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The Condominiums at North Bank Park The Condominiums at North Bank Park is a tall residential high rise at 300 W. Spring St. in the Arena District just north of downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was constructed from 2006 to 2007 and has 20 floors and is one of the tallest structures i ...

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One Nationwide Plaza One Nationwide Plaza is a 40-story skyscraper in Columbus, Ohio, United States, that serves as the corporate office headquarters of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. It is part of the complex of buildings known as Nationwide Plaza. Nationwi ...

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Three Nationwide Plaza Three Nationwide Plaza is a postmodern highrise building located at the address 3 Nationwide Plaza in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The building is part of the larger multi-building complex known as Nationwide Plaza. Nationwide Plaza is the headqua ...

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AEP Building The AEP Building is a skyscraper in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was completed in 1983 and has 31 floors. Abramovitz, Harris & Kingsland designed the building following a modernist architectural style. The AEP Building is the 8th tallest build ...

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Hyatt Regency Columbus The Hyatt Regency Columbus is a 20-story high-rise hotel in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It is the 24th-tallest building in the city and was designed by Prindle, Patrick + Associates along with the adjoining Ohio Center, which opened first, ...

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LeVeque Tower The LeVeque Tower is a 47-story skyscraper in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. At it was the tallest building in the city from its completion in 1927 to 1974, and remains the second-tallest today. Designed by C. Howard Crane, the Art Deco skyscrape ...

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Rhodes State Office Tower The James A. Rhodes State Office Tower is a 41-story, state office building and skyscraper on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The Rhodes Tower is the List of tallest buildings in Columbus, Ohio, tallest building in Columbus and the ...

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Vern Riffe State Office Tower The Vern Riffe State Office Tower is a skyscraper on Capitol Square in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was completed in 1988 and has 32 floors. NBBJ designed the building, which is the fifth-tallest in Columbus, and has 102,192 m2 of floor area. An ...

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Capitol Square Capitol Square is a public square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The square includes the Ohio Statehouse, its Capitol Grounds, as well as the buildings and features surrounding the square. The Capitol Grounds are surrounded to the north and west ...

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Miranova Place Miranova Place is an office and condominiums complex in Columbus, Ohio. The complex was completed in 2001. It consists of Miranova Condominiums and Miranova Corporate Tower, located at 1 and 2 Miranova Place respectively. Miranova Corporate Towe ...

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) and 19th in the country. As of June 2023, there are 114 completed high-rises in the city. Columbus ranks third in the state in high-rise count after

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, which have 163 and 169 completed high-rises respectively. Columbus saw very little high-rise construction between 1991 and 2010, with the completion of Fifth Third Center in 1998 and only four other skyscrapers ranking in city's 20 tallest buildings being constructed, the tallest of which is the Miranova Condominiums (2002), and the 20-story

in 2007. 2011 onward has seen significant high rise development in the downtown and close-in neighborhoods, including the 250 High building, the Hilton Columbus Downtown hotel, the new Columbia Gas Building in the

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. As of 2023, there are numerous new high-rise buildings planned and under construction in the downtown area. Although not officially announced, the founder of Easton Town Center

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Tallest buildings

This list ranks Columbus skyscrapers and high-rises that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.

Tallest under construction

As of October 2023, there are 2 buildings under construction in Columbus that are planned to rise at least tall.

Tallest approved or proposed

These buildings have either been approved, awaiting construction, or proposed to rise at least tall.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Columbus.

Past proposals

Notes

:A. New York has 282 completed buildings at least , Chicago has 126, Miami has 53, Houston has 39, Los Angeles has 26, San Francisco has 25, Seattle has 21, Dallas has 20, Boston has 20, Atlanta has 17, Las Vegas has 14, Philadelphia has 13, Minneapolis has 12, Jersey City has 11, Austin has 10, Pittsburgh has 10, Detroit has 8, Denver has 8, Charlotte has 7, and Columbus has 5.

References

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External links

Diagram of Columbus skyscrapers
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