List of tallest buildings in Sacramento

This list of tallest buildings in Sacramento ranks buildings in Sacramento, California, including West Sacramento, by height. The tallest building in Sacramento is the Wells Fargo Center, which stands 429 feet (129 m) tall. There are many highrise residential towers proposed for Sacramento's downtown.[1]

Sacramento's skyline from the Riverwalk.

Tallest buildings

Wells Fargo Tower, the tallest building in Sacramento

The US Bank Tower, Sacramento's second tallest building

Park Tower, 4th-tallest

The Renaissance Tower, 5th-tallest

This lists ranks Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Wells Fargo Center		430 / 131	31	1992	Tallest building in Sacramento. Tallest building completed in the 1990s.[2][3]
2	US Bank Tower		404 / 123	25	2008	This building topped out in 2007 to become the city's second tallest building.[4][5]
3	Bank of the West Tower		397 / 121 Roof - 404 / 123 Tip Pointing Top	25	2009	This building has topped out and is also known as 500 Capital Mall.[6][7]
4	Park Tower		380 / 116	26	1991	[8][9]
5	Renaissance Tower		372 / 113	28	1989	Tallest building constructed in the 1980s.[10][11]
6	Cal/EPA Building		372 / 113	25	2000	[12][13]
7	Capitol Square		351 / 107	25	1992	[14][15]
8	Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse		350 / 107	16	1999	[16][17]
9	Esquire Plaza		322 / 98	22	1999	[18][19]
10	Sheraton Grand Sacramento		318 / 97	28	2001	This is the tallest hotel in Sacramento.[20][21]
11	CalSTRS Tower		300 / 91	19	2009	In Raley's Landing in West Sacramento. California State Teachers' Retirement System Building. [22]
12	California State Capitol		247 / 75	6	1874	Tallest building completed in the 19th Century.
13	1201K Tower		238 / 73	18	1992	[23][24]
14	Kimpton Sawyer Sacramento		231 / 70	16	2017	Part of Downtown Commons, a new mixed use development home of the Golden 1 Center for the Sacramento Kings. Tallest building completed during the 2010s. [25]
15	West America Bank		229 / 69.7	18	1984
16	Department of Justice Building		227 / 69	18	1995	[26][27]
17	Elks Club Building		226 / 69	15	1925	Tallest building completed in the 1920s.[28]
18	The Citizen Hotel (originally California Life Insurance)		216 / 66	15	1925	Sacramento's first sky-scraper built in 1925.[29]

Tallest under construction, approved or proposed

This lists ranks projects-developments Sacramento buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement.

Rank	Name	Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	301 Capitol Mall	557 / 170	33	N/A	Approved. Project delayed and undecided as a result of CIM pulling out of the development. CalPERS and Hines are the developers. At 557 feet, Tower 301 would be the tallest building in the Sacramento region. [30]
2	Metropolitan Tower	450 / 137	40	N/A	Project is currently on hold and undecided. Metropolitan Tower, a project dating back to 2007 and shelved as a result of the Great Recession, will be 40 stories featuring condominiums and a hotel. [31]
3	Sacramento Commons	420 / 127	26	2025	Phase One featuring 2 mid rise buildings is now under construction. [32] At buildout, the Sacramento Commons project will have up to 1470 units spaced out between two mid rises and three 26 story towers with the option for an on site hotel and residential mixed use. [33]
4	Vanir Tower	400 / 121.9	26	N/A	The proposed Vanir tower in downtown Sacramento is being designed by Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners of New York, the international architecture firm founded by I.M. Pei, architect of the Louvre Museum Pyramid. The proposal includes a 250-key luxury hotel, 50 luxury condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office space, and ground-floor retail and restaurants. [34]
5	Sacramento Superior Court	365 / 111	18	2023	Now under construction and is set to be complete by September 2023. [35] The Judicial Council of California approved plans to consolidate county court functions at one new 53-courtroom building planned for H and Sixth streets. [36]
6	Natural Resources Tower	344/105	22	2021	Now under construction. Expecting to be complete by Summer 2021. DGS is leading the planning of a new high-rise tower called Natural Resources Building on 9th Street, 8th & O Streets. [37] [38]
7	Yamanee	N/A	14	N/A	An approved proposal for a 14-story mixed-use condominium project in midtown Sacramento. [39]

References

General

• Emporis.com - Sacramento

Specific

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10. "Renaissance Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
11. "Renaissance Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
12. "Cal/EPA Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
13. "Cal EPA Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
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15. "Capitol Square". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
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22. https://www.emporis.com/buildings/254744/calstrs-building-west-sacramento-ca-usa
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28. "Elks Club Building". Emporis.com. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
29. "The Citizen Hotel". Emporis.com. Retrieved November 3, 2007.
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33. van der Meer, Ben (January 19, 2018). "Construction getting closer at Sacramento Commons project". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
34. van der Meer, Ben (November 16, 2018). "Website spells out new Vanir Tower concept". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
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36. van der Meer, Ben (2016). "State expands its plan for courthouse in the railyard". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
37. Lillis, Ryan (June 2, 2017). "Historic mansion stands in path of state skyscraper. What's the solution?". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
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39. van der Meer, Ben (June 15, 2016). "City Council endorses 14-story Yamanee project". Sacramento Business Journal. Retrieved July 1, 2019.