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List of tallest buildings in Seattle

{{short description|List of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in Seattle, Washington, U.S.}}

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File:Downtown Seattle skyline from Kerry Park - October 2019.jpg on Queen Anne Hill, 2019]]

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Seattle is the most populous city in the U.S state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America, with a metropolitan area population of over 4 million. It is home to 53 completed high-rise buildings over 400 feet (122 meters), of which 21 are over 500 ft (152 m) tall.{{Cite web |title=Seattle - The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercentre.com/city/seattle |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=www.skyscrapercentre.com}} Seattle's skyline is one of the largest on the West Coast of the United States, and is by far the largest in the Northwestern United States.{{Cite web |title=Cities by Number of 150m+ Buildings - The Skyscraper Center |url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/cities |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=www.skyscrapercenter.com}} The tallest building in Seattle is the 76-story Columbia Center, which rises {{convert|937|ft|m|0}} and was completed in 1985.{{cite news |last=Bush |first=Evan |date=February 25, 2016 |title=Seattle's 5 tallest skyscrapers — so far |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattles-five-tallest-skyscrapers-so-far/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 17, 2017}} It is currently the 41st-tallest building in the United States, and the tallest building in the state of Washington.{{cite web |title=Columbia Center |url=https://skyscrapercenter.com/building/columbia-center/611/ |work=The Skyscraper Center |publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |access-date=February 17, 2017}}

The history of skyscrapers in Seattle began in the late 19th century, with early construction spurred on by money from the Klondike Gold Rush and the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. One noteworthy early skyscraper was the neoclassical Smith Tower, a 38-story, 462 ft (141 m) building completed in 1914. It was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River until from its completion until 1931. A building boom in the 1920s was followed by a lull in high-rise development from the 1930s until the late 1950s, much like other major cities in the country. Seattle's world's fair, the Century 21 Exposition in 1962, contributed to the revival of the city's downtown.{{Cite web |last=Mag |first=Seattle |date=2022-07-08 |title=Back to the Future: Why Seattle's World's Fair Mattered |url=https://seattlemag.com/food-and-culture/back-future-why-seattles-worlds-fair-mattered/ |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=Seattle magazine |language=en-US}} The Space Needle, perhaps the city's most recognizable landmark,{{Cite web |last=Lloyd |first=Sarah Anne |date=2017-11-14 |title=20 iconic Seattle buildings |url=https://seattle.curbed.com/maps/iconic-buildings-seattle-architecture |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=Curbed Seattle |language=en}} was built for the fair as part of the Seattle Center. A 605 ft (184 m) tall observation tower, it was the tallest structure in the city until 1969, as another construction boom began.

The period between the 1960s and the early 1990s would see the addition of many notable commercial skyscrapers. The rate of development was particularly high during the 1980s, during which the city's third and fourth-tallest buildings, 1201 Third Avenue and Two Union Square, were built. Following another downturn in the 1990s, development would resume with the IDX Tower and WaMu Center in the 2000s. In recent years, Seattle has undergone a significant amount of high-rise development.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2019-12-13 |title=Seattle a National Leader in High-Rise Apartment Development |url=https://getthewreport.com/local-economy/seattle-a-national-leader-in-high-rise-apartment-development/ |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=W[REPORT] |language=en-US}} The neighbourhood of Denny Triangle has received an influx of residential towers since Amazon's relocation of their headquarters there in 2012,{{Cite web |last=Pacheco |first=Antonio |date=2016-12-09 |title=Seattle's Denny Triangle hosts a skyscraper building boom |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2016/12/seattle-skyscrapers-denny-triangle/ |access-date=2025-07-14 |website=The Architect’s Newspaper |language=en-US}} and the skyline has also expanded northwards to South Lake Union and westwards towards Belltown. Seattle's second tallest building, Rainier Square Tower, was completed in 2021.

The majority of tall buildings in Seattle are located in downtown, with several high-rises extending the skyline towards South Lake Union. There are also a number of towers in the area of First Hill, which is separated from the rest of the downtown skyline by Interstate 5. Additionally, there are a cluster of high-rises in University District to the north, as new residential towers have been built near UW Tower since the late 2010s. In Seattle's wider metropolitan area, the city of Bellevue, east of Seattle across Lake Washington, has a notable skyline of its own.

History

{{see also|Architecture of Seattle}}

=Early high-rises=

File:L C Smith Building, Seattle, 1914 (CURTIS 2088).jpeg in 1914, the year it was completed]]

After the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, Seattle began reconstruction of the city's central business district under a new building code requiring the use of fireproof materials, such as stone and brick. By the end of 1890, 465 buildings had been built, completing the initial phase of reconstruction, and city boosters looked to build modern high-rise buildings after the infusion of new money from the Klondike Gold Rush later that decade.{{cite news |last1=Ochsner |first1=Jeffery K. |last2=Anderson |first2=Dennis A. |date=November 20, 2003 |title=How the Great Fire changed Seattle's architecture |url=https://www.djc.com/news/ae/11151119.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=February 13, 2017}}{{cite web |title=The Great Seattle Fire |url=http://content.lib.washington.edu/extras/seattle-fire.html |publisher=University of Washington Libraries |access-date=February 13, 2017}} The Pioneer Building, whose observation tower surpassed {{convert|110|ft|m}}, was completed in 1892 and is regarded as the city's first modern high-rise building.{{cite news |last=Enlow |first=Clair |date=April 24, 1997 |title=Lofty ambitions: Seattle's highrise builders |url=https://www.djc.com/special/const97/10023897.htm |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=February 13, 2017}}{{cite web |last=DeCoster |first=Dotty |date=April 4, 2009 |title=Pioneer Building, The (Seattle) |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/8912 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=February 13, 2017}} The Alaska Building, completed in 1904 and rising {{convert|203|ft|m}} above 2nd Avenue in Pioneer Square, is considered to be Seattle's first skyscraper and first steel-framed high-rise building. It held the title of tallest habitable building in the city until the completion of the {{convert|205|ft|m|adj=mid}}, 18-story Hoge Building in 1911.{{cite web |date=January 1, 2000 |title=Alaska Building, Seattle's first steel-framed skyscraper, is completed in 1904. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/1975 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=May 2, 2008}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119464/sheraton-seattle-hotel-seattle-wa-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727080603/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119464/sheraton-seattle-hotel-seattle-wa-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2020-07-27 |title=Hoge Building |work=Emporis}} Both buildings had been surpassed in height by the clocktower of King Street Station, opened in 1906, which stands {{convert|245|ft|m}} tall.{{cite news |last=Lindblom |first=Mike |date=April 25, 2013 |title=Dingy depot's beauty reborn |page=A1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020854195_kingstreetstationxml.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}}

