List of tallest buildings in Sacramento

This list of tallest buildings in Sacramento ranks buildings in Sacramento, California, by height. There is a total of 19 skyscrapers in Sacramento that exceeds 215 feet. However, none of the skyscrapers in Sacramento exceeds 430 feet or are in the top 75 of the tallest buildings in California.

Sacramento's skyline from the Riverwalk.

The history of skyscrapers in Sacramento began with the Citizen Hotel and the Elks Tower, which were both built in 1925. After this, Sacramento saw a 59-year drought without a skyscraper being built, ending with the construction of the West America Bank building in 1984. During the 1980s and 1990s, Sacramento saw a building boom, with 8 skyscrapers being built. This includes the Wells Fargo Center, the tallest building in the city at 423 feet. However, Sacramento has seen another construction drought during the 21st century, with only 2 skyscrapers exceeding 350 feet being built since 2000. There were many highrise residential and office towers proposed for Sacramento's downtown area, however a majority of proposed towers, most notably the Towers on Capitol Mall, were cancelled due to the Great Recession and higher construction costs. ^[1][2][3]

Tallest buildings

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		423 / 129	31	1992	Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s.[4][5]
2	US Bank Tower		404 / 123	25	2008	This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building.[6][7]
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.[8][9]
4	Park Tower		380 / 116	26	1991	[10][11]
5	Renaissance Tower		372 / 113	28	1989	Tallest building constructed in the 1980s.[12][13]
6	Cal/EPA Building		372 / 113	25	2000	[14][15]
7	Capitol Square		351 / 107	25	1992	[16][17]
8	Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse		350 / 107	16	1999	[18][19]
9	Natural Resources Tower		344/105	22	2021	A 344-foot, 877,000 sq ft skyscraper for the California Natural Resources Agency for up to 4200 employees. Also known as the "P Street Building". Tallest building built in Sacramento during the 2020s.[20][21]
10	Sacramento Courthouse Building		325 / 99	18	2023	[22]
11	Esquire Plaza		322 / 98	22	1999	[23][24]
12	Sheraton Grand Sacramento		318 / 97	28	2001	This is the tallest hotel in Sacramento.[25][26]
13	CalSTRS Tower		300 / 91	19	2009	In Raley's Landing in West Sacramento. California State Teachers' Retirement System Building.[27]
14	California State Capitol		247 / 75	6	1874	Tallest building completed in the 19th Century.
15	1201K Tower		238 / 73	18	1992	[28][29]
16	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.[30]
17	West America Bank		229 / 69.7	18	1984
18	Department of Justice Building		227 / 69	18	1995	[31][32]
19	Elks Tower		226 / 69	15	1925	Tallest building completed in the 1920s.[33]
20	The Citizen Hotel (originally California Western State Life Insurance, also known as the Cal-West Building)[34]		216 / 66	15	1925	Sacramento's first sky-scraper built in 1925.[35]

Tallest under construction, approved or proposed

This lists ranks projects-developments Sacramento buildings that stand at least 175 feet (53 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.

Rank	Name	Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	301 Capitol Mall	557 / 170	33	N/A	Project delayed and undecided due to CALPERS and CIM backing out of the project. The land is currently up for sale for a new concept to emerge. At 557 feet, the previously approved plan, Tower 301, would have been the tallest building in Sacramento. [36]
2	Metropolitan Tower	85 / 26	8	N/A	Metropolitan Tower, a project dating back to 2007 and shelved as a result of the Great Recession, would be 40 stories featuring condominiums and a hotel under its current entitlements. Los Angeles based T.A. Group purchased the land in 2022 and the current proposal of the project is 8 stories, with 256 apartments, 4,350 sq ft of retail space, 151-car garage with 158 bicycle spaces.[37] [38]
3	Sacramento Commons	420 / 127	26	2027	Phase One featuring 2 mid rise buildings has been completed. The next phase is expected to start in 3 to 5 years. 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.[39]
4	Vanir Tower	400 / 121.9	26	N/A	The proposed Vanir tower in downtown Sacramento includes a 250-key luxury hotel, 50 luxury condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office space, and ground-floor retail and restaurants. Currently on hold after the developer, Vanir Development Co., withdrew the original application on June 29, 2018, to work on the current concept.[40][41]
5	N/A	N/A	28	N/A	A new 28-story convention hotel adjacent to the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center. Overall, the hotel room will contain 330 hotel rooms, two floors of underground parking, four floors with 28 residential units, a 6,000 square-foot ballroom, almost 13,000 square feet of meeting rooms, and a skyline rooftop bar and restaurant. The developers hope to start construction in 2025.[42]
6	Southwest Corner/Third Street and Capitol Mall	310 / 94	26	2026	The height is still unknown until the construction start. Also known as Lot X. Southern Land Company announced plans on October 19, 2021, to build Sacramento's first high-rise for rental apartments in the city next to the Crocker Art Museum, which was previously owned by the Sacramento Kings and purchased for $16,750,000. The mixed-use project is designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz and will feature a 341,000-square-foot 26 story residential tower with 263 luxury apartments, a 7-story 450 car parking garage, a 200,000-square-foot 14 story mass timber residential tower with 154 apartments, and 11,000-square-feet of retail. There will also be 21 3-story townhomes on the property. In total, there will be 436 market rate apartments on site. Amenities will include an outdoor pool on the 18th floor, a sculptural garden at the tower's plaza, and private terraces and rooftop gardens. Southern Land Company plans to break ground on the project in 2024 and complete it in 2026.[43][44]
7	Yamanee	176 / 53.6	15	N/A	An approved proposal for a 15-story mixed-use project in midtown Sacramento featuring 134 condominiums. Currently on hold due to high construction costs.[45][46]

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