List of tallest buildings in Denver

Skyline of Denver (Use cursor to identify buildings)

This list of tallest buildings in Denver ranks skyscrapers and high-rises in the U.S. city of Denver, Colorado, by height. The tallest building in Denver is the 56-story Republic Plaza, which rises 714 feet (218 m) and was completed in 1984.^[1] It stands as the 109th-tallest building in the United States, and the tallest building in the state of Colorado. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city and the state is 1801 California Street, commonly known as CenturyLink Tower, which rises 709 feet (216 m).^[2] Twenty-nine of the thirty tallest buildings in Colorado are located in Denver.^[3]

The history of skyscrapers in Denver began with the completion of the Equitable Building in 1892; this building, rising 143 feet (44 m) and nine floors, was the first high-rise in Denver.^[4] The title of the city's "first skyscraper" is usually given to the Daniels & Fisher Tower, which rises 371 feet (113 m) and was completed in 1910.^[5][6] The city went through a large building boom that lasted from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s. During this time, 21 of the city's 27 tallest buildings were constructed, including Republic Plaza, 1801 California Street, and the Wells Fargo Center. The city is the site of seven skyscrapers over 492 feet (150 m) in height, including two which rank among the tallest in the United States. Overall, the skyline of Denver is ranked (based upon existing and under construction buildings over 492 feet (150 m) tall) second in the Mountain States (after Las Vegas) and seventeenth in the United States.^[A] As of June 2008, there are 190 completed high-rises in the city.^[7]

The tallest building recently completed in Denver is the Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, which rises 45 stories and 641 feet (195 m).^[8] It now stands as the fourth-tallest building in Denver as well as the city's tallest residential tower. Currently under construction, the 1144 Fifteenth office tower will rise to just over 600 feet at over 40 stories making it the 5th tallest building in Denver upon completion in late 2017 or early 2018. Denver is currently experiencing a mid/high rise residential building boom with several large projects under construction throughout the city with many more breaking ground in the near future.

Like with many large cities in the United States, Denver’s CBD and the adjacent neighborhoods were blighted with the presence of many open parking lots in the 1970s and 80’s. Recent focus to redevelop these open lots and increase density/activity in the city’s core have been hugely successful as many of these lots are today being turned into large residential, retail and commercial developments. This is especially true around the newly redeveloped and highly popular Union Station area in Denver’s LoDo (Lower Downtown) neighborhood. What used to be open land, parking lots, warehouses and rail yards as recently as the turn of the century is now several city blocks of new residential and commercial buildings as well as a new RTD underground bus terminal, rail platforms/pavilions and a park. There are also improved pedestrian friendly connections to the RiNo (River North), Five Points, Auraria and Highland neighborhoods from the new development. Historic Union Station itself has been fully renovated and turned back into a travel and activity hub. It now includes the Denver Amtrak station, a new boutique hotel and several restaurants, bars & shops all centered on the large Great Hall inside and a public plaza outside along Wynkoop Street. Starting in April 2016 the University of Colorado A-Line commuter train began service directly connecting Union Station and downtown Denver to Denver International Airport and the airport's new 500+ room Westin Hotel & conference center.

The skyline of downtown Denver with Speer Boulevard in the foreground, facing southeast

Tallest buildings

Downtown Denver, Colorado

Republic Plaza, the tallest building in Colorado

1801 California Street, the second-tallest building in Denver

The Wells Fargo Center, the third-tallest building in Denver

The Denver World Trade Center, with World Trade Center II, the city's 30th-tallest building, to the right

This lists ranks Denver skyscrapers that stand at least 350 feet (107 m) 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.

