This list of tallest buildings in North Carolina ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. state of North Carolina by height. The tallest building in North Carolina is the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, which contains 60 floors and is 871 ft (265 m) tall. The second-tallest building in the state is the Duke Energy Center also in Charlotte, North Carolina, which rises 786 feet (240 m) above the ground.

This list ranks North Carolina skyscrapers that stand at least 200 feet (60.96 m) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts or other objects not part of the original plans. Existing structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.

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Rank	Name	Image	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	City	Notes
1	Bank of America Corporate Center		871 / 265[1]	60	1992	Charlotte	56th-tallest in the United States and the tallest between Philadelphia and Atlanta; tallest building in Charlotte and North Carolina since 1992[2] However, it is the second largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet, the first is 550 South Tryon.[3]
2	550 South Tryon		786 / 240[4]	54	2010	Charlotte	479th-tallest in the world; 62nd-tallest in the United States; 2nd-tallest in North Carolina. Tallest building constructed in Charlotte in the 2010s.[5][6] It is the largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
3	Truist Center		659 / 201[7]	47	2002	Charlotte	Tallest building constructed in Charlotte in the 2000s.[8][9] It is the fifth largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
4	Bank of America Tower		632 / 193[10]	33[10]	2019	Charlotte	It is the eighth largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
5	Duke Energy Plaza		629 / 191.7[11]	40	2023	Charlotte	Will be leased by Duke Energy. Construction started in May 2019. It will become the new headquarters for Duke.[12] The building topped out on August 20, 2021.[13][14] It is the third largest building by leasable square feet.[3]
6	One Wells Fargo Center		588 / 179[15]	42	1988	Charlotte	Tallest building constructed in Charlotte in the 1980s.[16][15] It is the fourth largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
7	The Vue		576 / 175.5[17]	51	2010	Charlotte	6th Tallest building in Charlotte and the tallest residential high rise in North Carolina[18]
8	PNC Plaza		538 / 164[19]	32	2008	Raleigh	Previously known as RBC Plaza; was the U.S. headquarters of RBC Bank With 276,000 square feet (25,600 m2) of leasable space it is the thirteenth largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
9	One South at The Plaza		503 / 153[21]	40	1974	Charlotte	[22][23][24] It is the seventh largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
10	1 Bank of America Center		484 / 148[25]	32	2010	Charlotte	9th-tallest in North Carolina.[25][26][27] With 746,152 square feet of leasable space, it is the 9th largest office building in Charlotte.[28] The building opened in June 2010. Bank of America owns the building and occupies 95% of it.[29] Bank employees started occupying the building in July 2010.[30] It is the tenth largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
11	300 South Tryon[lower-alpha 1]		463 141[31]	25	2017	Charlotte	Anchored by Barings[31][32][33]
12	121 West Trade		462 / 141[34]	32	1990	Charlotte	Also known as the Interstate Tower[35][36]
13	100 North Main Street		460 / 140[37]	34	1995	Winston-Salem	Tallest building in Winston-Salem since 1995, as well as the tallest in North Carolina outside of Charlotte and Raleigh The building contains 549,000 square feet (51,000 m2) of space. It was 95% leased as February 2012, tenants at that time included Wells Fargo, Deutsche Bank Securities, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.[38] In October 2018 WFC Property LLC of Oklahoma City purchased the building for $62 million.[39]
14	Three Wells Fargo Center		450 / 137[40]	32	2000	Charlotte	Originally known as Three First Union Center[41][42] It is the sixth largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
