List of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City facts for kids

The Astra Tower became the tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah in late 2023.

Downtown Salt Lake City in 2011

The Wells Fargo Center was the tallest building in Salt Lake City until 2023.

This list of tallest buildings in Salt Lake City ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. city of Salt Lake City, Utah by height. The tallest building in the city is the Astra Tower, which rises 450 feet (137 m) and is set to be completed in 2024. Minimum height for this list is 50 meters (164 feet). Buildings included in this list are confined to those still standing.

Completed buildings

Completed buildings ranked in each height range.

Completed Buildings by Decade that are still standing and are a minimum of 50 meters (164 feet) tall.

List of the completed buildings in Salt Lake City that are a minimum of 50 meters (164 feet) tall.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Wells Fargo Center		422 / 128.6	26	1998	Originally the American Stores Tower. 400' at roof level, has a total height of 422' (does not include antenna). Has two rooftop heliports.
2	LDS Church Office Building		420 / 128	28	1973	There is an observation deck on the 26th floor.
3	95 State Street at City Creek (Tower 8)		395/120	25	2021	The tower houses retail shops, restaurants and a meetinghouse for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as well as 515,000 square of leasable Class A Offices.
4	111 South Main		387 / 118	23	2016	The property, designed by international architecture firm SOM, is directly adjacent to and shares a common lobby with the 2,468 seat Eccles Theater. The theatre was separately designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and opened in 2016. Developer: City Creek Reserve, Inc.
5	99 West on South Temple		375 / 114.3	30	2010	The structure topped out in 2009 and completed in 2010. Opened in 2011. 99 West is the tallest residential tower in the City Creek Center and in Salt Lake City.
6	Key Bank Tower (Salt Lake City)		351 / 107	27	1976	Previously the Beneficial Life Tower, renamed in 2008. Not to be confused with Key Bank Building which was imploded in 2007.
7	One Utah Center		350 / 107	24	1991	420,000 sq. ft. class A office building at 201 S. Main St. Project was completed at a cost of $102 million.
8	Beneficial Financial Group Tower (Gateway Tower West)		335 / 102	20	1998	Originally the Gateway Tower West. Briefly renamed Beneficial Life Tower.
9	Grand America Hotel		328 / 100	24	2001	Salt Lake City's only AAA Five Diamond hotel. The main structure, not including the cupola or flagpole, is 249 feet. 328 feet with the cupola and flagpole, according to the hotel engineer. Tallest all-hotel building in the state. The hotel's façade is covered in 300,000 square feet of Vermont white granite. The interior has English all-wool carpets and Milanese and Venetian chandeliers.
10	Hyatt Regency Salt Lake City (Convention Center Hotel)		327/99.7	25	2022	A 616,000 square foot hotel that is integrated into the adjacent Salt Palace Convention Center. Includes 700 guest rooms.
11	American Tower North		324 / 99	26	1982	Along with the South Tower, ranked as Salt Lake City's tallest "twin" buildings
	American Tower South		324 / 99	26	1982
13	World Trade Center at City Creek		320 / 98	22	1986	Originally called the Eagle Gate Plaza and Eagle Gate Tower
14	222 South Main		316 / 96	22	2009	First 20+ story skyscraper completed since the Grand America Hotel in 2001, and also the home to one of the largest investment banking organizations in the United States, Goldman Sachs
15	Utah State Capitol		285 / 87	5	1915	The building houses two of the three branches of Utah State government after the Supreme Court moved to the Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in 1998. The building underwent major renovations between 2004 and 2008 in an effort to protect the building in the event of an earthquake. The building is now expected to withstand a 7.3 magnitude earthquake.
16	South Temple Tower		274 / 84	25	1966	Originally named the University Club Building.
17	Zions Bank Building (Gateway Tower East)		267 / 81	18	1962 (renovated in 2006)	Originally named the Kennecott Building, the Zion Bank Building was renovated in 2005–2006 and received a post-modern stone and glass façade updating its 1960s skin. Workers removed and recycled over 600,000 pounds of copper that once adorned the Kennecott Building during this renovation process.
18	The Regent (City Creek)		265 / 81	23	2011
19	Liberty Sky		250/76	21	2022	Luxury 2 and 3 bedroom apartments.
20	Hilton Salt Lake City Center		243 / 74	18	1983
21	Salt Lake City and County Building		239 / 73	5	1894	City records say that the architects patterned the building after the old "Town Hall in London, England" which was a late Gothic reconstruction by Christopher Wren. Some local architects claim it is "Richardsonian Romanesque," named after H. H. Richardson (1838-1896) who started a Romanesque revival in architecture. The walls, made of rough-hewn Kyune sandstone, quarried in Summit County, are faced with brick on the inside and have a width of over five feet, which slowly tapers off with height
