List of tallest buildings in Tucson
This is a list of the tallest buildings in Tucson, Arizona.
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | One South Church | 330 (100) | 23[1] | 1986 | Formerly the Norwest Bank Tower until 2001, the name was changed to UniSource Energy Tower until 2012 when UniSource Energy moved to the new UniSource Energy Building. | ||
2 | Bank of America Plaza | 264 (80)[2] | 16[2] | 1977 | Originally the Arizona Bank Plaza, the tallest building in Tucson from 1977-1986. The tower has an antenna that reaches up to 360 feet tall. | ||
3 | Pima County Legal Services Building | 260 (79) | 20[3] | 1967[4] | Originally the Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Association Building or Tucson Federal Building.[5] Tallest building in Tucson from 1967-1977. Otherwise known as Home Federal Tower or Great American Tower.[6] | ||
4 | 5151 E Broadway | 225 (68) | 16[7] | 1975[8] | Originally the Great Western Bank-Pima Savings Building or Great Western Bank Building.[7] | ||
5 | Tucson House | 195 (59) | 17 | 1963[9] | Originally designed by Chicago developers to be a luxury high-rise apartment building with hotel-like amenities. Tallest building in Tucson from 1963-1967, and still the tallest residential building in the city. Currently owned by the City of Tucson and utilized as public housing for the elderly and disabled. [10] | ||
6 | Luna | 170 (51.6) | 14 | 2013 | Construction has been completed. The building is now the tallest all-student residential building in the city.[11][12] | ||
7 | Casino Del Sol Hotel Tower | ~166 (~50) | 10 | 2011 | A 26 ft tall L.E.D. dome sits atop the building. | ||
8 | Sol | 160 (48.7) | 13 | 2014 | A 160 foot tall tower under construction. Private dormitories for University of Arizona students.[13] | ||
9 | Hub at Tucson | 158 (48.7) | 13 | 2014 | A 160 foot tall residential tower. It is 13 stories tall. Private dormitories for University of Arizona students.[14] | ||
10 | Pima County Administrative Building | 155 (47) | 11 | 1969[15] | |||
11 | Transamerica Building | 153 (47) | 11 | 1962[16] | Originally the Phoenix Title Building, named after its largest tenant. | ||
12 | Pioneer Hotel Building | 151 (46) | 11 | 1930[17] | Originally a hotel. In the early morning hours of December 20, 1970 a fire broke out in the building resulting in the deaths of 29 people. Louis Cuen Taylor, a 16-year-old boy, was later charged with starting the fire. Taylor was sentenced to life in prison; when doubts arose as to the actual cause of the fire, he was allowed to change his plea to "no contest" and was set free after serving 42 years. | ||
13 | The Hotel Arizona | 150 (45) | 12 | 1973[18] | Originally the Braniff Place Tucson or Braniff International Hotel.[19][20] | ||
14 | Joint Justice | 143 (42.6) | 8 | 2013 | A court complex to be operated by Pima County. Frame work and facade are complete.[21] | ||
15 | Chase Building | 142 (43) | 11 | 1929 | Originally the Consolidated National Bank building. | ||
16 | Pima County Superior Court Building | 137 (42) | 9 | 1974 | |||
17 | UniSource Energy Building | 135 (42) | 9[22] | 2011 | Building will become the new home for Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy, it is the first highrise/skyscraper built in Tucson since the mid-1980s. | ||
18 | Evo A. DeConcini United States Courthouse | 134 (41) | 6 | 2000 | |||
19 | Gould-Simpson Building | 131 (40) | 10 | 1985 | Houses technical labs and classrooms on the University of Arizona campus. | ||
20 | Merrill Lynch Building | 130 (40) | 9 | 1963 | |||
21 | City Hall Tower | 120 (36) | 10 | 1967[4] | |||
22 | Federal Building | 113 (34) | 8 | 1974[23] | |||
23 | St. Marys Hospital | 102 (31) | 8 | 1950 | [24] | ||
Approved, Proposed, Under Construction or Cancelled
Under Construction
Rank in City After Completion | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14 | UA Health Sciences Innovation Building | 148 (45.1) | 9 | 2018 | A new building for the school's nursing, medical, and pharmacy colleges. Lobby space will be used to host school events. Swaim architects. [25] | |
