List of tallest buildings in Chicago

Tall buildings in Chicago
Tall buildings in Chicago
	Chicago skyline in 2024 on the shores of Lake Michigan
Tallest building	Willis Tower (1974)
Tallest building height	1,451 ft (442 m)
First 150 m+ building	Chicago Temple Building (1924)
Number of tall buildings
Buildings taller than 100 m	353 (2025)
Buildings taller than 150 m	137 (2025)
Buildings taller than 200 m	38 (2025)
Buildings taller than 300 m	7
Buildings taller than 400 m	2
Number of tall buildings (feet)
Buildings taller than 300 ft	402 (2025)

Chicago is the third-largest city in the United States, with a metropolitan area of over 9 million people. It is home to over 1,250 completed high-rises,^[5]^[6] 57 of which stand taller than 600 feet (183 m). As the birthplace of the skyscraper,^[7]^[8] Chicago has always played a prominent role in their development, and its skyline spans the full history of skyscraper construction. The tallest building in the city is the 110-story Willis Tower (also known as the Sears Tower), which rises 1,451 feet (442 m) in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974.^[9]^[10] Of the fifteen tallest buildings in the United States, five are in Chicago. Chicago's skyline is the second largest in the United States, in North America, and in the Western Hemisphere, after New York City.

A plethora of towers in downtown Chicago, looking northeast towards Lake Michigan

The Home Insurance Building, completed in 1885, is regarded as the world's first skyscraper. This building used the steel-frame method, innovated in Chicago; it was originally built with 10 stories, and later expanded to 12, to a height of 180 feet (55 m), an enormous height for the 19th century.^[11]^[12] Being the inventor of the skyscraper, Chicago went through a series of early high-rise construction booms that lasted from the 1880s to the mid-1930s, during which nine of the city's 100 tallest buildings were completed.^[13] Chicago and New York City were the only cities in the world with large, high-rise skylines during the first half of the 20th century. Chicago then went through an even larger building boom that lasted from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, in which many notable commercial skyscrapers were built, such as the city's fourth-tallest building, the Aon Center, its fifth tallest, 875 North Michigan Avenue (also known as the John Hancock Center), and Willis Tower, which was the tallest building in the world upon its completion until 1993, and the tallest in the United States until 2013. For most of the 20th century until the 1990s, Chicago had the second largest skyline in the world.

A third boom began in the 2000s, which saw the completion of the city's second tallest building, the Trump International Hotel & Tower, and its third tallest, St Regis Chicago, the tallest structure designed by a woman. Chicago leads the nation in the twenty tallest women-designed towers in the world, thanks to contributions by Jeanne Gang and Natalie de Blois. The skyline has expanded into the South Loop with skyscrapers such as NEMA Chicago and One Museum Park, as well as westwards into the West Loop and Fulton Market areas. Wolf Point is home to a number of new developments such as Salesforce Tower Chicago. Other notable new skyscrapers include 110 North Wacker (2020), One Chicago Square (2022), and 1000M (2024). The tallest building under construction is 400 Lake Shore, built on the site of the cancelled Chicago Spire project; it scheduled to be completed by 2027.

The tallest buildings in Chicago are concentrated in the downtown areas of the Loop, Streeterville, River North, the South Loop, and the West Loop. Other high-rises extend north along the waterfront into North Side districts such as the Gold Coast, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Uptown and Edgewater, bounded by Lake Michigan to the east. Some high-rises also extend south from downtown along the waterfront to South Side districts such as Kenwood, Hyde Park, and South Shore, ultimately forming a contiguous area of high-rises that is among the largest in the United States. Chicago's skyline is a cultural icon of the city, and has appeared in a variety of films and popular media.^[14]^[15]

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History

First skyscrapers

The Home Insurance building is considered to be the world's first skyscraper.

Towards the second half of the 19th century, Chicago grew to become the second-largest city in the United States as a railroad and trading hub.^[16] After the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the most wooden structures in the city in 1871,^[17] Chicago was rebuilt on large plots of land in a grid network^[18] and followed new city ordinances that prohibited wooden construction. These factors encouraged the construction of taller buildings in Chicago.^[19] New technologies such as the development of the elevator and in heating, lighting, and ventilation made taller buildings more viable.^[20]^[21]

The first skyscraper in the world is considered to be the 10-story Home Insurance Building, built in 1885, due to its use of structural steel in a metal frame design. The building was designed by William Le Baron Jenney, who had been trained as an engineer in France and was a leading architect in Chicago. The design was innovative, incorporating structural steel into the building's internal metal frame alongside the traditional wrought iron. This frame took the weight of the floors of the building, and in addition, helped to support the weight of the external walls, proving an important step towards creating the genuine non-structural curtain walls that became a feature of later skyscrapers.^[22]

The Masonic Temple building housed meeting rooms for the Freemasons on its upper floors.

These innovations caught on quickly in Chicago, as the city's earliest high-rises followed suit. Among the world's first high-rise boom occurred in Chicago from 1888 onwards,^[23] and by 1893, Chicago had built 12 skyscrapers between 16 and 20 stories tall, tightly clustered in the center of the financial district.^[24] These include the Tacoma Building, The Rookery, Monadnock Building, and the Rand McNally Building, which was the world's first all-steel framed skyscraper. Structural engineers specializing in the steel frame design began to establish practices in Chicago.^[25]

One of the tallest buildings completed during this boom was the Masonic Temple, built by the Freemasons at a time when they were a fast-growing community in the city. The Freemasons competed with a local rival, the Odd Fellows, who intended to build a much higher skyscraper, 556 feet (169 m) tall, that would have been the tallest building in the world, which was never built.^[26] Until the turn of the 20th century, Chicago led New York City in high-rise construction. It was not until 1895 when New York City would surpass Chicago in the height of its high-rises, with the American Surety Building. In 1892, owing to the oversupply of office space, Chicago limited the construction of high-rises to under 150 feet (46 meters).^[27] By the 1890s, a distinct architectural style emerged from Chicago, named the Chicago school.^[28] This style involved placing rich, ornate designs on the outside of skyscrapers at the ground level and simpler, plainer ornamentation on the upper levels, with strong vertical lines.^[29]

1900s–1930s

A postcard of the then newly built Civic Opera Building in 1929

Chicago's construction boom continued into the early 20th century, up until the mid-1910s when World War I began. The city's elevated train network opened by 1910, making it easier for more workers to come downtown.^[30] By the end of the 1910s, Chicago had the second largest number of headquarters in the United States.^[30] Local architectural firms such as Daniel H. Burnham and then Graham, Anderson, Probst & White continued to design skyscrapers in the Chicago style popularized in the previous decade.^[31] The Masonic Temple Building was overtake in height by the Montgomery Ward Building in 1899. The building served as the headquarters for Montgomery Ward, the United States' oldest mail order firm.

The Tribune Tower features a notable design inspired by neo-Gothic architecture

Following a pause in development during World War I, a larger construction boom took place in the 1920s until the early 1930s. Limited wartime construction created supply shortages in the city, and rent levels rose in response by around 100 percent between 1919 and 1924.^[32] This level of potential profits encouraged an explosion of new building projects in the city.^[33] The 1892 height limit was relaxed in 1920 to 260 feet (79 m), and in 1923, Chicago passed its first comprehensive zoning ordinance, permitting taller towers, but with more controls on overall volumes.^[34]

One of the first new skyscrapers of this boom was the Wrigley Building, briefly Chicago's tallest building from 1922 to 1924. It was the first major office building north of the Chicago River. The Wrigley Building was surpassed by the Chicago Temple Building in 1924. Besides as an office, the Temple Building was also used as the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Chicago. The Morrison Hotel became the tallest hotel building in the world when it was built in 1925. The tower is an expansion to the existing Morrison's hotel, and it was the first building outside of New York City to have over 40 stories. Significant additions include the Pittsfield Building (1927), the Carbide & Carbon Building (1928), and the Palmolive Building (1929), all incorporating architectural features of the Art Deco style. Another mixed-use building was the Civic Opera Building, which in addition to office space, housed a 3,563-seat opera house, which serves as the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

While shorter than the aforementioned buildings, the Tribune Tower is one of this period's most famous skyscrapers. The tower emerged from a design competition held by the Tribune Company in 1922 to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The Tribune newspaper, one of the largest in the world at the time, used the competition to build a loyal following amongst its readership and generate free publicity.^[35] The final design was decided by competition panel mainly made up of the company's appointees, who chose John Howells and Raymond Hood's design.^[36] The resulting tower was a conservative Gothic design; controversy about the decision broke out almost immediately. Architect Louis Sullivan criticized the chosen design as being derivative of the Woolworth Tower.^[37] Regardless of its critics, the Tribune received as many as 20,000 visitors to its observation gallery when it opened in 1925.^[38] The unbuilt second-place entry in the competition, a more simplified stepped-back design by Eliel Saarinen, also proved highly influential.^[38]

The Chicago Board of Trade building remained Chicago's tallest for over 30 years

In 1930, the Chicago Board of Trade Building was completed, replacing an earlier high-rise designed by William W. Boyington as the site for the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The skyscraper is known for its Art Deco architecture, sculptures, large-scale stone carving, and its large trading floors. The CBOT has operated in the building continuously since. In the same year, a notable high-rise, was opened; with 4 million square feet (372,000 m²) of floor space, the 25-story Merchandise Mart, wider than it was tall, was the largest building in the world by volume. Due to the Great Depression, the skyscraper boom came to an end in the early 1930s. The Home Insurance Building was demolished in 1931 to make way for the Field Building, which was completed in 1934; the Field Building is the last major building to be added before a hiatus in skyscraper construction over the next twenty years.