Seattle's continued growth at the turn of the century, bolstered by the Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition in 1909 and the opening of the Metropolitan Tract to development, led to a building boom north of Yesler Way in the modern-day downtown.{{cite book |last=Ochsner |first=Jeffery Karl |year=2014 |title=Shaping Seattle Architecture: A Historical Guide to the Architects |edition=2nd |publisher=University of Washington Press |pages=7–31 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zKkpDAAAQBAJ |via=Google Books |oclc=900434311 |isbn=9780295806891 }} On July 4, 1914, firearm and typewriter magnate Lyman Cornelius Smith opened the {{convert|484|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} Smith Tower, the city's new tallest building. For several years, the 38-story tower would hold the title of tallest west of the Mississippi River, and dominate the Seattle skyline.{{cite web |last=Pastier |first=John |date=July 1, 2004 |title=Smith Tower (Seattle) |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/4310 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=February 13, 2017}} By the end of the 1920s building boom, several new Art Deco high-rises above {{convert|200|ft|m}} were completed in Seattle, including the Medical Dental Building (1925), Seattle Tower (1930), Roosevelt Hotel (1929), Washington Athletic Club (1930), Textile Tower Building (1930), Harborview Medical Center (1931), and Pacific Tower (1933).{{cite web |title=Seattle, United States |url=https://skyscrapercenter.com/city/seattle |access-date=February 14, 2017 |work=The Skyscraper Center |publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat}}

=Post-war=

New high-rise construction in Seattle was halted during the Great Depression and World War II, and slowed during the post-war economic boom in the 1950s, as suburbanization took hold in the region.{{cite news |last=McDermott |first=Terry |date=May 7, 1989 |title=High-rise: Digging the hole – Latest skyscraper rises from one man's dream, another's financial pit |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times}} The first new building in downtown to be built after the war was the Norton Building in 1959, a 19-story office building in the International Style with a glass curtain wall and simple exterior features, a departure from the previous Neo-Gothic and Art Deco styles used in high-rises.{{Cite web |url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119458 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307045633/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/119458 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=Norton Building |work=Emporis}} By 1959, office space occupying downtown buildings had overtaken retail uses, with over {{convert|4,987,000|sqft|sqm}}.{{cite news |date=October 25, 1959 |title=Office Buildings Occupy Much City Center Space |page=72 |work=The Seattle Times}} Seattle was selected to host the World's Fair in 1962, revitalizing the downtown area and bringing the construction of the fairgrounds' centerpiece, the Space Needle. The {{convert|605|ft|m|adj=mid}} observation tower became the symbol of the fair and a landmark for Seattle, and was the first new structure to surpass the Smith Tower in height.{{cite news |date=May 2, 1982 |title=Seattle's Space Needle undergoes a face lift |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/02/us/seattle-s-space-needle-undergoes-a-face-lift.html |agency=Associated Press |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}}

File:Seafirst Building, 1969.jpg]]

The 50-story Seafirst Building (now Safeco Plaza) became the city's tallest when it opened in 1969, standing {{convert|630|ft|m}}, and signaled the start of a major construction boom in Downtown Seattle. The boom would last well into the 1980s, despite an economic downturn caused by the Boeing bust and 1970s energy crisis, and introduce elements of Modernist and Postmodern architecture to high-rise construction in the city.{{cite news |last=McDougall |first=Connie |date=August 18, 2005 |title=Tour of skyscrapers hits a lot of high points |page=G23 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20050818/nwwskyscrapers18/tour-of-skyscrapers-hits-a-lot-of-high-points |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}} During this period, 15 skyscrapers taller than {{convert|400|ft|m|0}} in height were constructed in Seattle, including 901 Fifth Avenue (1973), the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building (1974), 1600 Seventh Avenue (1976), Rainier Tower (1977), 1111 Third Avenue (1980), the Westin Building (1981), 800 Fifth Avenue (1981), Union Square (1981 and 1989), and the First Interstate Center (1983). In total, more than {{convert|14|e6sqft|sqm}} of office space was added by new construction in the 1980s. In 1984, the 76-story, {{convert|943|ft|m|adj=mid}} Columbia Center was completed, becoming the tallest building in Seattle and on the West Coast of the United States. During the 1980s, the suburb of Bellevue emerged as an urban center, boasting a skyline of its own that would continue to grow well into the 21st century.{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Jancie |last2=Simon |first2=Jim |date=June 15, 1986 |title=A sister urban center: Bellevue's influence is growing |page=C2 |work=The Seattle Times}}

File:Seattle skyline, circa 1986 (28153817145).jpg]]

The boom of the 1980s was capped by the Columbia Center and other downtown towers such as 1000 Second Avenue (1987), 1201 Third Avenue (1988), the Pacific First Centre (1989) and the Gateway Tower (1990), with new downtown office space in the decade surpassing what had been built over the previous 100 years in Seattle.{{cite news |last=McDermott |first=Terry |date=December 9, 1994 |title=Gateway owners lose investment |page=A1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19941209/1946312/gateway-owners-lose-investment |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}} The new wave of development sparked fears of "Manhattanization" in downtown that would push out lower-income residents and reduce quality of life.{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Bill |date=November 17, 1983 |title=City's downtown plan shuts out the old and poor, say critics |page=C2 |work=The Seattle Times}} A downtown land use plan adopted in 1984 and shelved until 1986 required the addition of public benefits for major construction projects. Opposition to the new downtown plan, which would allow "generous" new construction unhindered by a height limit,{{cite news |last=Dietrich |first=Bill |date=June 24, 1984 |title=Public to give its opinion on skyscraper plan |page=D5 |work=The Seattle Times}} led to the creation of the "Citizen's Alternative Plan", which would limit buildings to {{convert|450|ft|m}} and restrict development to an annual limit of {{convert|1|e6sqft|sqm}} of space per year. The plan was approved by voters as a ballot initiative on May 16, 1989, replacing the land use plan and introduced the city's modern design review process for new development.{{cite web |last1=Wilma |first1=David |last2=Crowley |first2=Walt |date=September 5, 2001 |title=Citizens' Alternative Plan, which sets growth limits for downtown Seattle, wins at the polls on May 16, 1989. |url=http://www.historylink.org/File/3539 |work=HistoryLink |access-date=February 14, 2017}}{{cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=May 16, 1989 |title=In Seattle, Casting Votes on the Skyline |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/16/arts/in-seattle-casting-votes-on-the-skyline.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}}

