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Bank of America Corporate Center The Bank of America Corporate Center is an 871 ft (265 m) skyscraper in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. Designed by Argentine architect César Pelli and HKS Architects, and best known as the headquarters of the namesake Bank of Americ ...

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Truist Center The Truist Center is a 47-story, skyscraper in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. The city's third tallest building, it is located along North Tryon Street. It was opened on November 14, 2002 it was the city's second tallest building, and was k ...

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One Wells Fargo Center One Wells Fargo Center is a skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the headquarters for Wells Fargo's east coast division but will leave the building by the end of 2023. Opening on September 14, 1988, it was the tallest building in North ...

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The Vue The VUE or The VUE Charlotte is a tall skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was completed in 2010 and has 51 stories. A luxury apartment tower, the VUE is the tallest residential building in the state. The leasing center for The Vue is loc ...

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One South at The Plaza One South at The Plaza (formerly the Bank of America Plaza) is a , 40-story skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the 7th tallest in the city. It contains of rentable area of which of retail space, and the rest office space. On the groun ...

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Two Wells Fargo Center Two Wells Fargo Center is a high rise in Charlotte, North Carolina. Completed in 1971. It is currently the 14th tallest building in Charlotte. The building consists of 32 floors, an atrium, plaza, seven-story parking garage, and is connected to ...

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Charlotte Plaza Charlotte Plaza is a tall skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was built in 1982 and has 27 floors. It is the 20th-tallest building in the city. The Class A office building is owned by Rabina Properties, LLC. The ground and second floor are ...

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BB&T Center 200 South College (formerly BB&T Center) is a high-rise in Charlotte, North Carolina. Completed in 1975, it consists of 22 floors, a 11-story parking garage, and on the second floor it is connected to neighboring buildings via skybridges, as ...

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, the largest city in the

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, is the site of 59 completed high-rises over , 7 of which stand taller than . The tallest building in the city is the

, which rises in

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and was completed in 1992. It also stands as the tallest building in North Carolina and the 56th-tallest building in the United States. The second-tallest skyscraper in the city is the 550 South Tryon formerly Duke Energy Center, which rises and was completed in 2010. The

, completed in 2002 and rising , is the third-tallest building in Charlotte. Nine of the ten tallest buildings in North Carolina are located in Charlotte. The history of skyscrapers in the city began with the construction of the

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in 1909. This building, rising and 14 floors, is often regarded as the first skyscraper in Charlotte; despite having been added to the Registered Historic Place in 1978, it was demolished in 1981 to allow for the construction of One Independence Center. Charlotte's first building standing more than tall was the

, completed in 1974. There are eight buildings under construction that are planned to rise at least or at least 15 floors. Overall, the

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ranks Charlotte's skyline (based on existing and under construction buildings over tall) 4th in the

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(after

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and Sunny Isles Beach), 6th in the

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(after Miami,

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, Atlanta and Sunny Isles Beach), and 19th in the United States. __TOC__

Tallest buildings

, there are 59 high-rises in Charlotte that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes

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s and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Tallest under construction

, there are 8 buildings under construction in Charlotte that are planned to rise at least .

Tallest approved pending construction

These buildings have either been approved, issued permits, or awaiting construction

Timeline of tallest buildings

Since 1909, the year the first high-rise in the city was constructed, the title of the tallest building in Charlotte has been held by eight high-rises.

Notes

References

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External links

Charlotte Skyscraper Diagram
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Tallest in Charlotte