1940s–1950s

Chicago's skyline in 1958, prominently showing the Prudential Building

After the completion of the Field Building, very few high-rises were built in Chicago until the mid-1950s, leaving its skyline mostly unchanged for two decades. The tallest building completed in the 1940s were the Promontory Apartments, the first skyscraper designed by famous German-American architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was a cooperative housing tower in Hyde Park with an exposed skeleton. The building and its display at the Museum of Modern Art led Mies to be commissioned for the Seagram Building in New York City.^[39]

In 1942, work finished at Cabrini–Green homes, a public housing project on the city's Near North Side. The project one of the first large-scale public housing projects in the United States, consisting of high-rise and mid-rise tower blocks. Extensions to the estate occurred in 1957 and 1962. Over the following decades, the development became associated with high-crime rates and building deterioration; "Cabrini–Green" became a metonym for problems associated with public housing in the United States.

The lull in skyscraper development was broken by the Prudential Building in 1955, which at a height of 601 feet (183 m) became the city's second tallest building. It was followed by the Inland Steel Building in 1958. The Inland Steel Building is seen as defining high-rises for the post-war era of modern architecture.^[40]

1960s–1970s

The circular features of the Marina Center towers

Skyscraper development would return fully in the 1960s, as Chicago entered a third, larger building boom that shaped its current skyline. The city more readily embraced residential skyscrapers compared to other American cities, and apartment towers spread north and south from the Loop along Lake Michigan. At the same time, Chicago was also experiencing white flight, which was leading to a decline of the city's population. To combat this, the Service Employees International Union, a union of building janitors and elevator operators, financed the construction of the 588 feet (179 m) Marina City complex, which was completed in 1964. The twin cylindrical skyscrapers of Marina City sit on the Chicago River, and are known for their unique design that resembles corncobs. The complex's apartments contain almost no interior right angles, with a circular hallway surrounding the elevator core.^[41] An even taller residential building, Lake Point Tower, was built in 1968 at 645 feet (197 m) tall. Located adjacent to Navy Pier, it is the easternmost skyscraper in the downtown skyline, and was the tallest apartment building in the world at the time. The tower has a triangular core and three arms that form a 'Y'-shape. Two residential towers that surpassed 500 feet (152 m) were built far outside The Loop in the 1970s: Park Place Tower and Park Tower Condominiums.

Chicago's skyline in 1970, dominated by the John Hancock Center

The Chicago Board of Trade Building would finally be overtaken in height by the modernist Chicago Civic Center in 1965, later renamed the Richard J. Daley Center by then-Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley. It is Chicago's main civic center; the 648 ft (198 m) tower houses offices and courtrooms for the Cook County Circuit Courts, Cook County State's Attorney and additional office space for the city government and Cook County. As building heights increased for Chicago's commercial developments, the title of the city's tallest building would be broken four more times from 1969 to 1974. The Morrison Hotel was demolished in 1965, making it the tallest building ever demolished at the time. In its place, One First National Plaza (now Chase Tower) was built in 1969, very briefly becoming Chicago's tallest building. Chase Tower is known for its distinctive curving shape and its vibrant public space, with a ceramic wall mural by Marc Chagall.^[42]

The Sears Tower under construction

Of Chicago's five tallest buildings, three were completed within a 5-year span between 1969 and 1974. The John Hancock Center (also known as 875 North Michigan Avenue), completed in 1969, was the first supertall skyscraper in Chicago, supplanting Chase Tower as the city's tallest building. The building is notable for its structural expressionist style, with a distinctive X-braced exterior. this tubular system was an innovation that allowed the John Hancock Center to achieve its record height of 1,127 feet (344 m). The taller of the building's two large antennas extends its height to 1,500 feet (457 m). The tube system in the John Hancock Center, and later in Sears Tower, was implemented by Bangladeshi-American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan. The Standard Oil Building, now the Aon Center, was completed in 1973 as the headquarters for the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, now Amoco. It was very slightly taller than the John Hancock Center, at 1,136 feet (346 m); its pinstripes and white marble-clad exterior on a rectangular profile was a prominent feature on the skyline, although the marble was replaced by granite in the early 1990s.^[43]

Sears, a department store chain headquartered in Chicago, had grown to become the largest retailer in the world by the 1960s. Requiring more office space, the company decided against relocating to the suburbs, opting instead to build a new skyscraper on the western end of the Loop.^[44]^[45] The new skyscraper was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, with its planned height growing with Sears' growth projections.^[46] Plans for what would become the Sears Tower were announced in 1970, and construction began in the same year. During construction, Sears Tower met lawsuits as Chicagoland residents and broadcasters raised concerns that the skyscraper could disrupt television broadcasts.^[47]^[48] This led Sears to approve of installing an antenna atop the tower. The black glass-clad skyscraper uses a bundled tube structure, with nine square tubes that are set back at different heights. The Sears Tower was completed in 1974, not only becoming the tallest building in Chicago, but the tallest building in the United States, and the world, overtaking New York City's World Trade Center complex.

1980s–1990s

Chicago's skyline in the 1990s

The four lanterns on 900 North Michgan Avenue are its most distinguishable feature

A minor slowdown in skyscraper construction in Chicago occurred in the mid-1970s, affected by the 1973–1975 recession. The 1980s was a very productive decade for skyscrapers in Chicago. Postmodern architectural trends influenced the design of several new skyscrapers during this period, including two additional supertall skyscrapers completed near the end of the decade: the Franklin Center, and Two Prudential Plaza. Located directly northeast of the Sears Tower and completed in 1989, the Franklin Center was originally built as the AT&T Corporate Center, following the split of the AT&T monopoly. The building is clad in granite, which changes shade from a deep-red color, to rose-beige at the top. The building's setbacks and the Gothic detailing evokes images of skyscrapers built in the 1920s.^[49] Two Prudential Plaza opened in 1990 to adjoin the Prudential Building–now renamed One Prudential Plaza–which had been built 38 years earlier. At the time of completion, Two Prudential was the world's tallest reinforced concrete building. Its distinctive shape features stacked chevron setbacks on the north and south sides and a pyramidal peak rotated 45 degrees.

Other notable postmodernist skyscrapers include One South Wacker (1982) and 900 North Michigan, a mixed-use tower containing a large, upscale shopping mall on the Magnificent Mile, built in 1989. The exterior of the tower is clad in limestone, although the building's most notable feature on the skyline are its four "lanterns" on the corners on top of the building.^[50] Adjacent to the Sears Tower to the south, 311 South Wacker Drive was completed in 1990. The skyscraper's crown consists of a translucent cylinder surrounded by four smaller cylinders, which was inspired by the massing of the Tribune Tower. Modernist developments continued with Huron Plaza (1983), a residential tower that was the first in the Near North Side's Cathedral District, and the mixed-use Olympia Centre (1986), its pink cladding provided by Swedish granite. The Onterie Center (now Axis Apartments) is notable for its large 'X' formations; the building is considered the "final work" by Fazlur Rahman Khan, who died four years earlier in 1982 before the building's completion. In contrast, the NBC Tower, built in 1989, is in the Art Deco style, and bears a resemblance to 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, NBC's global headquarters.

After 1992, there was be a halt in skyscraper completions for half a decade due to the early 1990s recession. Thus, the rest of the 1990s saw little change in the city's skyline, until One Superior Place was completed in 1999. In 1998, Sears Tower was surpassed as the world's tallest building by the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The decision by the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat that the Petronas Towers were taller than the Sears Tower was contentious, not least within Chicago itself. The Sears Tower was taller when measured by pinnacle height, due to its antennas, bringing the building to 1,729 feet (527.0 m), over 200 feet taller than the Petronas Towers' pinnacle height of 1,483 feet (451.9 m).^[51]^[52] In the ensuing controversy, four categories of "tallest building" were created.

