List of tallest buildings in Oakland, California


The U.S. city of Oakland, California is the site of more than 95 high-rises, the majority of which are located in its downtown district. In the city, there are 30 buildings taller than. The tallest building is the 28-story Ordway Building, which rises.

History

The history of high-rises in Oakland began with the completion of the nine-story Bank of America Building in 1907. A nine-story section was later added to the same building. It remained the tallest building in the city until 1914, when the Oakland City Hall, at, became the tallest. At the time it was built, the City Hall was the first high-rise government building in the United States and the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. The Kaiser Center surpassed the height of the City Hall in 1960, and was the tallest building for a decade. In 1989, Ordway Building became the tallest building in the city.
, the tallest building currently under construction is the 40-story, 400 ft skyscraper at 1314 Franklin Street.

Tallest buildings

This lists ranks Oakland buildings that stand at least 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. An equal sign following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. Table entries with dashes indicate that information regarding building is not known. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed or opened.
RankNameImageHeight
ft 		FloorsYearCoordinatesNotes
1Ordway Building404 281970Tallest building in both Oakland and in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco
2Atlas400 402020Tallest residential building constructed in the 2020s
3Kaiser Center390 281960Tallest building constructed in the 1960s
417th and Broadway380 342019Tallest residential building constructed in the 2010s
5Lake Merritt Plaza371 271985Tallest building constructed in the 1980s
6601 City Center367 242019Tallest office building constructed in the 2010s
71111 Broadway360 241990Tallest building constructed in the 1990s
8Kaiser Engineering Building336 251984
9Clorox Building330 241976
10=EM Harris State Office Building328 221998
11=Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building South328 181994
12=Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building North328 181994
131200 Lakeshore325 251964
14Oakland City Hall320 141914Tallest building constructed in the 1910s; National Register of Historic Places
15Tribune Tower310 221906Tallest building constructed in the 1920s
161330 Broadway297 211956–1959
17Pacific Bell Building296 201985
18555 City Center279 202002Tallest building constructed in the 2000s.
19Oakland Marriott City Center273 211983
20=Park Bellevue Tower270 251969
21=1721 Webster270 252020
22St. Paul's Towers267 221966
231700 Webster265 232019
24The Grand Apartments263 222008
25The Skylyne at Temescal260 252020
26Central Building235 151926
27Bank of America Building225 181907Tallest building constructed in the decade of 1900
28Financial Center Building214 141929
29Pacific Renaissance Plaza208 16
30SBC Building203 15

Timeline of tallest buildings