Rochester, Minnesota has some of the tallest buildings for a city of its size, including the Broadway Plaza, which upon completion was the tallest residential building in a U.S. city with a metro area of less than 200,000.
Tallest buildings Rank NameImage Heightft / (m) Floors (Stories) Year Completed 1 Broadway Plaza 342 / 104 29 2004 2 Gonda Building 305 / 93 21 2001 3 Plummer Building 298 / 91 19 1928 4 Mayo Building 295 / 90 20 1955, expanded 1970 5 Hilton Rochester Mayo Clinic 295 / 81 20 2019 6 Guggenheim Building 258 / 78 21 1974 7 Siebens Building 220 / 67 14 1989 8 Stabile Building 211 / 64 13 2006 9 Center Plaza (Hotel Indigo) 190 / 58 16 1969, renovated 2019 10 Kellen Building 174 / 53 11 2023 11 Eisenberg Building 169 / 52 12 1966 12 The Berkman 168 / 52 13 2020 13 Charlton Building 163 / 50 10 14 The Kahler Grand Hotel 154 / 47 12 1921 15 Minnesota Bio Business Center 130 / 40 8 2009
Buildings with Unknown Heights Rank NameImage Floors (Stories) Year Completed 1 Charter House290 ft 22 1984 2 Fontaine Towers 17 1984 3 Park Towers 16 1973 4 Central Towers 14 1987 5 Rochester Towers 13 1966 6 Madonna Towers 12 1967 7 DoubleTree Hotel 11 1989 8 St. Mary's Hospital 11 1889-2019 (near continuous construction, future additions planned) 9 Rochester Marriott Mayo Clinic 9 1989 10 US Bank Building 9 1989 11 Kahler Inn & Suites 9 1979 12 Condominiums of Buena Vista 9 13 Best Western Soldiers Tower 8 198814Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center72014
Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed Civic Center North Tower152028Under constructionMichael's site mixed-use tower142028ProposedCitywalk Apartments122026ApprovedWaterman Building92030Under Construction. 9 story building, 221 feet tall upon completion, with capacity to be expanded to 420 feet in future expansions.The 324 Apartments62020Under constructionMinnesota BioBusiness Center Phase II14TBAplanned
Tallest cancelled Name Heightft / m Floors YearNotes Rochester Time Square 425 / 130 35 1998 Originally approved in 2000, but the Broadway Plaza was later preferred by the city council. CommonBond Tower 160 / 48 14 2023 8 Story residential originally planned atop 6 levels of parking. Parking garage completed in 2019. The residential portion was cancelled after being found insufficiently structurally supported by existing parking component
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