2000s–present

Trump International Hotel and Tower under construction in 2008, overlooking the Mather Tower

The 2000s was a period of strong growth for Chicago's skyline. 31 skyscrapers taller than 492 feet (150 m) were completed between 2000 and 2009, the most out of any decade in the city's history. According to Crain's, the cumulative height of all tall buildings built during the decade added up to over 34,000 feet (10 km), driven by a buoyant real estate market.^[53] Residential skyscrapers, though already present in significant numbers on the skyline, made up an increasing share of new completions, as downtown living became more desirable. Despite the city's population decline during the decade, population growth was healthy in the Loop, continuing a trend that began in the 1990s.^[54] Notable residential buildings include Park Tower (2000), one of the world's tallest buildings to be clad with architectural precast concrete; One North Wacker (2001); Millennium Centre (2003) and 340 on the Park (2007).

In 2001, then real estate developer and current U.S. president Donald Trump announced plans for a skyscraper on the site of a seven-story building formerly occupied by the Chicago Sun-Times.^[55] The initial height of the proposal was 1,500 feet (457.2 m), which would have made it the world's tallest building. Following the September 11 attacks, Trump reduced the planned height of the building, to reduce the risk of similar attacks,^[56] although up until 2005, Trump had still aspired for a building taller than the Sears Tower, though this was rejected by Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley.^[57]^[58] Construction on the Trump International Hotel and Tower began in 2005 and was completed in 2009, becoming the second-tallest building in Chicago and the building with the highest residence in the world, overtaking Chicago's own John Hancock Center. The skyscraper's design features three setbacks designed to provide visual continuity with the surrounding skyline.^[59]

The infamous hole from the abandoned Chicago Spire project

The Great Recession caused another slowdown in skyscraper construction after 2010, which lasted until the middle of the decade. This affected some developments such as the Waterview Tower, where work on a planned supertall skyscraper had begun in 2005. The project was abandoned in 2008, and resumed in 2011 after another developer bought the site. Now known as OneEleven, the building was finally completed in 2015 at a reduced height. Perhaps the most significant casualty of the recession was the Chicago Spire. Originally proposed in 2005, the megatall skyscraper, designed by Spanish architect-engineer Santiago Calatrava, would have been 2,000 feet (610 m) high with 150 floors. Construction began in 2007, but was stopped a year later, as the subprime mortgage crisis set in. This left an infamous "hole" where the building's foundation had been completed.

Sears had sold the Sears Tower in 1994 as part of a restructuring effort, but the building continued to be known officially under that name until 2009, when London-based insurance broker Willis Group Holdings agreed to lease a portion of the building and obtained naming rights for the building. On July, the building was renamed the Willis Tower. This change was met with considerable opposition, including from many Chicagoans, who continue to refer to the building as the Sears Tower today.^[60]^[61]^[62] Willis Tower was dethroned in 2013 as the tallest building in the United States by New York City's One World Trade Center.

Studio Gang

The undulating balconies of Aqua are inspired by limestone outcroppings

The second-tallest skyscraper built during the 2000s, Aqua, was completed in 2009. Designed by a team led by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects, the residential skyscraper is highly distinctive for its irregularly shaped concrete floor slabs, inspired by the striated limestone outcroppings that can are commonly found in the Great Lakes, which lend the facade an undulating, sculptural quality.^[63] Aqua was awarded the Emporis Skyscraper Award as 2009 skyscraper of the year,^[64] and was shortlisted in 2010 for the biennial International High-Rise Award.^[65]

Aqua was the world's tallest building designed by a woman until the construction of the St. Regis Chicago, which Gang also designed. At 1,198 feet (365 m), the St. Regis Chicago is the city's third tallest building, and its newest supertall skyscraper. Similarly to Aqua, it features a curvilinear design as a defining feature of the building, consisting of three interconnected masses covered by six different shades of glass. The building was completed in 2020 amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, delaying the opening of the hotel portion of the building until 2023.

One Museum Park and NEMA Chicago (left), 1000M (center), and Essex on the Park (right) are the tallest buildings in South Loop, all built after 2009

South Loop and West Loop

South Loop has emerged as a new area for skyscrapers in the 21st century, particularly with the completion of the 726 feet (221 m) One Museum Park in 2009, making it the tallest building on the South Side. As development resumed in the 2010s, One Museum Park would be surrounded by Essex on the Park and the even taller NEMA Chicago. Built in 2019, NEMA Chicago's stacked square pays homage to the Willis Tower, and uses a similar "bundled tube" configuration. In 2024, 1000M was completed in the area, becoming the second tallest building on the South Side. The skyscraper features a "deliberate change in form" between the lower 19 floors, which complements the surrounding Historic Michigan Boulevard District, and the tower portion above.^[66]

From the 2010s onward, the skyline has gradually expanded westwards into the Near West Side, mainly the West Loop area, which includes the Fulton Market District. 727 West Madison was completed there in 2018, the first building above 492 feet (150 m) in the area.^[67] This was followed by The Row (900 West Randolph) even further west in 2023. More skyscrapers and high-rises are planned for the area,^[68] the tallest of which is 725 W Randolph Street, which aims to be 665 feet (203 m) tall.^[69]

Mega-developments

The site of The 78, a rectangular plot west of downtown on the Chicago River

A number of large-scale redevelopments, or "mega-developments", have been proposed in Chicago in the early 21st century, each containing a number of high-rises, though none have yet to be fully realized. The 78 is a plot of land from Roosevelt Road south to 16th Street and Clark Street, along the Chicago River. Its name is a reference to the Chicago's 77 existing community areas. The site has been unoccupied since a railyard was demolished in the 1970s. Many plans have been proposed or discussed for this site; a recent iteration of the plans will involve the construction of a new baseball stadium for the Chicago White Sox;^[70] another includes a proposal for a new soccer stadium for Chicago Fire FC.

Another mega-development, Lincoln Yards, would be located northwest of downtown, occupying more than 50 acres (20 ha) of land on both sides of the North Branch of the Chicago River. Plans included several towers and high-rises for apartments, condos, office, retail, and entertainment. Owing to financial issues, the proposal was shelved in 2025. A 31-acre (13 ha) portion of the land was transferred to JDL Development and Kayne Anderson Real Estate in 2025. The new developers have proposed a more modest project named Foundry Yards, containing fewer high-rises.^[71]

Bronzeville Lakefront is a 48-acre (19 ha) development in Bronzeville that will include over 5,000 new residential units in several mid-rises and high-rises, 20% of which would be affordable units, alongside the rehabilitation of the Singer Pavilion, a new senior housing building, and a 40,000 square foot community center. Construction of the project began in 2023 and is scheduled to be complete in 2035.^[72]^[73]

Construction on the northern tower of 400 Lake Shore in 2025

The 1901 Project, in the Near West Side, will revitalize over 55 acres (22 ha) of parking lots around the United Center. The multi-phase project is being led by the Reinsdorf and Wirtz families, owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago Blackhawks respectively. The masterplan is expected to be completed in 2040, delivering 9,463 residential units, 1,309 hotel rooms, 660,000 square feet of office space, 670,000 square feet of retail space.^[74]^[75]

Future

Chicago's current tallest proposed building is the Tribune East Tower, to be built on the eastern side of the famed Tribune Tower; at 1,442 ft (440 m), it would overtake Trump International Hotel and Tower as the city's second-tallest building. Plans were approved in 2020, although no construction has begun. By the mid-2020s, Chicago had seen a considerable decrease in the rate of new skyscrapers being built. High construction costs and interest rates have sharply reduced the number of new condominium projects downtown.^[76]^[77]^[78] By 2025, the only project taller than 400 feet (122 m) under construction is 400 Lake Shore, on the site of the failed Chicago Spire. The project's North Tower will reach a height of 875 ft (267 m). 400 Lake Shore will feature a staggering silhouette formed by outdoor terraces on its glass and stone exterior.^[79]

Cityscape

The 2010 Chicago skyline as seen from the Adler Planetarium (Use cursor to identify buildings)

Map of tallest buildings

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Buildings taller than 492 ft (150 m) in Chicago. An asterisk (*) next to the building's name indicates it is located outside the map.