=1990s and 2000s=

Development of new high-rises slowed down across U.S. cities during the early 1990s recession as demand caught up to an over-built market,{{cite news |last1=Hampson |first1=Rick |last2=Lane |first2=Polly |date=October 29, 1995 |title=Skyscrapers topping out? U.S. high-rises may have reached their peak as demand diminishes |page=F1 |work=The Seattle Times}} with Seattle's 1980s office buildings suffering from a lack of tenants that forced ownership changes or the threat of bankruptcy and foreclosure.{{cite news |last=McDermott |first=Terry |date=January 14, 1996 |title=How city's skyscrapers hit bottom |page=A1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19960114/2308969/how-citys-skyscrapers-hit-bottom |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}} By 1992, vacancy rates for office space in Downtown Seattle reached 14.7 percent, while vacancy rates in outlying suburbs remained much lower.{{cite news |last=Alexander |first=Karen |date=July 21, 1992 |title=Office space tight in North End |page=C4 |work=THe Seattle Times}} The dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, including a local economy boosted by Boeing and Microsoft, led a cut of the vacancy rate to 6 percent by 1997;{{cite news |last=Moriwaki |first=Lee |date=January 21, 1997 |title=Economic boom cuts office vacancies; as Puget Sound market tightens, tenants look south |page=E1 |work=The Seattle Times}} between 1997 and 1999, new office buildings created an average of {{convert|1.5|e6sqft|sqm}} of additional office space per year.{{cite news |last=Lane |first=Polly |date=September 24, 1999 |title=Commercial real estate on roll; building booms in Seattle area |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times}} After the burst of the dot-com bubble and the early 2000s recession, downtown office vacancies shot up from 1 percent to 13 percent by the end of 2001.{{cite news |last=Kossen |first=Bill |date=December 18, 2001 |title=Office space has empty look: Vacancy rates still rising; rents falling |page=C1 |work=The Seattle Times}}

Two major downtown projects, the IDX Tower (2003) and WaMu Center (2006), were completed during the early 2000s and were the first office buildings to be built since the Key Tower in 1990.{{cite web |title=IDX Tower |url=http://www.djc.com/special/IDX/ |publisher=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=February 14, 2017}} By the mid-2000s, office vacancies in Downtown Seattle improved to below 10 percent, but office developers were hesitant to break ground on new projects.{{cite news |last=Mason Curran |first=Lori |date=December 14, 2006 |title=Seattle's simmering office market about to boil |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/11184868.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=February 14, 2017}}{{cite news |last=Boyer |first=Tom |date=December 12, 2005 |title=Builders face towering problem: too few cranes |page=A1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2002678649_cranes12.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}} A new downtown zoning plan adopted in 2006 effectively repealed the 1989 Citizens' Alternative Plan and its modified {{convert|540|ft|m|adj=mid}} height limit, favoring unlimited heights in downtown and {{convert|400|ft|m|adj=mid}} residential towers on the periphery of downtown.{{cite news |last=Young |first=Bob |date=April 4, 2006 |title=High-rise boom coming to Seattle? |page=B1 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20060404/buildingheights04m/high-rise-boom-coming-to-seattle |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}} The new zoning plan set off a wave of high-rise residential development in the late 2000s, including the completion of Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue (2008), Escala (2009), and Olive 8 (2009), coming at the peak of the United States housing bubble and the demand for downtown luxury condominiums before the Great Recession.{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=April 26, 2008 |title=Seattle luxury-condo complex Escala will raise prices |page=E1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2004374762_escala26.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}}{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=April 24, 2009 |title=At pricey high-rise Seattle condos, some buyers back out |page=A1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2009113376_condoclosings24.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 14, 2017}}

=Post-recession boom=

During the Great Recession, downtown office vacancies rose to a record 21 percent by the beginning of 2010,{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=January 20, 2010 |title=Vacant offices set a record in Seattle |page=A1 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010835965_office20.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705094337/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010835965_office20.html |archive-date=July 5, 2012 }} but dropped to 10 percent by 2013;{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Colin |date=July 24, 2013 |title=Office vacancies flat as markets wait on technology firms |page=A9 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021456658_officemarketsxml.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}} the downturn was partially blamed on the collapse of Washington Mutual, which employed 3,500 in its downtown offices.{{cite news |last=Shevory |first=Kristina |date=October 21, 2008 |title=Even in Resilient Seattle, Office Vacancy Rate Is Rising |page=B4 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/business/22seattle.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 24, 2017}} The surge in demand for office space revived several downtown high-rise office projects, including The Mark and Madison Centre, both exceeding {{convert|500|ft|m}} in height and planned to open in 2017.{{cite news |date=February 10, 2013 |title=2 towers long on ice show signs of a thaw |page=D1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2020312657_sundaybuzz10xml.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}} Other planned office and mixed-use buildings in Downtown Seattle include 2&U, the stalled Civic Square project, and the Rainier Square Tower, the city's second-tallest building at {{convert|850|ft|m}}.{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=November 5, 2014 |title=Rainier Square redo will put apartments high in the sky |page=A15 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2024952784_rainiersquarexml.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}} Since 2010, developers have also sought to build high-rise residential towers in Downtown Seattle, including a supertall 101-story tower named 4/C, which would become the city's tallest building at {{convert|1,029|ft|m}},{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=September 22, 2015 |title=101-story skyscraper on Seattle's Fourth Avenue proposed |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-skyscraper-proposed/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}} and the {{convert|880|ft|m|adj=mid}} 888 Tower.{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=July 8, 2015 |title=Innovative project would be Seattle's second-tallest building |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/innovative-project-would-be-seattles-second-tallest-building/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}}

Recent high-rise development in Seattle has been concentrated in the Denny Triangle and South Lake Union areas to the north of Downtown Seattle, both rezoned to support development in the 2000s after decades of supporting industrial and low-rise commercial establishments.{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Kirk |last2=Wingfield |first2=Nick |date=August 25, 2013 |title=As Amazon Stretches, Seattle's Downtown Is Reshaped |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/26/us/as-amazon-stretches-seattles-downtown-is-reshaped.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}}{{cite news |last=Blume |first=Bruce M. |date=July 26, 2007 |title=Seattle's urban boundaries push outward |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/11191534.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=February 15, 2017}} Office development came first to the Denny Triangle area in the mid-2000s, with the construction of the United States Courthouse (2004) and 1918 Eighth Avenue (2009). In 2012, Amazon.com announced their intention to relocate their South Lake Union headquarters to a complex of high-rises in Denny Triangle;{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |date=February 16, 2012 |title=Amazon to buy Denny Triangle property; plans 3 big office towers |page=A1 |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2017518305_clise16.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}} the first towers, the {{convert|520|ft|m|adj=mid}} Doppler and Day 1, opened in 2016, and at least three more towers are in development.{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=December 28, 2016 |title=$19.2M deal suggests Amazon may build a fifth tower in downtown Seattle |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2016/12/28/19-2m-deal-suggests-amazon-may-build-a-fifth.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}} The Denny Triangle also hosts the region's largest hotel, the 45-story Hyatt Regency Seattle near the Washington State Convention Center, which was completed in 2018.{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Mike |date=October 5, 2016 |title=Pacific Northwest's largest hotel, in downtown Seattle, will be a Hyatt |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/pacific-northwests-largest-hotel-in-downtown-seattle-will-be-a-hyatt/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=February 15, 2017}}

Residential developments in the Denny Triangle area above {{convert|400|ft|m}} include Aspira (2010), Premiere on Pine, Cirrus, Kinects, Stratus, McKenzie Apartments, and AMLI Arc. The Denny Way corridor in South Lake Union, upzoned in 2013 by the city council, has at least seven high-rise residential buildings above {{convert|400|ft|m}} in height, including the completed Kiara and 1120 Denny Way.{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=August 28, 2015 |title=Two more tall towers join parade along Denny Way |page=A1 |work=The Seattle Times |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/realestate/2026994474_h5capitaltowersxml.html |access-date=February 15, 2017}} Other parts of downtown Seattle have also been host to recent high-rise residential development, including the twin Insignia Towers in Belltown, Tower 12, Helios, and West Edge Tower near Pike Place Market.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks Seattle skyscrapers that stand at least {{convert|400|ft|m|0}} 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. Freestanding observation towers, while not habitable buildings, are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.

