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	150.3	m	ft	order=flip}}	40	1986	Office
	Henry M. Jackson Federal Building	[[File:Seattle - Jackson Federal Building 02.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	148.4	m	ft	order=flip}}	37	1974	Office
24	1600 Seventh Avenue	[[File:1600 Seventh Avenue (Seattle) from Plymouth Pillars Park.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	147.5	m	ft	order=flip}}	33	1976	Office
25	The Ayer	–		{{convert	147.5	m	ft	order=flip}}	46	2023	Residential
26	The Ivey on Boren	–		{{convert	144.8	m	ft	order=flip}}	44	2022	Residential
	Smith Tower	[[File:SmithTower Seattle WA USA2.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	140.8	m	ft	order=flip}}	38	1914	Mixed-use
	One Union Square	[[File:One Union Square.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	139	m	ft	order=flip}}	36	1981	Office
	Olive 8	[[File:Seattle Olive-8 01.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	138.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	39	2009	Mixed-use
	1111 Third Avenue	[[File:1111 Third Avenue, Seattle, from the west.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	138.4	m	ft	order=flip}}	34	1980	Office
	Westin Seattle North Tower	[[File:Westin Seattle from Olive 8.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	137	m	ft	order=flip}}	47	1982	Hotel
32	Premiere on Pine	[[File:Premiere on Pine from Olive 8.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	135.3	m	ft	order=flip}}	39	2015	Residential
33	AMLI Arc	[[File:AMLI Arc from Municipal Tower, Feb. 2018.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	37	2017	Mixed-use
34	Nexus	[[File:Nexus Seattle under construction, May 2019.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.6	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2020	Residential
35	Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue	[[File:Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue (Seattle).jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	38	2008	Residential
36	Cirrus	[[File:Cirrus from 7th & Blanchard (23257327589).jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2015	Residential
37	Kiara	[[File:970 Denny construction, Sept. 2017 (37127995220).jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	40	2018	Residential
38	Stratus	[[File:Stratus from Lenora Street, April 2018.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2018	Residential
39	West Edge Tower	[[File:2nd & Pike under construction, October 2017.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	39	2018	Residential
40	Arrivé	[[File:Arrivé under construction, May 2018.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2019	Mixed-use
41	Modern	[[File:Third and Lenora (Selig) under construction, Oct 2019.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	36	2020	Mixed-use
42	Spire	[[File:Spire at Denny & 7th, Seattle, WA - March 2021.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2021	Residential
43	Ren	[[File:Ren_Building_Seattle_Washington.png	frameless	133x133px]]		{{convert	134.1	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2022	Residential
44	Insignia South Tower	[[File:Insignia Towers, Seattle.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2015	Residential
45	Insignia North Tower		{{convert	134	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2016	Residential
46	Helios	[[File:Helios (2nd & Pine) from Columbia Center.jpg	100px]]		440 ft	40	2017	Residential
47	Kinects	[[File:Kinects tower from Stratus.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	134	m	ft	order=flip}}	40	2017	Residential
48	The Emerald	[[File:The Emerald at 2nd & Stewart, Seattle, WA - March 2021.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	133.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	40	2020	Residential
49	McKenzie Apartments	[[File:McKenzie Apartments from Amazon Day One, April 2018.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	132.4	m	ft	order=flip}}	41	2018	Residential
	OSLU North Tower	[[File:1120 Denny Way (Onni SLU) under construction, March 2021.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	129.9	m	ft	order=flip}}	43	2022	Residential
	OSLU South Tower	[[File:1120 Denny Way (Onni SLU) under construction, March 2021.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	126.3	m	ft	order=flip}}	43	2022	Residential
	Westin Building	[[File:Westin Building from Lenora Street.jpg	100px]]		{{convert	124.7	m	ft	order=flip}}	34	1981	Office
	Aspira	[[File:Aspira from Virginia & Boren, Seattle (23516661022).jpg	100px]]		{{convert	124	m	ft	order=flip}}	37	2010	Residential

Tallest under construction

There are ten skyscrapers that are under construction in Seattle that are expected to rise over 400 ft, but are not yet completed structures.

Name	Coordinates	Estimated height
ft (m)	Estimated floors	Began
construction	Estimated year of completion
(est.)	Purpose	Notes
3rd & Cherry		629 ft	57	2022	On hold	Residential
121 Boren Avenue		624 ft	48	2025	2027	Residential
WB1200 Tower I		484 ft	48	2018	last=Stiles	first=Marc	date=November 18, 2024	title=6 years into construction, high-profile Seattle project eyes the finish line	url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/11/18/westbank-updates-timeline-seattle-two-tower-deal.html	work=Puget Sound Business Journal	url-access=subscription	accessdate=December 26, 2024}}	Residential
WB1200 Tower II		484 ft	48	2018	2026	Residential
First Light		484 ft	49	2020	2026	Residential
Sloane		484 ft	45	2024	2026	Residential
Block V North Tower		476 ft	42	2019	last=Hinchcliffe	first=Emma	date=January 12, 2023	title=Subterranean construction continues for 45-story towers in Denny Triangle	url=https://www.djc.com/news/co/12153871.html	work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce	url-access=subscription	accessdate=January 3, 2024}}	Residential
Block V South Tower		476 ft	42	2019	On hold	Residential
Seattle House Tower 1		440 ft	41	2019	2025	Residential
Seattle House Tower 2		440 ft	41	2019	2025	Residential

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Seattle. The Space Needle is not a building, and is thus not included in this list; the 605 ft tower was the tallest structure in the city from 1961 to 1969.

Name	Image	Street address	Years as tallest	Height
ft (m)	Floors	Reference
Pioneer Building	[[File:Seattle - Pioneer Building - 1900.jpg	100px]]	612 1st Avenue	1892–1904 (12 years)	110 ft	6
Alaska Building	[[File:Seattle - Alaska Building 01.jpg	100px]]	618 2nd Avenue	1904–1906 (2 years)	203 ft	14
King Street Station Tower	[[File:King Street Station from CenturyLink Field (18065470218).jpg	100px]]	303 South Jackson Street	1906–1914 (8 years)	245 ft	8
Smith Tower	[[File:Seattle - Smith Tower 01.jpg	100px]]	506 2nd Avenue	1914–1969 (55 years)	489 ft	38
Safeco Plaza	[[File:1001 Fourth Avenue Seattle Washington.jpg	100px]]	1001 4th Avenue	1969–1985 (16 years)	630 ft	50
Columbia Center	[[File:Columbia center from smith tower.jpg	100px]]	701 5th Avenue	1985–present	937 ft	76

Notes

:C. The Space Needle is not a habitable building, but is included in this list for comparative purposes. Per a ruling by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, freestanding observation towers are not considered to be buildings, as they are not fully habitable structures. :D. The height of the Pioneer Building was reduced to 92 ft after the 1949 Olympia earthquake.

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