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Willis Tower

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Trump International Hotel and Tower

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St. Regis Chicago

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Aon Center

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875 North Michigan Avenue

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Franklin Center

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Two Prudential Plaza

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One Chicago East Tower

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311 South Wacker Drive

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NEMA Chicago

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900 North Michigan

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Aqua

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Salesforce Tower Chicago

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The Legacy at Millennium Park

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1000M

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Three First National Plaza

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Grant Thornton Tower

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The Franklin – South Tower

95

96

97

98

99

100

465 North Park

101

River Plaza

102

35 East Wacker

103

Arrive Michigan Avenue

104

105

106

107

108

109

110

111

425 South Financial Place

112

401 East Ontario

113

Millie on Michigan

114

The Streeter

115

Park Tower Condominiums*

116

600 North Lake Shore Drive (S)

117

LaSalle-Wacker Building

119

321 North Clark

120

215 West

121

Carbide & Carbon Building

122

123

124

125

126

200 South Wacker Drive

127

The Tides at Lakeshore East

128

Parkview West

129

500 North Lake Shore Drive

130

727 West Madison

131

55 West Monroe

132

Ontario Place

133

The Row

134

50 East Chestnut Street

135

The Ritz-Carlton Residences

136

PNC Center

137

No. 9 Walton

Tallest buildings

This list ranks completed Chicago skyscrapers that stand at least 492 feet (150 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year of completion.