Rank	Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Republic Plaza	714 / 218	56	1984	Has been the tallest building in Denver and Colorado since 1984. Tallest building in the Mountain States. Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1980s.[1][9]
2	1801 California Street	709 / 216	53	1983	The tallest building in Denver and Colorado when completed in 1983 until it was surpassed by the Republic Plaza building in 1984. The roof houses an antenna mast; with this structure included, the building reaches to a total height of 738 feet (225 m). When measuring by pinnacle height this building remains the tallest building in Denver, Colorado.[2][10][11]
3	Wells Fargo Center	698 / 213	50	1983	Nicknamed "the Cash Register" because of its unique crown.[12][13]
4	Four Seasons Hotel Denver	641 / 172	45	2010	Topped off mid-September 2009.[14]
5	1999 Broadway	548 / 165	46	1985	Built around the historic Holy Ghost Church.[15][16]
6	707 17th Street	522 / 159	42	1981	Formerly known as MCI Plaza.[17][18]
7	555 17th Street	507 / 155	40	1978	Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1970s.[19][20]
8	Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center	489 / 149	38	2005	[21][22]
9	Spire	478 / 145	41	2009	Topped off March 2009.[23]
10	1670 Broadway	448 / 137	34	1980	[24][25]
11	17th Street Plaza	438 / 134	33	1982	[26][27]
12	633 17th Street	434 / 132	32	1974	Formerly known as First Interstate Tower North.[28][29]
13	Brooks Tower	420 / 128	42	1968	Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1960s.[30][31]
14	Denver Place South Tower	416 / 127	34	1981	[32][33]
15	One Tabor Center	408 / 124	30	1984	[34][35]
16	Johns Manville Plaza	404 / 123	29	1978	[36][37]
17	Granite Tower	398 / 121	31	1983	[38][39]
18	The Ritz-Carlton	390 / 119	38	1983	[40][41]
19	U.S. Bank Tower	389 / 119	26	1975	[42][43]
20	621 17th Street	384 / 117	28	1957	Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1950s.[44][45]
21	1600 Glenarm Place	384 / 117	32	1967	Also known as Glenarm Plaza. Originally known as the Security Life building.[46][47]
23	One Lincoln Park	380 / 110	32	2008	[48]
24	Denver Financial Center	374 / 114	32	1981	[49][50]
25	Daniels & Fisher Tower	371 / 113	20	1910	Tallest building located west of the Mississippi River from 1910 until 1914. Tallest building constructed in Denver in the 1910s.[6][51]
26	Dominion Plaza South	368 / 112	28	1982	[52][53]
27	Lincoln Center	366 / 112	30	1972	[54][55]
28	1125 17th Street	363 / 111	25	1980	[56][57]
29	United Western Financial Center	357 / 109	24	1961	Also known as Matrix Capital Bank Tower.[58][59]
30	World Trade Center II	357 / 109	29	1980	[60][61]
31	1600 Broadway	352 / 107	26	1972	Also known as Colorado State Bank.[62][63]
32	The Curtis	350 / 107	30	1974	Also known as Executive Tower.[64][65]

* Table entry without text indicate that information regarding building height has not yet been released.

Under construction buildings

This lists buildings that are under construction in Denver and are planned to rise at least 35 meters (115 ft).

Name	Type	Height* ft / m	Floors	Completion Year(est.)	Notes
1144 Fifteenth	Office	603 / 183.8	40	2018	[66]
The Confluence	Residential	375 / 114.3	34	2017	[67]
Country Club Tower I	Residential	322 / 98	31	2017	[68]
Country Club Tower II	Residential	322 / 98	31	2017	[68]
1776 Curtis/999 17th	Residential/Office	315 / 96	29	2018	[69]
1709 Chestnut	Residential	265 / 80.7	24	2018	[70]
16 Chestnut	Office	250 / 76	19	2018	[71]
The Coloradan	Residential	235 / 72	19	2018	[72]
Le Meridien/AC Hotel	Hotel	231 / 70.4	21	2017	[73]
Eviva-Cherokee	Residential	228 / 69.5	18	2017	[74]
Colorado Center Tower 3	Office	210 / 64	15	2017	[75]
One Belleview Station	Office	202 / 61.5	16	2017	[76]
Hotel Born	Hotel	156 / 47.5	12	2017	[77]
Coda Cherry Creek	Residential	152 / 46.3	12	2017	[78]
Alexan Uptown	Residential	152 / 46.3	12	2017	[79]
Union Denver	Residential/Grocer	151 / 46	13	2017	[80]
Alexan 20th Street Station	Residential	144 / 44	12	2018	[81]
Union Tower West	Hotel & Office	141 / 43	12	2017	[82]
Alexan Arapahoe Square	Residential	140 / 42.6	13	2018	[83]
Hilton Garden Inn Union Station	Hotel	137.5 / 41.9	12	2018	[84]
Lakehouse	Residential	135 / 41	12	2018	[85]
155 Steele	Residential	130 / 39.6	10	2018	[86]