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! style="width:75px;"|Height
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| Columbia Center

| 100px

| {{convert|937|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 76

| Office

| 1985

| {{Coord|47|36|16.31|N|122|19|50.48|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Columbia Center}}

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  • 41st-tallest in the United States
  • Tallest building in Seattle and the state of Washington since 1985
  • Tallest building on the West Coast when completed, now the fourth-tallest
  • More floors than any other building west of the Mississippi River
  • Formerly known as Bank of America Tower
  • Originally designed to be {{convert|1,005|ft|m|0}} tall, but the height was reduced due to concerns of a nearby flight path by the Federal Aviation Administration{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Columbia-Center-observation-deck-to-get-4576754.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |first=Aubrey |last=Cohen |title=Columbia Center observation deck to get 360-degree view |date=June 4, 2013}}
{{sort|02.0|2}}

| Rainier Square Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|850|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 58

| Office, Residential

| 2021

| {{Coord|47|36|33.12|N|122|20|05.89|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Rainier Square Tower}}

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{{sort|03.0|3}}

| 1201 Third Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|772|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 55

| Office

| 1988

| {{Coord|47|36|25.92|N|122|20|09.96|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=1201 Third Avenue}}

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{{sort|04.0|4}}

| Two Union Square

| 100px

| {{convert|740|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 56

| Office

| 1989

| {{Coord|47|36|37.38|N|122|19|55.33|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Two Union Square}}

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{{sort|05.0|5}}

| Seattle Municipal Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|722|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 62

| Office

| 1990

| {{Coord|47|36|18.36|N|122|19|47.28|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Seattle Municipal Tower}}

|

{{sort|06.0|6}}

| F5 Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|660|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 43

| Office/Hotel

| 2017

| {{Coord|47|36|19.00|N|122|19|52.00|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=The Mark}}

|

  • Tallest building constructed in Seattle in the 2010s
{{sort|07.0|7}}

| Safeco Plaza

| 100px

| {{convert|630|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 50

| Office

| 1969

| {{Coord|47|36|21.96|N|122|20|02.76|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Safeco Plaza}}

|

  • Tallest building constructed in Seattle in the 1960s
  • Tallest building in Seattle from 1969 to 1985
  • Originally called the Seattle-First National Bank Building
{{sort|08.0|8}}

| U.S. Bank Center

| 100px

| {{convert|606|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 44

| Office

| 1989

| {{Coord|47|36|38.16|N|122|20|04.20|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=U.S. Bank Center}}

|

  • Formerly known as the Pacific First Centre and U.S. Bank Centre
{{sort|09.0|—}}

| Space Needle{{ref label|note03|C|^}}

| 100px

| {{convert|605|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 5

| Observation

| 1962

| {{Coord|47|37|13.44|N|122|20|56.76|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Space Needle}}

|

  • Tallest observation tower in Washington
  • 4th tallest observation tower in the United States
{{sort|10.0|9}}

| Russell Investments Center

| 100px

| {{convert|598|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 42

| Office

| 2006

| {{Coord|47|36|26.32|N|122|20|13.59|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Russell Investments Center}}

|

  • Tallest building constructed in Seattle in the 2000s
{{sort|11.0|10}}

| Docusign Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|573|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 47

| Office

| 1983

| {{Coord|47|36|18.00|N|122|20|02.76|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Wells Fargo Center}}

|

  • Previously named First Interstate Center and Wells Fargo Center
{{sort|12.0|11}}

| 800 Fifth Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|543|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 42

| Office

| 1981

| {{Coord|47|36|20.88|N|122|19|48.72|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza}}

|

  • Formerly known as Bank of America Fifth Avenue Plaza from 1981 to 2014.{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |date=October 2, 2014 |title=Downtown tower gets new name as ownership shifts |url=http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2024685727_bofabuildingxml.html |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=January 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218145942/http://old.seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2024685727_bofabuildingxml.html |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |url-status=dead }}
{{sort|13.0|12}}

| 901 Fifth Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|536|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Office

| 1973

| {{Coord|47|36|20.99|N|122|19|55.20|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=901 Fifth Avenue}}

|

  • Tallest building constructed in Seattle in the 1970s
{{sort|14.0|13}}

| Madison Centre

| 100px

| {{convert|530|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 36

| Office

| 2017

| {{Coord|47|36|23.29|N|122|19|52.61|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Madison Centre}}

|

{{sort|15.0|14}}

| Qualtrics Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|527|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 38

| Office

| 2020

| {{Coord|47|36|24.50|N|122|20|13.63|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=2&U}}

|

{{sort|16.0|15}}

| Doppler

| 100px

| {{convert|524|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 37

| Office

| 2015

| {{Coord|47|36|54.52|N|122|20|18.88|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Amazon Doppler}}

|

  • Also known as Amazon Tower I
{{sort|17.0|16}}

| Day 1

100px

| {{convert|521|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 37

| Office

| 2016

| {{Coord|47|36|57.13|N|122|20|23.46|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Amazon Day 1}}

|

  • Also known as Amazon Tower II{{cite web |url=http://www.sellen.com/blocks14_19_20/ |title=Construction Updates for Blocks 14, 19 & 20 – Sellen Construction |publisher=Sellen Construction |access-date=February 28, 2015}}{{cite news |last=Pryne |first=Eric |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2019788881_amazonapprovedxml.html |title=Amazon towers win key approval |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=November 29, 2012 |access-date=November 29, 2012}}
rowspan="2" | {{sort|18.0|17}}

| re:Invent

100px

| {{convert|520|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 37

| Office

| 2019{{cite news |last=Romano |first=Benjamin |date=June 27, 2019 |title=Mayor Durkan says Amazon's relationship with Seattle City Hall much improved a year after head tax |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/durkan-says-citys-relationship-with-amazon-much-improved-a-year-after-head-tax/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=June 28, 2019}}

| {{Coord|47|36|59|N|122|20|20|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Amazon re:Invent}}

|

  • Also known as Amazon Tower III
Hyatt Regency Seattle

| 100px

| {{convert|520|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 45

| Hotel

| 2018

| {{Coord|47|36|54.00|N|122|20|04.92|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Hyatt Regency Seattle}}