Was the tallest building in Chicago upon completion

Rank	Name	Image	Coordinates	Height ft (m)	Floors	Purpose	Year	Notes
1	Willis Tower	Willis Tower in the middle, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.	41°52′44″N 87°38′9″W / 41.87889°N 87.63583°W / 41.87889; -87.63583 (Willis Tower)	1,451 (442)	108	Office	1974	Formerly known as Sears Tower, a name it is still commonly called today; 3rd-tallest building in the United States, 26th-tallest building in the world; tallest building in the world from 1974 until 1998. Also the tallest building in the Midwest. Tallest building completed in Chicago in the 1970s.^[9]^[10]
2	Trump International Hotel and Tower		41°53′20″N 87°37′35″W / 41.88889°N 87.62639°W / 41.88889; -87.62639	1,388 (423)	98	Mixed-use	2009	7th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building completed in Chicago in the 2000s. A mixed-use residential and hotel skyscraper.^[80]
3	St. Regis Chicago	St. Regis Chicago	41°53′13″N 87°37′03″W / 41.88694°N 87.61750°W / 41.88694; -87.61750 (Vista Tower)	1,198 (363)	101	Mixed-use	2020	Formerly known as the Wanda Vista Tower; 11th-tallest building in the United States, and the tallest skyscraper in the world designed by a woman. It is the newest supertall skyscraper in Chicago. Tallest building completed in Chicago in the 2020s. A mixed-use residential and hotel skyscraper.^[81]^[82]
4	Aon Center	2006-06-07 840x1500 Chicago aon building	41°53′7″N 87°37′17″W / 41.88528°N 87.62139°W / 41.88528; -87.62139 (Aon Center)	1,136 (346)	83	Office	1973	12th-tallest building in the U.S.; formerly known as the Standard Oil Building. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Willis Tower.^[83]
5	John Hancock Center	Chicago (22332583569)	41°53′55.5″N 87°37′23″W / 41.898750°N 87.62306°W / 41.898750; -87.62306 (John Hancock Center)	1,127 (344)	100	Mixed-use	1969	Now also known as 875 North Michigan Avenue; 13th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building completed in the world in the 1960s; first building in the world outside of New York City to rise at least 1,000 feet (305 m). A mixed-use residential and office skyscraper. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Aon Center.^[84]
6	Franklin Center		41°52′49.5″N 87°38′5″W / 41.880417°N 87.63472°W / 41.880417; -87.63472 (AT&T Corporate Center)	1,007 (307)	61	Office	1989	Formerly known as the AT&T Corporate Center; 27th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building completed in Chicago in the 1980s.^[85]^[86]
7	Two Prudential Plaza		41°53′8″N 87°37′22″W / 41.88556°N 87.62278°W / 41.88556; -87.62278 (Two Prudential Plaza)	995 (303)	64	Office	1990	30th-tallest building in the United States; tallest building completed in Chicago in the 1990s.^[87]^[88]
8	One Chicago East Tower		41°53′46″N 87°37′43″W / 41.8960713°N 87.628645°W / 41.8960713; -87.628645 (215 West)	973 (296)	78	Residential	2022	34th-tallest building in the United States. Topped out in July 2021.^[89]^[90]
9	311 South Wacker Drive	311 South Wacker Drive	41°52′39″N 87°38′8″W / 41.87750°N 87.63556°W / 41.87750; -87.63556 (311 South Wacker Drive)	961 (293)	65	Office	1990	37th-tallest building in the United States.^[91]^[92]
10	NEMA Chicago		41°52′1″N 87°37′23″W / 41.86694°N 87.62306°W / 41.86694; -87.62306 (NEMA Chicago)	896 (273)	76	Residential	2019	Tallest all rental apartment building in Chicago. tallest building completed in Chicago in the 2010s.^[93]^[94]
11	900 North Michigan		41°53′59″N 87°37′30″W / 41.89972°N 87.62500°W / 41.89972; -87.62500 (900 North Michigan)	871 (266)	66	Mixed-use	1989	A mixed-use skyscraper with office, residential, and hotel components.^[95]^[96]
12	Aqua		41°53′11″N 87°37′12″W / 41.88639°N 87.62000°W / 41.88639; -87.62000 (Aqua)	860 (262)	82	Mixed-use	2009	Currently the second-tallest building in the world designed by a female-led architectural firm; first skyscraper in Chicago to contain a hotel, condominiums, apartments and retail space.^[97]^[98]^[99]^[100]
13	Water Tower Place		41°53′52.5″N 87°37′20.5″W / 41.897917°N 87.622361°W / 41.897917; -87.622361 (Water Tower Place)	860 (262)	74	Mixed-use	1976	Currently a mixed-use skyscraper with residential and retail components and a Ritz-Carlton hotel.^[101]^[102]
14	Chase Tower		41°52′53.5″N 87°37′48″W / 41.881528°N 87.63000°W / 41.881528; -87.63000 (Chase Tower)	850 (259)	60	Office	1969	Also known as First National Plaza. Replaced the Morrison Hotel, the tallest building to ever have been demolished in Chicago. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the John Hancock Center.^[103]^[104]
15	Park Tower		41°53′49.5″N 87°37′30.5″W / 41.897083°N 87.625139°W / 41.897083; -87.625139 (Park Tower)	844 (257)	67	Mixed-use	2000	A mixed-use residential and hotel skyscraper.^[105]^[106]
16	One Bennett Park		41°53′29″N 87°36′56″W / 41.89139°N 87.61556°W / 41.89139; -87.61556 (One Bennett Park)	837 (255)	69	Residential	2018	^[107]
17	Salesforce Tower Chicago		41°53′15.4″N 87°38′15.7″W / 41.887611°N 87.637694°W / 41.887611; -87.637694 (Salesforce Tower Chicago)	835 (255)	60	Office	2023	Formerly known as Wolf Point South Tower.^[108]^[109]^[110]
18	The Legacy at Millennium Park		41°52′53″N 87°37′32″W / 41.88139°N 87.62556°W / 41.88139; -87.62556 (The Legacy at Millennium Park)	822 (251)	73	Residential	2010	^[111]^[112]
19	110 North Wacker		41°53′1″N 87°38′15″W / 41.88361°N 87.63750°W / 41.88361; -87.63750 (110 North Wacker Drive)	814 (248)	51	Office	2020	^[113]^[114]
20	1000M		41°52′10.6″N 87°37′27.8″W / 41.869611°N 87.624389°W / 41.869611; -87.624389 (1000M)	805 (245)	73	Residential	2024	Construction was temporarily halted in June 2020 due to funding issues and COVID-19 concerns; a revised design received city approval in June 2021 and construction resumed in December 2021. Topped out in July 2023.^[115]^[116]^[117]^[118]^[119]
21	300 North LaSalle		41°53′17.5″N 87°37′59″W / 41.888194°N 87.63306°W / 41.888194; -87.63306 (300 North LaSalle)	784 (239)	60	Office	2008	^[120]^[121]
22	Three First National Plaza	Three First National Plaza, Chicago	41°52′56″N 87°37′50″W / 41.88222°N 87.63056°W / 41.88222; -87.63056 (Three First National Plaza)	767 (234)	57	Office	1981	Also known by its address, 70 West Madison.^[122]^[123]
23	Grant Thornton Tower		41°53′5″N 87°37′50″W / 41.88472°N 87.63056°W / 41.88472; -87.63056 (Chicago Title and Trust Center)	755 (230)	50	Office	1992	Also known by its address, 161 North Clark.^[124]^[125]
24	Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower		41°53′5″N 87°37′12″W / 41.88472°N 87.62000°W / 41.88472; -87.62000 (Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower)	744 (227)	54	Office	2010	The building was originally built in 1997 at 33 stories and a height of 411 feet (125.3 m). In 2010, 21 floors were added in a vertical expansion, along with 3 below ground floors.^[126]^[127]^[128]
25	River Point		41°53′9.3″N 87°38′21.8″W / 41.885917°N 87.639389°W / 41.885917; -87.639389 (River Point)	732 (223)	52	Office	2017	^[129]
26	Olympia Centre		41°53′47″N 87°37′24″W / 41.89639°N 87.62333°W / 41.89639; -87.62333 (Olympia Centre)	731 (223)	63	Mixed-use	1986	Mixed-use office and residential skyscraper.^[130]^[131]^[132]
27	BMO Tower		41°52′38″N 87°38′26″W / 41.87722°N 87.64056°W / 41.87722; -87.64056 (BMO Tower)	729 (222)	51	Office	2021	^[133]^[134]^[135]^[136]
28	One Museum Park		41°52′1.5″N 87°37′17″W / 41.867083°N 87.62139°W / 41.867083; -87.62139 (One Museum Park)	726 (221)	62	Residential	2009	^[137]^[138]
29	150 North Riverside		41°53′4.1″N 87°38′20.6″W / 41.884472°N 87.639056°W / 41.884472; -87.639056 (150 North Riverside)	724 (221)	54	Office	2017	Tallest building in the city west of the Chicago River.^[139]
30	330 North Wabash		41°53′19″N 87°37′39″W / 41.88861°N 87.62750°W / 41.88861; -87.62750 (330 North Wabash)	695 (212)	52	Mixed-use	1972	Also known as the IBM Building, and formerly as AMA Plaza. Originally an office building. Currently a mixed-use office and hotel skyscraper.^[140]^[141]
31	Waldorf Astoria Chicago		41°53′59″N 87°37′39″W / 41.89972°N 87.62750°W / 41.89972; -87.62750 (Elysian)	686 (209)	60	Mixed-use	2009	Mixed-use residential and hotel building.^[142]^[143]
32	111 South Wacker Drive		41°52′49″N 87°38′10.5″W / 41.88028°N 87.636250°W / 41.88028; -87.636250 (111 South Wacker Drive)	681 (208)	51	Office	2005	^[144]^[145]
33	181 West Madison Street	181 West Madison Street 08	41°52′53.5″N 87°38′00″W / 41.881528°N 87.63333°W / 41.881528; -87.63333 (181 West Madison Street)	680 (207)	50	Office	1990	^[146]^[147]
34	71 South Wacker		41°52′51″N 87°38′10″W / 41.88083°N 87.63611°W / 41.88083; -87.63611 (Hyatt Center)	679 (207)	48	Office	2005	^[148]^[149]
35	One Magnificent Mile		41°54′2″N 87°37′29″W / 41.90056°N 87.62472°W / 41.90056; -87.62472 (One Magnificent Mile)	673 (205)	57	Mixed-use	1983	Mixed-use office and residential building.^[150]^[151]
36	340 on the Park		41°53′5.5″N 87°37′8″W / 41.884861°N 87.61889°W / 41.884861; -87.61889 (340 on the Park)	672 (205)	64	Residential	2007	^[152]^[153]