22	Little America Hotel and Towers		229 / 70	17	1980
23	Walker Center		220 / 67	16	1912	Originally called the Walker Bank Building, it was constructed for the Walker Brothers Bank. The tallest building in Salt Lake City when completed in 1912. A 90-foot radio tower was erected in 1947 for use by the KDYL radio and television station, the first television station in Utah. After a few years the station moved the television transmitters, but the tower remained and on each of the four sides were hung letters to spell out Walker, while Bank was around the perimeter of the top of the building's three-story tower.
24	Hotel Monaco		214 / 65	13	1924	Originally called the Continental Bank Building. Its design composition is narrow and vertical and combines a Second Renaissance Revival treatment of the bottom two floors with a strictly utilitarian treatment of the upper floors. The overall design reflects a period of eclecticism during which traditional and modern elements were often joined. Decorative elements include carved stone faces and cartouches, a classical cornice and an original exterior clock.
25	US Bank Tower (former Wells Fargo Plaza)		211 / 64.3	15	1984
26	Salt Lake Temple		210 / 64	4	1893	Construction started in 1853 and took 40 years to complete. The 50 moonstones on the buttresses of the temple depict the phases of the moon throughout the year (e.g., April on the east side, October on the west side). Additionally, there are sunstones, earth stones, a depiction of the constellation Ursa Major, and cloud stones. Brigham Young instructed the temple architect, Truman O. Angell Sr., that "there will be three towers on the east, representing the President and his two counselors; also three similar towers on the west representing the Presiding Bishop and his two counselors; the towers on the east the Melchisedek priesthood, those on the west the Aaronic priesthood. The center towers will be higher than those on the sides, and the west towers a little lower than those on the east end. The body of the building will be between these." The dedicatory plaque on the temple's eastern middle tower reads "Holiness to the Lord. The House of the Lord. Built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Commenced April 6, 1853. Completed April 6, 1893."
27	J.C. Penney Building		202 / 61.5	15	1973
	CenturyLink Building (former Qwest Building)		202 / 61.5	15	1980
29	Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse		200 / 61	10	2014
30	First Security Building		192 / 59	14	1919	Originally called the Deseret National Bank Building (Deseret Building is carved into the façade). It was acquired by First Security Bank in 1932. It retains a "First Security" sign on the top of its façade.
31	Ken Garff Building		191 / 58	12	1955	Originally called the First Security Building. It's Utah's finest example of the modernist movement's International Style. The Ken Garff Building was a First Security Bank and Wells Fargo Bank building for a time. It was the first high-rise built in the city since the Hotel Monaco was completed in 1924.
32	Broadway Centre		189 / 58	14	1992
	Parkside Tower		189 / 58	14	1984
34	HK Tower		188 / 57	14	1982
35	Joseph Smith Memorial Building		182 / 55	13	1911	Originally the Hotel Utah. An example of "Neo-classical Revival" or the subtype "modern Italian Renaissance" as described by the architects.
36	257 Towers Building		175 / 53	13	1986
	185 South State		175 / 53	13	1982
	Holiday Inn Express Salt Lake City Downtown		108 / 33	13	1972	Originally, the Regal Inn, this property was renovated in 2015.
	Red Lion Hotel		175 / 53	14	1970	Originally Tri-Arc Travelodge Hotel, then 1985-1987 as Radisson Tri-Arc Hotel. Sold in 1988.
40	Boston Building		164 / 50	11	1908	With the Newhouse Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse and designed by Henry Ives Cobb.
	Newhouse Building		164 / 50	11	1909	Along with the Boston Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb.

Under construction and proposed

Under Construction

As of April 2024, two buildings are under construction with a height of at least 164 feet (50 m).

Proposed

As of April 2024, there are currently five proposed high-rises that are planned to rise at least 164 feet (50 m).

Timeline of tallest buildings

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Years Tallest	Notes
1	Salt Lake Temple		210 / 64	4	1893–1894
2	Salt Lake City and County Building		239 / 73	5	1894–1962
3	Zions Bank Center (Gateway Tower East)		267 / 81	18	1962–1966
4	136 East South Temple		274 / 84	25	1966–1973
5	LDS Church Office Building		420 / 128	30	1973–1998
6	Wells Fargo Center		422 / 128.6	26	1998–present

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Edificios más altos de Salt Lake City para niños