|

  • Tallest hotel
  • Largest hotel in the Pacific Northwest{{Cite web|title=Hyatt Regency Hotel|url=https://www.emporis.com/buildings/321952/hyatt-regency-hotel-seattle-wa-usa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801180847/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/321952/hyatt-regency-hotel-seattle-wa-usa|archive-date=August 1, 2021|url-status=usurped|access-date=|website=Emporis}}{{Cite web|title=Hyatt Regency Seattle - The Skyscraper Center|url=https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/hyatt-regency-seattle/23546|access-date=2021-08-01|website=www.skyscrapercenter.com}}
{{sort|19.0|19}}

| Rainier Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|514|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 31

| Office

| 1977

| {{Coord|47|36|32.47|N|122|20|02.58|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Rainier Tower}}

|

{{sort|20.0|20}}

| Fourth and Madison Building

| 100px

| {{convert|512|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 40

| Office

| 2002

| {{Coord|47|36|19.79|N|122|19|58.91|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Fourth and Madison Building}}

|

{{sort|21.0|21}}

| 1918 Eighth Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|500|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 36

| Office

| 2009

| {{Coord|47|36|56.52|N|122|20|09.96|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=1918 Eighth Avenue}}

|

{{sort|22.0|22}}

| 1600 Seventh Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|498|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 33

| Office

| 1976

| {{Coord|47|36|47.52|N|122|20|03.84|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=1600 Seventh Avenue}}

|

{{sort|23.0|23}}

| 1000 Second Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|493|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 43

| Office

| 1987

| {{Coord|47|36|16.92|N|122|20|07.80|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=1000 Second Avenue}}

|

{{sort|24.0|24}}

| Henry M. Jackson Federal Building

| 100px

| {{convert|487|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 37

| Office

| 1974

| {{Coord|47|36|15.84|N|122|20|07.44|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Henry M. Jackson Federal Building}}

|

rowspan="2" | {{sort|26.0|25}}

| The Ivey on Boren

|

| {{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 44

| Residential

| 2023

| {{Coord|47|37|05|N|122|20|07|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=The Ivey on Boren}}

|

The Ayer

|

| {{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 45

| Residential

| 2024

| {{Coord|47|37|02|N|122|20|06|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=The Ayer}}

| {{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=February 8, 2024 |title=Holland opens 45-story Ayer, with 430 Denny Triangle units |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12162001.html |accessdate=July 10, 2024 |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce}}

{{sort|27.0|27}}

| Smith Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|462|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 42

| Office, Residential

| 1914

| {{Coord|47|36|07.53|N|122|19|54.49|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Smith Tower}}

|

  • Tallest building constructed in Seattle in the 1910s
  • Tallest building west of the Mississippi River until completion of the Kansas City Power & Light Building in 1931
  • Tallest building in Seattle from 1914 to 1969
{{sort|28.0|28}}

| One Union Square

| 100px

| {{convert|456|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 36

| Office

| 1981

| {{Coord|47|36|34.89|N|122|19|55.52|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=One Union Square}}

|

{{sort|29.0|29}}

| Olive 8

| 100px

| {{convert|455|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 39

| Hotel, Residential

| 2009

| {{Coord|47|36|48.96|N|122|20|02.76|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Olive 8}}

|

{{sort|30.0|30}}

| 1111 Third Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|454|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 34

| Office

| 1980

| {{Coord|47|36|24.00|N|122|20|06.00|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=1111 Third Avenue}}

|

{{sort|31.0|31}}

| Westin Seattle North Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|449|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 47

| Hotel

| 1982

| {{Coord|47|36|49.50|N|122|20|19.52|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Westin Seattle North Tower}}

|

{{sort|32.0|32}}

| McKenzie Apartments

| 100px

| {{convert|446|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 39

| Residential

| 2018

| {{Coord|47|37|03.68|N|122|20|21.50|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=McKenzie Apartments}}

|

rowspan="14" | {{sort|33.0|33}}

| Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 38

| Residential

| 2008

| {{Coord|47|36|33.48|N|122|20|22.20|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Fifteen Twenty-One Second Avenue}}

|

Premiere on Pine

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 42

| Residential

| 2014

| {{Coord|47|36|47.53|N|122|19|55.91|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Premiere on Pine}}

|

Cirrus

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Residential

| 2015

| {{Coord|47|36|59.46|N|122|20|14.64|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Cirrus (Seattle)}}

|

Insignia South Tower

| rowspan="2"|100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Residential

| 2015

| {{Coord|47|36|59.50|N|122|20|35.53|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Insignia South Tower}}

|

Insignia North Tower

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Residential

| 2016

| {{Coord|47|37|01.29|N|122|20|37.36|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Insignia North Tower}}

|

Kinects

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 40

| Residential

| 2017

| {{Coord|47|37|01.39|N|122|19|53.44|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Kinects Tower}}

|

Helios

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 40

|Residential

| 2017

|{{Coord|47|36|38.38|N|122|20|22.95|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Second & Pine Tower}}

|

AMLI Arc

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 36

| Office, Residential

| 2017

| {{Coord|47|36|59.55|N|122|19|53.28|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=AMLI Arc}}

|

Stratus

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Retail, Residential

| 2018

| {{Coord|47|37|01.55|N|122|20|15.22|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Stratus}}

|

Arrivé

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Hotel, Residential

| 2019

| {{Coord|47|36|51.91|N|122|20|30.24|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=2116 4th Avenue}}

|

Modern

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 38

| Office, Residential

| 2020

| {{Coord|47|36|46.1|N|122|20|31.6|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Modern}}

|

Nexus

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 40

| Residential

| 2020

| {{Coord|47|37|01.90|N|122|19|50.10|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Nexus}}

|

Spire

| 100px

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Residential

| 2021

| {{Coord|47|37|06.12|N|122|20|40.35|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Spire}}

|

Ren

| File:Ren_Building_Seattle_Washington.png

| {{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Residential

| 2022

| {{Coord|47|36|11.63|N|122|19|49.01|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Ren}}

|

rowspan="3" | {{sort|46.0|46}}

| The Emerald

| 100px

| {{convert|435|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 40

| Residential

| 2020{{cite news |date=October 23, 2020 |title=Create World finishes 40-story Emerald condos near Pike Place |url=https://www.djc.com/news/co/12135955.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=February 22, 2021}}

| {{Coord|47|36|37.57|N|122|20|25.75|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=The Emerald}}

|

West Edge Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|435|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 35

| Retail/Residential

| 2018

| {{Coord|47|36|32.82|N|122|20|18.04|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=West Edge}}

|

Kiara

| 100px

|{{convert|435|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 40

| Residential

| 2018

| {{Coord|47|37|08.85|N|122|20|15.38|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Kiara}}

|

{{sort|50.0|50}}

| OSLU North Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|425|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Residential

| 2022

| {{Coord|47|37|7.1|N|122|20|7.2|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=1220 Denny Way}}

|

{{sort|51.0|51}}

| OSLU South Tower

| 100px

| {{convert|415|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 41

| Residential

| 2022

| {{Coord|47|37|7.1|N|122|20|7.2|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=1220 Denny Way}}

|

{{sort|52.0|52}}

| Westin Building

| 100px

| {{convert|409|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 34

| Office

| 1981

| {{Coord|47|36|51.48|N|122|20|18.60|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Westin Building}}

|

{{sort|53.0|53}}

| Aspira

| 100px

| {{convert|400|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

| 37

| Residential

| 2009

| {{Coord|47|36|57.77|N|122|20|00.50|W|region:US-WA_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Aspira (Seattle)}}

|

{{clear}}

Tallest under construction or proposed

=Under construction=

This lists skyscrapers that are under construction in Seattle that are expected to rise over {{convert|400|ft|m|0}}, but are not yet completed structures.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
Name

! style="width:75px;"|Height
ft (m)

! Floors

! Use

! Began
construction

! Year of completion
(est.)