37	77 West Wacker Drive		41°53′11.5″N 87°37′50″W / 41.886528°N 87.63056°W / 41.886528; -87.63056 (77 West Wacker Drive)	668 (204)	49	Office	1992	Formerly known as the United Building and the R.R. Donnelley Building.^[154]^[155]
38	Wolf Point East Tower		41°53′15.0″N 87°38′12.4″W / 41.887500°N 87.636778°W / 41.887500; -87.636778	668 (204)	60	Residential	2020	^[156]^[157]
39	One North Wacker		41°52′56″N 87°38′10″W / 41.88222°N 87.63611°W / 41.88222; -87.63611 (One North Wacker)	652 (199)	50	Office	2001	Also known as the UBS Tower.^[158]^[159]
40	Richard J. Daley Center		41°53′2.5″N 87°37′49″W / 41.884028°N 87.63028°W / 41.884028; -87.63028 (Richard J. Daley Center)	648 (198)	32	Office	1965	Tallest flat-roofed building in the world that contains fewer than 40 floors. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by Chase Tower.^[160]^[161]
41	55 East Erie Street		41°53′38″N 87°37′33″W / 41.89389°N 87.62583°W / 41.89389; -87.62583 (55 East Erie Street)	647 (197)	56	Residential	2004	^[162]^[163]
42	Lake Point Tower		41°53′30″N 87°36′44″W / 41.89167°N 87.61222°W / 41.89167; -87.61222 (Lake Point Tower)	645 (197)	70	Residential	1968	The only tower in the city that sits on the east side of Lake Shore Drive.^[164]^[165]
43	River East Center		41°53′29″N 87°37′5.5″W / 41.89139°N 87.618194°W / 41.89139; -87.618194 (River East Center)	644 (196)	58	Residential	2001	^[166]^[167]
44	Grand Plaza I		41°53′31″N 87°37′43″W / 41.89194°N 87.62861°W / 41.89194; -87.62861 (Grand Plaza I)	641 (195)	57	Residential	2003	^[168]^[169]
45	155 North Wacker		41°53′5″N 87°38′11.5″W / 41.88472°N 87.636528°W / 41.88472; -87.636528 (155 North Wacker)	638 (195)	45	Office	2009	^[170]^[171]
46	Leo Burnett Building		41°53′11″N 87°37′45″W / 41.88639°N 87.62917°W / 41.88639; -87.62917 (Leo Burnett Building)	635 (194)	50	Office	1989	^[172]^[173]
47	The Heritage at Millennium Park		41°53′3″N 87°37′32″W / 41.88417°N 87.62556°W / 41.88417; -87.62556 (The Heritage at Millennium Park)	631 (192)	57	Residential	2005	^[174]^[175]
48	OneEleven		41°53′12″N 87°37′52″W / 41.88667°N 87.63111°W / 41.88667; -87.63111 (OneEleven)	630 (192)	59	Residential	2014	Formally 111 W. Wacker and Waterview Tower.^[176]
49	NBC Tower		41°53′24″N 87°37′16″W / 41.89000°N 87.62111°W / 41.89000; -87.62111 (NBC Tower)	627 (191)	37	Office	1989	^[177]^[178]
50	353 North Clark		41°53′20″N 87°37′48″W / 41.88889°N 87.63000°W / 41.88889; -87.63000 (353 North Clark)	624 (190)	44	Office	2009	^[179]^[180]
51	Essex on the Park		41°52′04″N 87°37′15″W / 41.86778°N 87.62083°W / 41.86778; -87.62083 (Essex on the Park)	620 (189)	57	Residential	2019	^[181]
52	Millennium Centre		41°53′35″N 87°37′45″W / 41.89306°N 87.62917°W / 41.89306; -87.62917 (Millennium Centre)	610 (186)	58	Residential	2003	^[182]^[183]
53	Chicago Place		41°53′43″N 87°37′30.5″W / 41.89528°N 87.625139°W / 41.89528; -87.625139 (Chicago Place)	608 (185)	49	Mixed-use	1991	Mixed-use residential and office building.^[184]^[185]
54	Chicago Board of Trade Building		41°52′39.5″N 87°37′56″W / 41.877639°N 87.63222°W / 41.877639; -87.63222 (Chicago Board of Trade Building)	605 (184)	44	Office	1930	One of the tallest Art Deco buildings in the world; tallest building completed in Chicago in the 1930s. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Richard J. Daley Center.^[186]^[187]
55	One Prudential Plaza		41°53′5″N 87°37′24″W / 41.88472°N 87.62333°W / 41.88472; -87.62333 (One Prudential Plaza)	601 (183)	41	Office	1955	Tallest building completed in Chicago in the 1950s.^[188]^[189]
56	333 South Wabash		41°52′38″N 87°37′32″W / 41.87722°N 87.62556°W / 41.87722; -87.62556 (CNA Center)	601 (183)	44	Office	1972	^[190]^[191]
57	Heller International Building		41°52′51″N 87°38′25″W / 41.88083°N 87.64028°W / 41.88083; -87.64028 (Heller International Building)	600 (183)	45	Office	1992	^[192]
58	200 West Madison		41°52′56″N 87°38′4″W / 41.88222°N 87.63444°W / 41.88222; -87.63444 (200 West Madison)	599 (182)	44	Office	1982	^[193]^[194]
59	The Grant		41°52′1.5″N 87°37′19″W / 41.867083°N 87.62194°W / 41.867083; -87.62194 (One Museum Park West)	595 (181)	54	Residential	2010	^[195]^[196]
60	1000 Lake Shore Plaza		41°54′3.5″N 87°37′28″W / 41.900972°N 87.62444°W / 41.900972; -87.62444 (1000 Lake Shore Plaza)	590 (180)	55	Residential	1964	^[197]^[198]
61	The Clare		41°53′50″N 87°37′34″W / 41.89722°N 87.62611°W / 41.89722; -87.62611 (The Clare)	589 (179)	52	Residential	2009	Independent living community for seniors^[199]^[200]
62	Accenture Tower		41°52′56″N 87°38′26″W / 41.88222°N 87.64056°W / 41.88222; -87.64056 (Citigroup Center)	588 (179)	42	Office	1987	^[201]^[202]
63	Marina City I		41°53′17.5″N 87°37′42.5″W / 41.888194°N 87.628472°W / 41.888194; -87.628472 (Marina City I)	588 (179)	61	Residential	1964	Marina City was the first building in the United States to be constructed with the Linden climbing tower cranes. It was also the first post-war urban high-rise residential complex in the United States. The two towers were both the tallest residential and tallest concrete structures in the world upon completion in 1968.^[203]^[204]^[205]
64	Marina City II		41°53′16.5″N 87°37′45″W / 41.887917°N 87.62917°W / 41.887917; -87.62917 (Marina City II)	588 (179)	61	Residential	1964	Marina City was the first building in the United States to be constructed with the Linden climbing tower cranes. It was also the first post-war urban high-rise residential complex in the United States. The two towers were both the tallest residential and tallest concrete structures in the world upon completion in 1968.^[206]^[207]^[208]
65	Optima Signature		41°53′28″N 87°37′17″W / 41.89111°N 87.62139°W / 41.89111; -87.62139 (Optima Signature)	587 (179)	57	Residential	2017	^[209]
66	Mid-Continental Plaza		41°52′49″N 87°37′32.5″W / 41.88028°N 87.625694°W / 41.88028; -87.625694 (Mid-Continental Plaza)	583 (178)	49	Mixed-use	1972	Also known by its address, 55 East Monroe. Mixed-use office and residential skyscraper.^[210]^[211]
67	Crain Communications Building		41°53′5″N 87°37′30″W / 41.88472°N 87.62500°W / 41.88472; -87.62500 (Smurfit-Stone Building)	582 (177)	41	Office	1983	Also known by its address, 150 North Michigan Avenue.^[212]^[213]
68	North Pier Apartments		41°53′27″N 87°36′52.5″W / 41.89083°N 87.614583°W / 41.89083; -87.614583 (Smurfit-Stone Building)	581 (177)	61	Residential	1990	^[214]^[215]
69	Citadel Center		41°52′47″N 87°37′43″W / 41.87972°N 87.62861°W / 41.87972; -87.62861 (Citadel Center)	580 (177)	39	Office	2003	^[216]^[217]
70	The Fordham		41°53′43.5″N 87°37′38″W / 41.895417°N 87.62722°W / 41.895417; -87.62722 (The Fordham)	574 (175)	52	Residential	2003	^[218]^[219]
71	One Chicago West Tower		41°53′47″N 87°37′46″W / 41.896437°N 87.62933°W / 41.896437; -87.62933 (215 West)	574 (174)	49	Residential	2021	Also known as 23 West Chicago Avenue.^[89]^[220]
72	190 South LaSalle Street		41°52′47″N 87°37′58″W / 41.87972°N 87.63278°W / 41.87972; -87.63278 (190 South LaSalle Street)	573 (175)	40	Office	1987	^[221]^[222]
73	One South Dearborn		41°52′54″N 87°37′43″W / 41.88167°N 87.62861°W / 41.88167; -87.62861 (One South Dearborn)	571 (174)	39	Office	2005	^[223]^[224]
74	Axis Apartments		41°53′38″N 87°36′59″W / 41.89389°N 87.61639°W / 41.89389; -87.61639 (Onterie Center)	570 (174)	60	Residential	1986	Formerly known as the Onterie Center. Originally an office tower.^[225]^[226]
75	Loews Hotel Tower		41°53′23.9″N 87°37′8″W / 41.889972°N 87.61889°W / 41.889972; -87.61889 (Loews Hotel Tower)	569 (174)	52	Mixed-use	2015	Mixed-use hotel and residential skyscraper.^[227]
76	Chicago Temple Building	Chicago Temple Building5 (cropped)	41°52′59″N 87°37′50″W / 41.88306°N 87.63056°W / 41.88306; -87.63056 (Chicago Temple Building)	568 (173)	21	Mixed-use	1924	Tallest building completed in Chicago in the 1920s. Was the tallest building in Chicago before being surpassed by the Chicago Board Of Trade Building.^[228]^[229]
77	Palmolive Building		41°53′59″N 87°37′25″W / 41.89972°N 87.62361°W / 41.89972; -87.62361 (Palmolive Building)	565 (172)	37	Office	1929	^[230]^[231]
78	Kluczynski Federal Building		41°53′42″N 87°37′47″W / 41.89500°N 87.62972°W / 41.89500; -87.62972 (Kluczynski Federal Building)	562 (171)	42	Office	1974	^[232]
79	Cirrus		41°53′10″N 87°36′55″W / 41.88611°N 87.61528°W / 41.88611; -87.61528 (Cirrus Condominiums)	562 (171)	37	Residential	2021	^[233]
80	Huron Plaza		41°53′43″N 87°37′36″W / 41.89528°N 87.62667°W / 41.89528; -87.62667 (Huron Plaza)	560 (171)	56	Residential	1983	^[234]^[235]
81	Boeing International Headquarters		41°53′2.5″N 87°38′19″W / 41.884028°N 87.63861°W / 41.884028; -87.63861 (Boeing International Headquarters)	560 (171)	36	Office	1990	Also known as the Boeing Building or by its address, 100 North Riverside Plaza. Was the headquarters of Boeing from 2001 to 2022.^[236]^[237]
82	Pittsfield Building		41°52′59″N 87°37′52.5″W / 41.88306°N 87.631250°W / 41.88306; -87.631250 (Pittsfield Building)	557 (170)	38	Office	1927	^[238]
83	The Parkshore		41°53′8.5″N 87°36′53″W / 41.885694°N 87.61472°W / 41.885694; -87.61472 (The Parkshore)	556 (169)	56	Residential	1991	^[239]^[240]
84	North Harbor Tower		41°53′7.5″N 87°36′55.5″W / 41.885417°N 87.615417°W / 41.885417; -87.615417 (North Harbor Tower)	556 (169)	55	Residential	1988	^[241]^[242]
