The Astra Tower became the tallest building in Salt Lake City and Utah in late 2023.Downtown Salt Lake City in 2011
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.[1] 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.
500 ft (152 m) to 599 ft (183 m)
400 ft (122 m) to 499 ft (152 m)
300 ft (91 m) to 399 ft (122 m)
200 ft (61 m) to 299 ft (91 m)
164 ft (50 m) to 199 ft (61 m)
Total
0
3
13
15
12
41
Completed Buildings by Decade that are still standing and are a minimum of 50 meters (164 feet) tall.
Decade Building was Completed
Number of Buildings
1890s
2
1900s
2
1910s
4
1920s
1
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
1
1960s
2
1970s
5
1980s
11
1990s
4
2000s
2
2010s
4
2020s
5
List of the completed buildings in Salt Lake City that are a minimum of 50 meters (164 feet) tall.
Astra Tower is a luxury residential rental tower at the intersection of 200 South and State Street, previously the site of a Carl's Jr. It rises 451 feet, spanning 41 stories to become the tallest building in Utah. [2] The tower will encompass over 680,000 square feet, housing 376 rental units and three floors of amenities.[3]
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.[6]
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.
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.
Previously named Beneficial Life Tower, renamed when City Creek Center was developed. Not to be confused with Key Bank Building which was imploded in 2007.
420,000 sq. ft. class A office building at 201 S. Main St. Project was completed at a cost of $102 million.
9
Convexity (Worthington) Tower
335/102
31
2024
31 floor residential tower at 255 S 200 E. It brings 359 residential units to the area on 26 of the 31 stories, leaving 5,800 square feet of space for ground-floor retail and 359 parking stalls on four stories above ground.[12]
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.[15]
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
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.
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.[24]
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
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.[31]
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.[33]
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."[36] 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."
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.[40]
First called the First Security Building, then the Ken Garff Building, and currently the Washington Federal Bank Building. The tower is Utah's finest example of the modernist movement's International Style.[42] It was the first high-rise built in the city since the Hotel Monaco was completed in 1924.
Along with the Boston Building, considered Salt Lake City's first skyscraper. Built by Samuel Newhouse. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb.[52]
Under construction and proposed
Proposed
As of April 2024, there are currently five proposed high-rises that are planned to rise at least 164 feet (50 m).
Name
Image
Height ft / m
Floors
Year
Notes
Main Street Apartments
392/119.5
31
N/A
The Main Street Apartments is a residential tower planned at 150 S. Main Street. Under a legal agreement with the city, it was supposed to start construction on March 31, 2023, but missed this deadline.[54] The tower will have 400 residential units and 424,856 square feet of space. The roof of the adjacent 5-level parking garage will house Pantages Park, a reference to the Pantages Theater that was demolished before starting construction.[55]
Sundial Tower
344/105
23
N/A
A 23 floor 425,000 sq. ft office tower located at 477 South Main Street. The project is developed by Hines. Architecture firm is Pickard Chilton, which was inspired by Sundial Peak. Also includes a mid-block pedestrian walkway, an 8 floor garage, a 9th floor amenity space, and a 19th floor private patio space overlooking City Hall.
Soren Tower
313/95.4
28
N/A
370 S. West Temple. This mixed-use community in downtown Salt Lake City will include a 25-story residential high-rise, retail, two floors of shared office space, and a boutique hotel. Located in a qualified Opportunity Zone, the project will feature best-in-class design, sustainability, amenities, and services and will be positioned as Salt Lake City’s premier mixed-use development.[56]
The Grid
185.6/56.6
16
N/A
A proposed 16 floor residential high-rise is set to become the next phase of the West Quarter Development by the Ritchie Group. The building will include 323 residential units (including a mix of studios through three-bedrooms and range in size from 350 square feet to 1,350 square feet), 21,400 square feet of ground level retail space, a seven-story parking deck with 343 parking spaces and 175 bike stalls will be hidden from public view, and the top floor is space for a sky lounge and sky deck.[57]
465 S. Main
181/55.2
15
N/A
A proposed 15 floor residential high-rise located at 465 S. Main Street. The building will include ground floor retail along Main Street and 242 residential units. The top floor (level 15) and level 5 will include both building amenity space and outdoor/rooftop terraces. Parking will be housed behind the first-floor retail and will be a parking stacker system. 134 parking stalls with a ratio of 0.55 stalls per 1 residential unit.
^ ab"Historic Sites: Church Office Building". The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Gaze out over the Salt Lake Valley from the 26th-floor observation decks of the 28-story Church Office Building...
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