! Coordinates

!class="unsortable"| Notes

3rd & Cherry{{convert|629|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}57Residential2022On hold{{Coord|47|36|12.24|N|122|19|52.32|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Seattle Civic Square}}*Developed by Bosa{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=March 16, 2022 |title=Finally: Work to start on long-planned condo tower near Seattle City Hall |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2022/03/16/construction-to-start-on-bosa-tower.html |access-date=March 16, 2022|work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription }}

  • Construction paused since July 2022{{cite news |last=Groover |first=Heidi |date=July 22, 2022 |title=Long-delayed project across from Seattle City Hall on hold once again |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/long-delayed-project-across-from-seattle-city-hall-on-hold-once-again/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 12, 2022}}
WB1200 Tower I{{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}48Residential20182025{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=November 18, 2024 |title=6 years into construction, high-profile Seattle project eyes the finish line |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2024/11/18/westbank-updates-timeline-seattle-two-tower-deal.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |accessdate=December 26, 2024}}{{Coord|47|37|05.80|N|122|19|54.16|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=WB1200 Tower I}}*Developed by Westbank Projects{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=May 16, 2018 |title=Construction starts on 45-story apartment towers in Seattle |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/05/16/westbank-1200-stewart-apartment-towers-start.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 20, 2019}}
WB1200 Tower II{{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}48Residential20182025{{Coord|47|37|05.76|N|122|19|56.53|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=WB1200 Tower II}}*Developed by Westbank Projects
First Light{{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}49Residential20202025{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=September 1, 2023 |title=First Light pouring last levels of concrete, now leasing the offices below 459 condos |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12158948.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=January 3, 2024}}{{Coord|47|36|46.15|N|122|20|27.65|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=First Light}}* Developed by Westbank Projects{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=October 17, 2018 |title=The sphere is gone but Seattle condo tower's top still wows |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/10/17/westbank-condo-tower-2000-third-ave-first-light.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 20, 2019}}{{cite news |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-sphere-craze-continues-with-giant-dome-planned-atop-skyscraper/ |title=Seattle sphere craze continues with giant dome planned atop skyscraper |last=Rosenberg |first=Mike |work=The Seattle Times |date=June 2, 2017 |access-date=June 2, 2017}}{{cite news |last=O'Leary |first=Shannon |date=April 2019 |title=Seeing the Light: New Belltown Condo Takes Glass and Architecture to the Next Level |url=http://www.seattlemag.com/news/seeing-light-new-belltown-condo-takes-glass-and-architecture-next-level |work=Seattle Magazine |access-date=January 30, 2020}}
Block V North Tower{{convert|476|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}42Residential2019On hold{{cite news |last=Hinchcliffe |first=Emma |date=January 12, 2023 |title=Subterranean construction continues for 45-story towers in Denny Triangle |url=https://www.djc.com/news/co/12153871.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=January 3, 2024}}{{Coord|47|37|03.2|N|122|20|32.2|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=2301 7th Avenue}}*Proposed by Clise Properties on Antioch University campus{{cite news |date=January 13, 2016 |title=Here's the latest look for Clise's twin towers |url=http://www.djc.com/news/ae/12085329.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 1, 2018}}
  • Clise Properties sold the site to Onni Group.{{cite news |date=September 28, 2018 |title=Clise sells Block V site and plans to Onni Group for almost $79M |url=http://www.cliseproperties.com/blog/seattle-commercial-real-estate-news/company-news/clise-sells-block-v-site-and-plans-to-onni-group-for-almost-79m |work=Clise Properties |access-date=November 20, 2019}}
    • Block V South Tower{{convert|476|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}42Residential2019On hold{{Coord|47|37|03.2|N|122|20|32.2|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=2301 7th Avenue}}*Proposed by Clise Properties on Antioch University campus
  • Clise Properties sold the site to Onni Group.
    • Seattle House Tower 1{{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}41Residential20192025{{Coord|47|37|01.8|N|122|20|31.6|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Seattle House Tower 1}}*Developed by HB Management and Concord Pacific{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=July 1, 2019 |title=Two-tower Seattle project near Amazon, Apple will be built as condos |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/07/01/two-tower-seattle-project-near-amazon-apple-will.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 1, 2019}}{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=August 29, 2018 |title=Canadian residential developer buys shovel-ready tower project in Seattle |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/08/29/canadian-hb-management-sells-bb6-condo-apartments.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 20, 2019}}
    Seattle House Tower 2{{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}41Residential20192025{{Coord|47|37|01.8|N|122|20|31.6|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Seattle House Tower 2}}*Developed by HB Management and Concord Pacific

    =Approved=

    This lists skyscrapers that are approved for construction by the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections that are expected to rise over {{convert|400|ft|m|0}}, but have not started excavation.

    class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
    Name

    ! style="width:75px;"|Height
    ft (m)

    ! Floors

    ! Use

    ! Year *
    (est.)

    ! Coordinates

    !class="unsortable"| Notes

    The Net{{convert|542|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}36Office2027{{Coord|47|36|16|N|122|20|01|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=The Net}}*Proposed by Urban Visions{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=April 16, 2019 |title=Urban Visions updates design of the Net, a 36-story Seattle tower |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2019/04/16/glass-encased-stairway-will-run-along-entire.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 20, 2019}}

