List of tallest buildings in Omaha, Nebraska

The tallest buildings in Omaha, Nebraska include towers for Woodmen of the World and the First National Bank of Omaha. Omaha's tallest building is the 634 feet (193 m), 45-story First National Bank Tower. Completed in 1969, the 478 feet (146 m), 30-story tall Woodmen Tower was the tallest^[1] until the construction of the First National Bank Tower. While most of the city's tallest buildings are located in Downtown Omaha, several are located in Midtown Omaha. These include the 22-story, 321 feet (98 m) Elmwood Tower, currently the eighth-tallest building in the city, and the 285 feet (87 m), 14-story Mutual of Omaha Building. The University of Nebraska Medical Center is located in midtown and among its rapidly expanding campus is the 230 feet (70 m) Lied Transplant Center.

Downtown Omaha skyline, looking southwest.

Tallest habitable buildings

Picture	Rank	Name	Stories	Height	Year Completed	Area	Primary Purpose	Source
	1	First National Bank Tower	45	634 feet (193 m)	2002	Downtown	Office	[2]
	2	Woodmen Tower	30	478 feet (146 m)	1969	Downtown	Office	[3]
	3	Elmwood Tower	21	320 feet (98 m)	1963	Midtown	Residential	[4][5]
	4	Union Pacific Center	19	317 feet (97 m)	2004	Downtown	Office	[6]
	5	First National Center (Omaha)	22	295 feet (90 m)	1971	Downtown	Office	[7]
	6	Mutual of Omaha Building	14	285 feet (87 m)	1970	Midtown	Office	[8]
	7	AT&T Building (Omaha)	15	265 feet (81 m)	1919	Downtown	Office	[9]
	8	Northern Natural Gas Building	15	260 feet (79 m)	1957	Downtown	Residential	[10]
	9	1200 Landmark Center	15	255 feet (78 m)	1990	Downtown	Office	[11]
	10	Omaha World-Herald	16	250 feet (76 m)	1980	Downtown	Office	[12]
	11	Omaha Double Tree Hotel	19	239 feet (73 m)	1970	Downtown	Hotel	[13]
Upload image	12	Charles Schwab Tower	12	230 feet (70 m)	2013	Old Mill	Office
	13	Lied Transplant Center	15	230 feet (70 m)	1999	Midtown	Hospital (primarily)	[14]
	14	Orpheum Tower	16	220 feet (67 m)	1910	Downtown	Residential	[15]
	15	Central Park Plaza I	16	213 feet (65 m)	1982	Downtown	Office	[16]
	16	Central Park Plaza II	16	213 feet (65 m)	1982	Downtown	Office	[17]
	17	Blackstone Plaza	14	212 feet (65 m)	1961	Midtown	Office	[18]
	18	Farnam 1600	14	212 feet (65 m)	1917	Downtown	Residential	[19]
	19	Westbrook Tower	17	207 feet (63 m)	1966	Downtown	Residential	[20]
	20	RiverFront Place Condos II	15	202 feet (62 m)	2011	Downtown	Residential	[21]
	21	Omaha Tower	15	200 feet (61 m)	1976	Aksarben	Office	[22]

Tallest buildings: Site Prep or Under Construction

As of April 2022, Mutual of Omaha announced the construction of the Mutual of Omaha Headquarters Tower in downtown Omaha on the site of the W. Dale Clark Library. The tower will be 44 stories and 677 feet, making it the new tallest building in Omaha.^[23] The Omaha City Council approved the new tower in May 2022 and construction began on January 25, 2023. The tower is currently set to be completed in 2026. ^[24]

Picture	Name	Height	Floors	Year	Status	Area	Use	Notes
	Mutual of Omaha Headquarters Tower	677 feet (206 m)	44	2026	Under Construction	Downtown	Office	[25]

Tallest buildings: Approved or Proposed

Name	Height	Floors	Status	Status Year	Use	Notes
Project Health	400 feet (122 m)	20	Approved	2024	Medical	[26][27]
Westroads	260 feet (79 m)	20	Proposed	2020	Mixed-Use	[28]
UNMC Admin Tower	~230 feet (70 m)	16	Approved	2021	Office	[29]

Cancelled

Name	Height	Floors	Use	Notes
Vortex Tower	610 feet (186 m)	60	Observation Tower	[30]
Lanoha Tower	430 feet (131 m)	30	Office/Retail	[31]
Omaha Marriott Hotel	377 feet (115 m)	28	Hotel	[32]
WallStreet Tower	373 feet (114 m)	32	Residential	[33]
Project 19	320 feet (98 m)	20	Office	[34]
HDR, Inc. Corporate Headquarters	265 feet (81 m)	16	Office	[35]

Timeline of Tallest Buildings

The Omaha National Bank Building was Omaha's first skyscraper.

The following is a list of buildings that were once the tallest structure in Omaha.

Name	Years as tallest	Height feet / m	Floors	Reference
Omaha National Bank Building	1889–1912	180 feet (55 m)	10	[36]
Woodmen of the World Building	1912–1919	245 feet (75 m)	19	[37]
AT&T Building (Omaha)	1919–1963	265 feet (81 m)	16	[9]
Masonic Manor	1963–1969	320 feet (98 m)	22	[5]
Woodmen Tower	1969–2002	478 feet (146 m)	30	[3]
First National Bank Tower	2002–present	634 feet (193 m)	45	[2]

See also

• Architecture in Omaha, Nebraska
• Downtown Omaha
• Tourism in Omaha, Nebraska

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