15	Fifth Third Center		447 / 136.3[43]	30	1997	Charlotte	Also known as the IJL Financial Center and 201 North Tryon[44][45]
	Museum Tower		447 / 136.3[46]	42	2017	Charlotte	43-story apartment tower developed by Childress Klein, built atop of the Mint Museum
17	Two Wells Fargo Center		433 / 132[47]	32	1971	Charlotte	Originally known as Two First Union Center[48][49] It is the ninth largest building in Charlotte by leasable square feet.[3]
18	Two Hannover Square		431 / 131[50]	29	1991	Raleigh	Commonly referred to as the "BB&T Building"[51] With 441,000 square feet (41,000 m2) of leasable space it is the third largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
19	Avenue		425 / 129.5[52]	36	2007	Charlotte	[53][54]
20	400 South Tryon		420 / 128[55]	32	1974	Charlotte	Also known as Duke Energy Plaza. Originally known as Wachovia Corporate Center and First Union Corporate Center.[56][57][58]
21	Winston Tower		410 / 125[59]	29	1966	Winston-Salem	Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1966 to 1995
22	The Eastern		404 / 123.1[60]	36	2022	Raleigh	Also named “Walter Tower” after Sir Walter Raleigh, 36-story apartment building located in the North Hills area and developed by Kane Realty Corp. This tower features 376 residential units and 6,500 SF of retail.[61]
23	Wells Fargo Capitol Center		400 / 121.9[62]	30	1990	Raleigh	With 550,980 square feet (51,188 m2) of leasable space it is largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
24	Carillon Tower		394 / 120[63]	24	1991	Charlotte
25	Charlotte Plaza		388 / 119[64]	28	1982	Charlotte	[65]
26	The Ellis		384 / 117[66]	33	2021	Charlotte	549 apartment units with 19,000 square feet of retail. Completed June 2021.[67] It is one of the tallest residential towers in Charlotte.[68] It is the 14th largest apartment complex in the Charlotte area.[69]
27	Ally Charlotte Center		378 / 115.2[70]	26	2021	Charlotte	Construction started in December 2016. Delivered on May 3, 2021.[71][72][73][74]
28	Lincoln Financial Building		374 / 114[75]	20	1990	Greensboro	Tallest building in Greensboro
29	FNB Tower Charlotte		371 / 113[76]	30	2021	Charlotte	FNB Corporation anchored building will include 156,000 square feet of office space, 196 luxury apartments, and 2,300 square feet of retail. Ground broke in December 2018.[77] The building opened on July 21, 2021.[78]
30	F.N.B. Tower		358 / 109[79]	32	2008	Raleigh	[80] Regional headquarters of First National Bank. Includes 239 apartments. Formerly known as Charter Square North.
31	Lowe's Global Technology Center		357 / 108.814[81]	23	2021	Charlotte	Being constructed across from the Design Center of the Carolinas, will be anchored by Lowe's. Construction started August 2019.[82] It is the tallest building in Charlotte outside of Uptown.[83]
32	University Tower		356 / 108.5[84]	17	1986	Durham	Tallest building in Durham
33	Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons		351 / 107[85]	28	1991	Greensboro	Tallest hotel in Greensboro
34	Catalyst		338 / 103[86]	27	2009	Charlotte	The complex contains 462 units, it is the 23rd largest apartment community in the Charlotte area.[69]
	Ascent Uptown		338 / 103[87]	33	2017	Charlotte	32-story apartment tower developed and owned by Greystar Real Estate Partners
36	GMAC Tower		330 / 100.6[88]	21	1980	Winston-Salem
37	525 North Tryon		330 / 100.6[89]	19	1999	Charlotte
38	Wells Fargo Tower		329 / 100.2[90]	21[91]	1989	Greensboro	The building sits on one acre, it contains 324,405 square feet (30,138.2 m2) of space. The building houses the corporate headquarters for The Fresh Market and Bell Partners. It was sold in December 2021 for $30.4 million to Argentic.[91]
39	Honeywell Tower		328 / 100[92]	23	2021	Charlotte	Construction starting September 2019. The third building as part of the Legacy Union development.[93]
40	TradeMark		325 / 99.1[94]	28	2007	Charlotte
41	First Citizens Plaza		320 / 97.5[95]	23	1987	Charlotte	[96][97]
42	Reynolds Building		314 / 95.7[98]	22	1929	Winston-Salem	Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1929 to 1966.