85	Civic Opera House		41°52′57″N 87°38′14.5″W / 41.88250°N 87.637361°W / 41.88250; -87.637361 (Civic Opera House)	555 (169)	45	Mixed-use	1929	Most of the 45-story building is office space. The lower floors house a performance space that is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House.^[243]
86	Harbor Point		41°53′6″N 87°36′53″W / 41.88500°N 87.61472°W / 41.88500; -87.61472 (Harbor Point)	554 (169)	54	Residential	1975	^[244]^[245]
87	Atwater Apartments		41°53′32″N 87°37′5″W / 41.89222°N 87.61806°W / 41.89222; -87.61806 (Streeter Place)	554 (169)	55	Residential	2009	Also known as Streeter Place.^[246]^[247]
88	30 North LaSalle		41°52′58″N 87°37′58.5″W / 41.88278°N 87.632917°W / 41.88278; -87.632917 (30 North LaSalle)	553 (169)	44	Office	1975	^[248]
89	Michigan Plaza South		41°53′10″N 87°37′25″W / 41.885994°N 87.623543°W / 41.885994; -87.623543 (Michigan Plaza South)	553 (169)	46	Office	1985	^[249]
90	Newberry Plaza	–	41°54′05″N 87°37′44″W / 41.90152°N 87.628853°W / 41.90152; -87.628853 (Newberry Plaza)	553 (169)	53	Residential	1974	^[250]
91	One South Wacker		41°52′54″N 87°38′10″W / 41.881531°N 87.636078°W / 41.881531; -87.636078 (One South Wacker)	550 (168)	40	Office	1982	^[251]
92	Park Millennium	–	41°53′12″N 87°37′17″W / 41.886578°N 87.621498°W / 41.886578; -87.621498 (Park Millennium)	544 (166)	57	Residential	2002	^[252]
93	AMLI River North	–	41°53′23″N 87°37′51″W / 41.889782°N 87.630707°W / 41.889782; -87.630707 (AMLI River North)	543 (166)	49	Residential	2013	^[253]
94	The Franklin – South Tower	–	41°52′47″N 87°38′05″W / 41.879766°N 87.634860°W / 41.879766; -87.634860 (The Franklin - South Tower)	538 (164)	35	Office	1992	^[254]
95	Field Building		41°52′47″N 87°37′54″W / 41.87973°N 87.631569°W / 41.87973; -87.631569 (Field Building)	535 (163)	45	Mixed-use	1934	Originally an office building, now a mixed-use office and residential building.^[255]
96	The Pinnacle	–	41°53′40″N 87°37′38″W / 41.894505°N 87.62709°W / 41.894505; -87.62709 (The Pinnacle)	535 (163)	48	Residential	2004	^[256]
97	Park Place Tower		41°57′16″N 87°38′50″W / 41.954414°N 87.647339°W / 41.954414; -87.647339 (Park Place Tower)	531 (162)	56	Residential	1971	^[257]
98	One North LaSalle		41°52′56″N 87°37′55″W / 41.882278°N 87.63205°W / 41.882278; -87.63205 (One North LaSalle)	530 (162)	48	Office	1930	^[258]
99	Elysées Condominiums		41°53′52″N 87°37′31″W / 41.897903°N 87.625221°W / 41.897903; -87.625221 (Elysées Condominiums)	529 (161)	56	Residential	1973	^[259]
100	465 North Park		41°53′27″N 87°37′09″W / 41.890736°N 87.619263°W / 41.890736; -87.619263 (465 North Park)	525 (160)	48	Residential	2018	^[260]
101	River Plaza		41°53′24″N 87°37′33″W / 41.889866°N 87.625793°W / 41.889866; -87.625793 (River Plaza)	524 (160)	56	Residential	1977	^[261]
102	35 East Wacker		41°53′11″N 87°37′36″W / 41.886501°N 87.626785°W / 41.886501; -87.626785 (35 East Wacker)	523 (159)	40	Office	1927	^[262]
103	Arrive Michigan Avenue	–	41°51′54″N 87°37′28″W / 41.865044°N 87.624565°W / 41.865044; -87.624565 (Arrive Michigan Avenue)	523 (159)	48	Residential	2019	Also known as The Paragon.^[263]
104	Kemper Building		41°53′11″N 87°37′39″W / 41.886501°N 87.627548°W / 41.886501; -87.627548 (Kemper Building)	522 (159)	41	Office	1962	Also known as the United Insurance Building, or Unitrin Building.^[264]
105	Mathew Tower		41°53′15″N 87°37′32″W / 41.887596°N 87.625458°W / 41.887596; -87.625458 (Mathew Tower)	521 (159)	38	Hotel	1928	Also known as Club Quarters River Hotel^[265]
106	30 South Wacker		41°52′51″N 87°38′15″W / 41.880863°N 87.637527°W / 41.880863; -87.637527 (30 South Wacker)	520 (158)	40	Office	1983	Also known as "the Merc"; part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center.^[266]
107	10 South Wacker		41°52′54″N 87°38′15″W / 41.881584°N 87.637527°W / 41.881584; -87.637527 (10 South Wacker)	520 (158)	40	Office	1987	^[267]
108	The Columbian		41°52′04″N 87°37′28″W / 41.867695°N 87.62458°W / 41.867695; -87.62458 (The Columbian)	517 (158)	47	Residential	2008	^[268]
109	151 North Franklin		41°53′05″N 87°38′06″W / 41.884815°N 87.634933°W / 41.884815; -87.634933 (151 North Franklin)	517 (158)	35	Office	2018	In June 2018, 151 North Franklin became the new corporate headquarters for CNA Insurance, which has been headquartered in the Chicago Loop since 1900. CNA Insurance was previously located at 333 South Wabash.^[269]
110	191 North Wacker		41°53′07″N 87°38′11″W / 41.885338°N 87.636475°W / 41.885338; -87.636475 (191 North Wacker)	516 (157)	37	Office	2002	^[270]
111	425 South Financial Place		41°52′33″N 87°37′56″W / 41.875904°N 87.632172°W / 41.875904; -87.632172 (425 South Financial Place)	515 (157)	39	Office	1985	Also known as One Financial Place^[271]
112	401 East Ontario	–	41°53′36″N 87°37′01″W / 41.893211°N 87.616898°W / 41.893211; -87.616898 (401 East Ontario)	515 (157)	51	Residential	1990	^[272]
113	Millie on Michigan	–	41°53′13″N 87°37′30″W / 41.88699°N 87.625°W / 41.88699; -87.625 (Millie on Michigan)	515 (157)	47	Residential	2022	^[273]
114	The Streeter	–	41°53′32″N 87°37′09″W / 41.892361°N 87.619034°W / 41.892361; -87.619034 (The Streeter)	514 (157)	50	Residential	2007	^[274]
115	Park Tower Condominiums		41°58′48″N 87°39′17″W / 41.980114°N 87.654716°W / 41.980114; -87.654716 (Park Tower Condominiums)	513 (156)	54	Residential	1973	Not to be confused with Park Tower. Also known as 5415 North Sheridan.^[275]
116	600 North Lake Shore Drive – South Tower		41°53′34″N 87°36′54″W / 41.892876°N 87.614967°W / 41.892876; -87.614967	513 (156)	47	Residential	2009	^[276]
117	LaSalle-Wacker Building		41°53′11″N 87°37′55″W / 41.886494°N 87.631973°W / 41.886494; -87.631973 (LaSalle-Wacker Building)	512 (156)	41	Office	1930	^[277]
118	Harris Bank Addition II		41°52′49″N 87°37′55″W / 41.88028°N 87.631912°W / 41.88028; -87.631912 (Harris Bank Addition II)	510 (155)	55	Office	1974	Officially renamed to the Jesse White State of Illinois building in 2025.^[278]^[279]
119	321 North Clark		41°53′18″N 87°37′50″W / 41.888218°N 87.63063°W / 41.888218; -87.63063 (321 North Clark)	510 (155)	38	Office	1987	Also known as Quaker Tower.^[280]
120	215 West		41°52′59″N 87°38′04″W / 41.882946°N 87.634438°W / 41.882946; -87.634438 (215 West)	509 (155)	50	Residential	2010	^[281]
121	Carbide & Carbon Building		41°53′12″N 87°37′30″W / 41.886574°N 87.624886°W / 41.886574; -87.624886 (Carbide & Carbon Building)	503 (153)	37	Hotel	1929	Now a hotel known as Pendry Chicago.^[282]
122	400 East Ohio Street	–	41°53′34″N 87°37′03″W / 41.892807°N 87.617409°W / 41.892807; -87.617409 (400 East Ohio Street)	503 (153)	50	Residential	1982	^[283]
123	One Superior Place	–	41°53′44″N 87°37′45″W / 41.895451°N 87.629028°W / 41.895451; -87.629028 (One Superior Place)	502 (153)	52	Residential	1999	^[284]
124	10 South LaSalle		41°52′54″N 87°37′58″W / 41.881599°N 87.632706°W / 41.881599; -87.632706 (10 South LaSalle)	501 (153)	37	Office	1986	Formerly known under several names, including Chemical Plaza, Manufacturers Hanover Plaza, and Chase Plaza.^[285]
125	120 North LaSalle		41°53′01″N 87°37′58″W / 41.883717°N 87.632896°W / 41.883717; -87.632896 (120 North LaSalle)	501 (153)	39	Office	1992	^[286]
126	200 South Wacker Drive		41°52′44″N 87°38′15″W / 41.879021°N 87.63739°W / 41.879021; -87.63739 (200 South Wacker Drive)	500 (152)	41	Office	1981	^[287]
127	The Tides at Lakeshore East		41°53′12″N 87°37′05″W / 41.886677°N 87.618164°W / 41.886677; -87.618164 (The Tides at Lakeshore East)	500 (152)	51	Residential	2008	^[288]
128	Parkview West	–	41°53′28″N 87°37′02″W / 41.891247°N 87.617271°W / 41.891247; -87.617271 (Parkview West)	498 (152)	49	Residential	2008	^[289]
129	500 North Lake Shore Drive	–	41°53′30″N 87°36′53″W / 41.891624°N 87.614777°W / 41.891624; -87.614777 (500 North Lake Shore Drive)	497 (151)	47	Residential	2013	^[290]
130	727 West Madison		41°52′53″N 87°38′48″W / 41.881454°N 87.646667°W / 41.881454; -87.646667 (727 West Madison)	496 (151)	45	Residential	2018	Also known as 1 South Halsted.^[291]
131	55 West Monroe	–	41°52′49″N 87°37′47″W / 41.880367°N 87.629814°W / 41.880367; -87.629814 (55 West Monroe)	495 (151)	41	Office	1980	Also known as the Xerox Center.^[292]
132	Ontario Place	–	41°53′37″N 87°37′40″W / 41.893562°N 87.627762°W / 41.893562; -87.627762 (Ontario Place)	495 (151)	49	Residential	1983	^[293]
133	The Row		41°53′06″N 87°39′01″W / 41.88496°N 87.650169°W / 41.88496; -87.650169 (The Row)	495 (151)^[a]	43	Residential	2023	^[294]
134	50 East Chestnut Street		41°53′55″N 87°37′34″W / 41.898544°N 87.626198°W / 41.898544; -87.626198 (50 East Chestnut Street)	495 (151)	40	Residential	2008	^[295]
135	The Ritz-Carlton Residences	–	41°53′40″N 87°37′29″W / 41.894474°N 87.624634°W / 41.894474; -87.624634 (The Ritz-Carlton Residences)	495 (151)	40	Residential	2012	^[296]
136	PNC Center	–	41°52′56″N 87°38′06″W / 41.882256°N 87.634972°W / 41.882256; -87.634972 (PNC Center)	494 (151)	36	Office	1992	Also known as One North Franklin^[297]
137	No. 9 Walton	–	41°53′59″N 87°37′44″W / 41.899708°N 87.628761°W / 41.899708; -87.628761 (No. 9 Walton)	494 (151)	38	Residential	2018	^[298]