    • Formerly planned to be 77 stories and later 60 stories{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=October 27, 2017 |title=Greg Smith says 60-story tower was 'too big for us'; new plan is 28 stories |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12105569.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 20, 2019}}
    • Site demolition began in March 2021{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=March 8, 2021 |title=Demolition begins on downtown Seattle food court, making way for office high-rise |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/03/08/downtown-food-court-demolished-for-high-rise.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=March 9, 2021}}
    8th & Pine{{convert|539|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}55Residential/Hotel{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|46.91|N|122|19|57.22|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=8th & Pine}}* Proposed by Fana Group
  • Approved in February 2018{{cite news |last=Stubbs |first=Jack |date=February 7, 2018 |title=55-Story Tower in Downtown Seattle Approved at Design Review Recommendation Meeting |url=https://news.theregistryps.com/55-story-tower-downtown-seattle-approved-design-review-recommendation-meeting/ |work=The Registry |access-date=February 7, 2018}}
    • 2033 4th Avenue{{convert|455|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}49Residential{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|48|N|122|20|29|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=2033 4th Avenue}}* 400 residential units with 24 parking stalls proposed{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Seattle signs off on skinny skyscraper for Jiffy Lube site in Belltown |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2023/04/27/skinny-seattle-multifamily-tower-passes-milestone.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 27, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Belltown high-rise site gets more interesting |url=https://www.djc.com//news/re/12162469.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |accessdate=July 10, 2024}}
    1901 Minor Ave I{{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}40Residential{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|03.5|N|122|19|56.7|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=1901 Minor Ave}}* Developed by Concord Pacific{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=August 9, 2019 |title=Denny Triangle high-rise site sells for $72M, with 953 condos possible |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12124281.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=February 23, 2021}}
  • Originally proposed by Crescent Heights{{cite news |last=Bentley |first=Kristin |date=September 2, 2016 |title=Miami-Based Crescent Heights Approved To Move Forward With 1004-Unit Residential Project In Seattle's Denny Triangle |url=http://news.theregistryps.com/miami-based-crescent-heights-approved-move-forward-737-unit-residential-project-seattles-denny-triangle/ |work=The Registry |access-date=March 9, 2017}}
    • 1901 Minor Ave II{{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}40Residential{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|03.5|N|122|19|56.7|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=1901 Minor Ave}}* Developed by Concord Pacific
  • Originally proposed by Crescent Heights
    • Sloane

    | {{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}

    | 45

    | Residential

    | --

    | {{Coord|47|37|05|N|122|20|36|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=Sloane}}

    		* Proposed by Holland Partner Group{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Holland pays Clise $40M for Denny Triangle tower site |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12150499.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 9, 2022}}

    • Former site of Elephant Car Wash{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=June 4, 2024 |title=Holland breaks ground on former Elephant Car Wash triangle |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12164159.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=July 9, 2024}}

    * Table entries without text indicate that information regarding one or more of building heights, floor counts, and dates of completion has not yet been released.

    =Proposed=

    This lists skyscrapers that are proposed for construction in Seattle that are expected to rise over {{convert|400|ft|m|0}}, but are not yet completed structures.

    class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
    Name

    ! style="width:75px;"|Height
    ft (m)

    ! Floors

    ! Year*
    (est.)

    ! Coordinates

    !class="unsortable"| Notes

    4/C{{convert|1,029|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}93{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|14.00|N|122|19|53.00|W|region:US-WA_type:site_scale:4000|display=inline|name=4/C Tower}}*Proposed by Crescent Heights & SOM

    • Would become the tallest building in Seattle{{cite news |last=Bhatt |first=Sanjay |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/seattle-skyscraper-proposed/ |title=101-story skyscraper on Seattle's Fourth Avenue proposed |date=September 22, 2015 |work=The Seattle Times}}
    • Downsized from {{convert|1,111|ft|m|abbr=on}}{{cite news |date=September 24, 2015 |title=Crescent Heights: 4/C tower will be 1,111 feet |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12081964.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=September 24, 2015}}
    800 Stewart St{{convert|605|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}54{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|54.9|N|122|20|07.1|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=800 Stewart St}}*Proposed by Lincoln Property Co. West{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=August 23, 2019 |title=LPC West unveils design for 53-story Seattle tower |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12124692.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=October 26, 2019}}
    Altitude Hotel and Residences{{convert|579|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}57{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|46.5|N|122|20|18.2|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=Altitude Sky Tower}}*Proposed by Stanford Hotels{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=August 10, 2017 |title=On the Block: Stanford Hotels' tower grows to 57 stories |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/bzz.html?id=12103061 |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=April 20, 2019}}
    621 Stewart Street{{convert|570|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}54{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|50|N|122|20|10|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=621 Stewart Street}}*Proposed by Kilroy Realty as part of SIXO development{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=December 21, 2022 |title=More design tweaks for Kilroy's 30-story office tower |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12153467.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 31, 2022}}{{cite web |title=621 Stewart Street |url=https://web8.seattle.gov/SDCI/ShapingSeattle/buildings/Details/3036212-LU |work=Shaping Seattle: Property & Building Activity |publisher=Seattle Department of Planning and Development |accessdate=December 31, 2022}}
    1933 5th Avenue{{convert|525|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}47{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|48|N|122|20|21|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=1933 5th Avenue}}*Proposed by Douglaston Development{{cite news |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12074291.html |title=New York developer eyeing tower on 5th |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |date=January 30, 2015 |access-date=August 11, 2015}}
    1516 2nd Avenue{{convert|499|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}45{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|48|N|122|20|21|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=1516 2nd Avenue}}*Proposed by Pinnacle Fame Development and Plus Capital Partners{{cite news |last1=Stiles |first1=Marc |last2=Garnick |first2=Coral |date=August 22, 2018 |title=Condo skyscraper planned for Chromer Building property, former site of Amazon offices and Elysian Bar |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/08/22/condo-skyscraper-planned-for-chromer-building-plus.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 23, 2018}}{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=January 22, 2021 |title=Downtown condo towers clear SEPA hurdle, move closer to MUP |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12137849.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 23, 2021}}
    The Langham, Seattle{{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}44{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|41|N|122|20|30|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=The Langham, Seattle}}*Hotel and condominium project proposed by Pacific Eagle Holdings{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=November 30, 2018 |title=San Francisco company plans mixed-use condo tower near Pike Place Market |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/11/30/pacific-eagle-holdings-condo-tower-pike-place.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 20, 2019}}
  • Current site of the Terminal Sales Annex Building{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=November 29, 2018 |title=On the Block: Japanese starchitect Kengo Kuma tapped for tower at Terminal Sales Annex site |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12116891.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=April 20, 2019}}
    • 3+V{{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}44{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|43|N|122|20|27|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=3+V}}*Proposed by Martin Selig Real Estate{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=August 3, 2018 |title=1920 building on Third not a landmark; Selig tower is up for review |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12113408.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 3, 2018}}
    616 Battery{{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}45{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|05|N|122|20|36|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=616 Battery}}*Proposed by Holland Partner Group
    801 Blanchard Street{{convert|484|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}46{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|02|N|122|20|19|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=801 Blanchard Street}}*Proposed by Silverstein Properties{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=February 23, 2021 |title=46-story Denny Triangle tower to feature faceted 'diamond' base |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12138557.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=February 23, 2021}}
    907 Terry Ave{{convert|480|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}41{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|29.8|N|122|19|33.9|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=907 Terry Ave}}*Proposed by Westbank{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |date=September 20, 2022 |title=

    Westbank proposes 46-story Seattle tower on church property|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2022/09/20/westbank-plans-seattle-skyscraper-archdiocese-site.html |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=January 2, 2025}}