5 | Banner University Medical Center | 196 (59) | 9 | 2019 | An expansion to Banner's current property to open in 2019. [26] | |
Approved and Proposed
Rank in City After Completion | Name | Image | Height ft (m) |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aerie Tower | 350 (106.6) | 25 | 2019 | A proposed tower adjacent to the city's current tallest tower. Will use elevator shaft originally built for One South Church's twin. [27] | |
4 | Speedway and Campbell 1 | 250 (76.2) | 20 | 2019 | A proposed tower adjacent to the University of Arizona. Completed complex will have three towers. [28] | |
16 | Speedway and Campbell 2 | 150 (45.72) | 12 | 2019 | A proposed tower adjacent to the University of Arizona [29] | |
10 | Residence Inn Main Gate [30] | 160 (48.7) | 12 | 2018 | A proposed hotel in the Main Gate Overlay District. UEB Builders is the contractor. [31] | |
24 | First & Tyndall | 121 (36.5) | 13 | 2018 | Additional student housing in the Main Gate District [32] | |
Notes
- ↑ CBRE | One South Church Avenue | Tucson's Premier High-Rise
- 1 2 "'Plaza' keeps rising, giving city new top" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] Dec 4,1975 - Page 1
- ↑ "Sundt Co. Will Construct Tucson Federal Building" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] May 22, 1964 - Page 40
- 1 2 "City Hall Tower Dedicated" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] October 23, 1967 - Page 2
- ↑ "A New High Point for Tucson Skyline" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] March 26, 1965 - Front Page
- ↑ http://www.emporis.com/building/pimacountylegalservicesbuilding-tucson-az-usa
- 1 2 "Bank project on schedule" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] - August 30, 1974 - page 63
- ↑ "Merrill Lynch move 'didn't miss a lick'" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] - May 21, 1975 - page 63
- ↑ http://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/preservation/Oracle_Area_Context_Study.pdf
- ↑ http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/03-12-98/curr2.htm
- ↑ http://www.insidetucsonbusiness.com/news/story-student-housing-tower-tops-out/article_c4075eee-3fcd-11e2-82f5-0019bb2963f4.html
- ↑ http://www.campusacquisitions.com/ca/under-construction/university-arizona/index.php
- ↑ http://www.campusacquisitions.com/ca/under-construction/university-arizona/park-ave.php
- ↑ http://www.corecamp.us/
- ↑ "County Nears End Of Moving" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] September 19, 1969 - Page 37
- ↑ "Yesterday Was 'M' Day" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] - February 12, 1962 - page 20
- ↑ "Tucson - Hotel Pioneer formally opened." Winslow Daily Mail [Winslow, Arizona] January 4, 1930 - Page Six
- ↑ "Hotel grand opening is Nov. 29" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] October 17, 1973 - Page 24
- ↑ "Here's how they stack up" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] October 19, 1973 - Page 49
- ↑ "Braniff to run Tucson's new 312-room hotel" The Arizona Republic[Phoenix, Arizona] June 6, 1973 - Page 29
- ↑ http://www.pima.gov/Administration/JointCourts/120611_Joint_Courts_Financing_Recommendation.pdf
- ↑ TEP | Company Headquarters
- ↑ "Federal agencies move set" Tucson Daily Citizen [Tucson, Arizona] - April 18, 1974 - page 27
- ↑ http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?cityID=166
- ↑ http://www.pdc.arizona.edu/Project/13-9193
- ↑ http://www.bumct-expansion.com/index.html
- ↑ https://realestatedaily-news.com/tucson-based-aerie-development-acquires-one-south-church-32-million/
- ↑ https://www.tucsonaz.gov/pdsd/current-plan-amendments
- ↑ https://www.tucsonaz.gov/pdsd/current-plan-amendments
- ↑ http://hcwdevelopment.com/projectprofile-hotels-tucson-residence-inn-hotel--126.php
- ↑ https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/pdsd/...ans_081315.pdf
- ↑ https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/pdsd/boards-committees-commissions/T16SA00348_MGOD_-16-02_Tyndall_First_Student_Housing.pdf
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