^ Height is an estimated minimum.

Tallest buildings by pinnacle height

This list ranks Chicago skyscrapers based on their pinnacle height, which includes radio masts and antennas. Standard architectural height measurement, which excludes antennas in building height, is included for comparative purposes. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Tallest buildings in Chicago by pinnacle height. (As of 2019)

Pinn. Rank	Std. Rank	Name	Pinnacle height ft (m)	Standard height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Source
1	1	Willis Tower	1,730 (527)	1,451 (442)	110	1974	^[299]
2	5	875 North Michigan Avenue	1,500 (457)	1,127 (344)	100	1969	^[300]
3	2	Trump International Hotel and Tower	1,389 (423)	1,389 (423)	98	2009	^[301]
4	3	St Regis Chicago	1,198 (365)	1,198 (365)	101	2020	^[302]
5	4	Aon Center	1,136 (346)	1,136 (346)	83	1973	^[302]
6	6	Franklin Center North Tower	1,007 (307)	887 (270)	61	1989	^[86]
7	7	Two Prudential Plaza	995 (303)	995 (303)	64	1990	^[88]
8	8	311 South Wacker Drive	961 (293)	961 (293)	65	1990	^[92]
9	51	One Prudential Plaza	912 (278)	601 (183)	41	1955	^[189]
10	9	NEMA Chicago	896 (273)	896 (273)	76	2019	^[93]

Tallest under construction or proposed

Under construction

There are three buildings that are under construction in Chicago that are planned to rise at least 328 feet (100 m) including buildings whose construction is on-hold. A floor count of 30 stories is used as the cutoff for buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers. The "Year" category denotes when the building is expected to be completed.

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year (est.)	Notes
400 Lake Shore Drive North Tower	875 (267)	72	2027	Approved on December 14, 2020. Groundbreaking ceremony was held in June 2024.^[303]^[304] Construction reached 38th floor as of July 2025.^[305]
Bally's Casino	~450 (137)	34	2026	Changed design multiple times and settled on the final design in July 2024.^[306] Tower crane is up as of July 2025.^[307]
370 North Morgan	380 (116)	32	2027	494 Unit residential building in Fulton Market. Construction started in summer 2025. ^[308]
1114 West Carroll Avenue	379 (115.5)	34	2025	Approved in September 2021.^[309]^[310]

Proposed

This lists buildings that are approved or proposed for construction in Chicago and that are planned to rise at least 492 feet (150 m). A floor count of 50 stories is used as the cutoff for buildings whose heights have not yet been released by their developers. The "Year" category denotes when construction of the building is expected to begin. A dash "—" indicates information about the building's construction or floor count is unknown or not publicly available.

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Notes
Tribune East Tower	1,442 (440)	113	2027	Approved May 11, 2020.^[311] Delayed several times, construction was expected to start in 2024.^[312] though none has occurred as of 2025. Would become the second-tallest building in Chicago if completed.^[313]^[314]^[315]
Lakeshore East I Tower	950 (289)	80	2025	^[316]^[317]
400 Lake Shore Drive South Tower	765 (233)	—	—	Approved December 14, 2020 ^[318]^[319]
130 North Franklin Street	700 (214)	53	—	Approved August 2015.^[320]^[321]^[322]
Southbank Building A	598 (182)	51	—	^[323]
Metropolis Pointe	560 (171)	50	TBD	600-unit residential tower in Bronzeville. Planned to have a multi-level observation deck and a connected 215-foot-tall flex-use tower.^[324]
725 West Randolph Street	550 (187)	—	2025	Initial design was approved July 19, 2018; revised design is pending approval.^[325]^[326]^[327]
1325 West Fulton	538 (164)	39	2028	Tower 3 in phase 3 is proposed to be 39 stories tall and 538 ft high. Currently sales center is under construction, and the 29-story tall 438 ft high tower 1 construction is planned to break ground in 2026 and should be completed in 2028.^[328]
193 North Columbus Drive	502 (153)	47	2025	Formerly known as Lakeshore East Site O.^[329]^[330]^[331]

Tallest demolished

This table lists buildings in Chicago that were demolished or destroyed and at one time stood at least 492 feet (150 m) in height.

Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Purpose	Year Completed	Year Demolished	Notes
Morrisons Hotel		526 (160)	45	Hotel	1925	1965	Was the tallest hotel in Chicago until its demolition. First building outside of New York City to have more than 40 floors. The hotel first opened in 1915, with the tower added during an expansion in 1925. It was demolished in 1965. The Chase Tower was later built on the site.^[332]

Tallest unbuilt

This lists buildings designed to rise at least 800 feet (244 m) that were approved for construction in Chicago but were cancelled prior to completion. This list does not include vision projects such as Gateway Tower or the Miglin-Beitler Skyneedle that were never intended to be built, nor does it include projects that were not approved by the Chicago Plan Commission such as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Residence Tower.

Name	Height ft (m)	Floors	Approved	Cancelled	Notes
7 South Dearborn	2,000 (610)	112	1999	2000	One South Dearborn was built on the site instead.^[333]^[334]
Chicago Spire	2,000 (610)	150	2007	2014	400 Lake Shore Drive is the current proposal for the site.^[335]^[336]
Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers	2,000 (610)	120	2011	2014	Part of the Old Chicago Main Post Office Redevelopment pursued by Bill Davies.^[337]
Thompson Center Redevelopment	1,699 (518)	115	2017	2021	Thompson Center is acquired by Alphabet Inc. and is currently being renovated to become Google's new Midwest HQ. ^[338]^[339]
Waterview Tower	1,047 (319)	89	2005	2008	The original design for Waterview Tower was cancelled after construction of the first 26 floors of the building. OneEleven was built on the vacated structure.^[340]^[341]^[342]

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name	Image	Years as tallest	Height ft (m)	Floors	Notes
First Holy Name Cathedral^[A]	COLBERT(1871) p353 CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME	1854–1869	245 (75)	1	^[343]
Saint Michael's Church		1869–1885	290 (88)	1	^[344]
Chicago Board of Trade Building^[B]		1885–1895	322 (98)	10	^[345]
Masonic Temple Building		1895–1899^[C]	302 (92)	21	^[346]
Montgomery Ward Building^[D]		1899–1922	394 (120)	22	^[347]
Wrigley Building		1922–1924	438 (134)	30	^[348]
Chicago Temple Building	Chicago Temple Building5 (cropped)	1924–1930	568 (173)	23	^[349]
Chicago Board of Trade Building		1930–1965	605 (184)	44	^[350]
Richard J. Daley Center		1965–1969	648 (198)	32	^[351]
Chase Tower (Chicago)		1969	850 (260)	60
John Hancock Center	Chicago (22332583569)	1969–1973	1,127 (344)	100	^[352]
Aon Center	2006-06-07 840x1500 Chicago aon building	1973–1974	1,136 (346)	83	^[302]
Willis Tower		1974–present	1,451 (442)	108	^[353]

Notes

A. ^{^} This building was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, and replaced by the current cathedral of the same name in 1875.

B. ^{^} The clock tower on this building was removed in 1895, allowing a shorter building to become the tallest in the city.

C. ^{^} The Masonic Temple, built in 1892, became the tallest in Chicago three years later when the Board of Trade Building had its clock tower removed.

D. ^{^} This building is currently 282 feet (86 m) tall, following the removal of a pyramid top and sculpture.

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