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Approved & Proposed buildings

This lists buildings that are Approved and proposed in Denver and are planned to rise at least 35 meters (115 ft).

Name	Type	Height* ft / m	Floors	Anticipated Groundbreaking	Notes
1501 Tremont	Office	494 / 150.5	34	—	Proposed[87]
Block 162 Office Tower	Office	440 / 134	32	2016	Under Design Review[70]
Block 162 Hotel	Hotel	440 / 134	32	—	Proposed [70]
Two Tabor Center	Office	420 / 120	31	—	Proposed
21st & Welton	Residential	210 / 64	18	2016	Under Design Review[88]
Speer & Bannock	Residential	185 / 56.3	16	2016	Under Design Review[70]
La Loma Tower	Residential	160 / 48	15	2016	Under Design Review[84]
Ascent Union Station	Residential	160 / 48	14	2016	Under Design Review[70]
13th & Delaware	Residential	158 / 48.1	14	-	Proposed[70]
14th & Court	Residential	150 / 45.7	14	2017	Proposed[89]
5050 South Syracuse	Office	150 / 45.7	12	2016	Proposed[90]
Union Place	Residential	— / —	13	2017	Under Design Review[70]
SOVA	Residential	135 / 41	12	2017	Under Design Review[91]
1600 Market Hotel	Hotel	130 / 39.6	10	2017	Under Design Review[89]
Alexan Market Street	Residential	130 / 39.6	11	2017	Under Design Review[70]
Market Station	Residential/Office	130 / 39.6	10	2017	Under Design Review[92]
World Trade Center Denver	Mixed Use	— / —	10	2017	Proposed[93]

* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building heights or dates of completion has not yet been released.

Timeline of tallest buildings

The Daniels & Fisher Tower stood as the tallest building in Denver from 1910 until 1957.

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Denver.

Name	Street address	Years as tallest	Height ft / m	Floors	Reference
Equitable Building	730 17th Street	1892–1910	148 / 45	9	[4]
Daniels & Fisher Tower	1601 Arapahoe Street	1910–1957	371 / 113	20	[51]
621 17th Street	621 17th Street	1957–1968	384 / 117	28	[45]
1600 Glenarm Place	1600 Glenarm Place	1967–1968	384 / 117	32	[47]
Brooks Tower	1020 15th Street	1968–1974	420 / 128	42	[31]
First Interstate Tower North	633 17th Street	1974–1978	434 / 132	32	[29]
555 17th Street	555 17th Street	1978–1981	509 / 155	40	[20]
MCI Plaza	707 17th Street	1981–1982	522 / 159	42	[18]
1801 California Street	1801 California Street	1982–1984	709 / 216	53	[10]
Republic Plaza	330 17th Street	1984–present	714 / 218	56	[9]

Notes

A. ^{^} New York has 216 existing and under construction buildings at least 492 feet (150 m), Chicago has 114, Miami has 32, Houston has 31, Los Angeles has 26, San Francisco has 21, Dallas has 20, Atlanta has 19, Boston has 19, Seattle has 18, Las Vegas has 16, Philadelphia has 15, Minneapolis has 11, Pittsburgh has 10, Jersey City has 9, Detroit has 8, Denver has 8. Source of skyline ranking information: SkyscraperPage.com: New York, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston, Seattle, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Jersey City, Minneapolis, Detroit, Denver.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in the United States

References

General

• Emporis.com - Denver

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External links

• Diagram of Denver skyscrapers on SkyscraperPage
• DenverInfill Blog