    2025 5th Avenue{{convert|475|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}40{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|51|N|122|20|26|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=2025 5th Avenue}}*Proposed by Vulcan Real Estate{{cite news |date=April 25, 2017 |title=Vulcan eyes 44-story Fifth & Lenora tower |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12099706.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 1, 2018}}
    2005 5th Avenue{{convert|475|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}50{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|49.2|N|122|20|22.3|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=2005 5th Avenue}}*Proposed by Chainqui Development & MZA Architecture{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=November 29, 2017 |title=Here's Chainqui Development's plan for a new 44-story tower in Belltown |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12106432.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 1, 2018}}{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=December 9, 2020 |title=MZA put a taper on high-rise tower above landmarked Belltown buildings |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12136987.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=July 22, 2024}}
    8 Tower{{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}412020{{Coord|47|37|6.1|N|122|20|25.8|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=8 Tower}}*Proposed by North American Asset Management Group{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=September 20, 2017 |title=Shilla Tower — now 8 Tower — will have 42 stories and 312 apartments |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12104358.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 1, 2018}}
    Onni Showbox{{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}41{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|30.7|N|122|20|21.5|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=Onni Showbox}}*Proposed by Onni Group on the site of The Showbox Theater{{cite news |last1=Roseburg |first1=Mike |last2=Rietmulder |first2=Michael |date=July 25, 2018 |title=Seattle's Showbox apparently to be demolished for apartment high-rise |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/showbox-seattle-apparently-to-be-demolished-for-apartment-high-rise/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=July 25, 2018}}
    1370 Stewart St{{convert|440|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}44{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|09.7|N|122|19|48.4|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=1370 Stewart St}}*Proposed by Arbutus Properties{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=June 16, 2023 |title=45-story apartment tower has MUP, but no start date |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12157380.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 13, 2024}}
    824 Howell St{{convert|427|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}33{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|53.65|N|122|20|01.52|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=824 Howell St}}*Proposed by R. C. Hedreen Company{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=November 20, 2017 |title=Hedreen to show design for hotel at 824 Howell |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12106213.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 22, 2018}}
    1001 John St{{convert|400|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}43{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|10.5|N|122|20|13.2|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=1001 John St}}*Proposed by Mack Urban{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=April 26, 2022 |title=Mack gets MUP for 43-story apartment tower in SLU |url=http://www.djc.com/news/re/12148167.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 14, 2024}}
    121 Boren Avenue North Tower I{{convert|400|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}42{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|08.4|N|122|20|11.3|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=121 Boren Avenue}}*Proposed by H5 Capital{{cite news |last=Stiles |first=Marc |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/2015/08/two-tower-project-will-sandwich-the-seattle-times.html |title=Two-tower project will sandwich the Seattle Times, demolish 13 Coins building |date=August 27, 2015 |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=August 27, 2015}}{{cite news |date=August 27, 2015 |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12081077.html |title=Another doozy for South Lake Union: two 42-story towers with 840 units |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=August 27, 2015}}

    • Proposed sale to Onni Group cancelled{{cite news |last=Khashimova Long |first=Katherine |date=May 30, 2020 |title=Big developer backs out of $25M South Lake Union land deal, blaming coronavirus downturn |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/real-estate/big-developer-backs-out-of-25m-south-lake-union-land-deal-blaming-coronavirus-downturn/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=May 30, 2020}}
    121 Boren Avenue North Tower II{{convert|400|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}42{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|08.4|N|122|20|11.3|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=121 Boren Avenue}}*Proposed by H5 Capital
  • Proposed sale to Onni Group cancelled
    • 110 9th Avenue{{convert|400|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}41{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|37|09|N|122|20|22|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=110 9th Avenue}}*Proposed by Vulcan Real Estate on the Denny Playfield{{cite news |url=http://www.djc.com/news/ae/12066695.html |title=Design review for 2 new Vulcan towers |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |date=June 13, 2014 |access-date=August 11, 2015}}
    1800 Terry Avenue{{convert|400|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}35{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|57.3|N|122|19|56.5|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=1800 Terry Avenue}}*Proposed by Seawest and Insignia{{cite news |last=Minnick |first=Benjamin |date=December 14, 2015 |title=35-story tower at 1800 Terry may be built using modular system |url=https://www.djc.com/news/co/12084475.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=March 9, 2017}}
    Horizon House West Tower{{convert|400|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}33{{Sort|00|—}}{{Coord|47|36|39.4|N|122|19|45.4|W|region:US-WA|display=inline|name=Horizon House West Tower}}*Proposed by Mithun{{cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=July 1, 2024 |title=

    Mithun puts final polish to 33-story tower at Horizon House|url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12164620.html |work=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |access-date=January 2, 2025}}

    * Table entries without text indicate that information regarding one or more of building heights, floor counts, and dates of completion has not yet been released.

    Timeline of tallest buildings

    This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Seattle. The Space Needle is not a building, and is thus not included in this list; the {{convert|605|ft|m|0|adj=on}} tower was the tallest structure in the city from 1961 to 1969.

    class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
    Name

    ! Image

    ! Street address

    ! Years as tallest

    ! Height
    ft (m)

    ! Floors

    !class="unsortable"| Reference

    Pioneer Building100px612 1st Avenue1892–1904 (12 years){{convert|110|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}{{ref label|note04|D|^}}6
    Alaska Building100px618 2nd Avenue1904–1906 (2 years){{convert|203|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}14
    King Street Station Tower100px303 South Jackson Street1906–1914 (8 years){{convert|245|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}8
    Smith Tower100px506 2nd Avenue1914–1969 (55 years){{convert|489|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}38
    Safeco Plaza100px1001 4th Avenue1969–1985 (16 years){{convert|630|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}50
    Columbia Center100px701 5th Avenue1985–present{{convert|937|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}76

    Notes

    :C. {{note label|note03|C|^}}The Space Needle is not a habitable building, but is included in this list for comparative purposes. Per a ruling by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, freestanding observation towers are not considered to be buildings, as they are not fully habitable structures.

    :D. {{note label|note04|D|^}}The height of the Pioneer Building was reduced to {{convert|92|ft|m|0}} after the 1949 Olympia earthquake.

    References

    ;General references

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    • {{cite web |title=Seattle |url=https://www.emporis.com/city/101046/seattle-wa-usa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219184528/http://www.emporis.com/city/101046/seattle-wa-usa |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 19, 2015 |publisher=Emporis |access-date=February 17, 2017}} (including individual entries)
    • {{cite web |title=Seattle |url=http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=27 |publisher=SkyscraperPage.com |access-date=February 17, 2017}} (including individual entries)
    • {{cite web |title=Shaping Seattle: Buildings |url=https://www.seattle.gov/dpd/shapingseattle/map.aspx |publisher=Seattle.gov |access-date=October 4, 2017}} (including individual entries)

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    ;Citations

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    External links

    • [http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?c27 Diagram of Seattle skyscrapers] on SkyscraperPage
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