43	The Arlington		310 / 94.5[99]	24	2002	Charlotte
	Skye		310 / 94.[100]	23	2013	Charlotte	[101][102]
45	110 East		305 / 92.9[103]	23	2024	Charlotte	It is a 370,000 square feet (34,000 m2) office tower with 7,000 square feet (650 m2) of street level retail at the intersection of South Boulevard and East/West Boulevard.[104] Ground breaking occurred on January 26, 2022.[105]
46	One Independence Center		301 / 91.8[106]	22	1983	Charlotte	[107][108]
47	200 South College		300 / 91.4[109]	22	1974	Charlotte	[110][111]
	AC Hotel/Residence Inn Charlotte EpiCentre		300 (91.5)[112]	23	1987	Charlotte	Construction started in 2015. Completed for a spring 2018 opening. It contains 300 hotel rooms, which makes it the eleventh largest hotel by number of rooms.[113][114]
49	200 South Tryon		299 / 91.1[115]	18	1961	Charlotte	Tallest building constructed in Charlotte in the 1960s.[115][116][117]
50	One Progress Plaza		298 / 91[118]	21	1977	Raleigh	[119] Tallest building in Raleigh from 1977 to 1990. With 440,000 square feet (41,000 m2) of leasable space it is the second largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
51	One City Center		296 / 90.2[120]	27	2018	Durham	Mixed use residential.
52	The Westin Charlotte		293 / 89.3[121]	25	2003	Charlotte	It contains 700 hotel rooms, which makes it the largest hotel in the Charlotte area.[113]
	550 South		293 / 89.3[122]	20	2009	Charlotte	[123][124][125]
54	The Hilton Charlotte Center City[lower-alpha 2]		292 / 89[126]	22	1990	Charlotte	It contains 400 hotel rooms, which makes it the 5th largest hotel in Charlotte by number of rooms.[113][127][128]
55	650 S Tryon		291 / 88.6[129]	18	2020	Charlotte	Second office tower planned on the Legacy Union development site. Construction completed mid November 2020.[130]
56	One Bank of America Plaza		289 / 88[131]	17	1985	Raleigh	The 370,284 square feet (34,400.5 m2) building was purchased by Highwoods Properties in September 2014 for $92.3 million. Previously REIT purchased the building in 2005 for $47.1 million.[132][133][134] Also known as One Bank of America Square and One Bank of America Plaza. With 373,641 square feet (34,712.4 m2) of leasable space it is the fifth largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
57	Red Hat Tower		286 / 87.2[135]	20	1927	Raleigh	[136] Previously the headquarters of Progress Energy; is now the headquarters of Red Hat.
58	JW Marriott Charlotte		280 / 85.3[137]	22	2021	Charlotte	Construction started in December 2018. Part of the Ally Charlotte Center. Once completed it will be the 7th largest hotel in Charlotte by number of rooms with 381 rooms.[113] It opened August 17, 2021.[138]
	112 Tryon Plaza		280 / 85.3[139]	22	1927	Charlotte	Tallest building constructed in Charlotte in the 1920s.[140][141][142]
60	Element Uptown[lower-alpha 2]		278 / 84.9[143]	22	2014	Charlotte	22-story 352-unit apartment tower across the street from Romare Bearden Park, developed by Childress Klein. It was sold to Bell Partners in June 2022 for $165 million.[144][145]
61	BB&T Financial Center		273 / 83.2[146]	21	1987	Winston-Salem	Former BB&T Headquarters
62	RJR Plaza Building		269 / 82[147]	12	1929	Winston-Salem
63	Harrah's Cherokee Casino & Hotel		267 / 81[148]	22	2012	Cherokee	Tallest building outside of any major metro area
64	The Dillon		266 / 81[149]	20	1927	Raleigh	The building was built on the 2.5-acre occupies the former Dillon Supply warehouse. It cost $150 million to build.[150] In November 2020 Kane Realty sold the building for $236.[151] In July 2022 the UNC system announced it be occupied two floors in the building.[152] Tallest building in the Warehouse District.
	Bank of America Tower		266 / 81[153]	18	2016	Raleigh	Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust moved their operations and employees from downtown to occupy 57,000 square feet (5,300 m2) in the 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) building, which had 44% occupancy before it opened in the spring of 2016.[154][155] With 284,892 square feet (26,467.3 m2) of leasable space it is the twelfth largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
66	Skyhouse Raleigh		264 / 81[156]	23	2014	Raleigh	[157] Tallest apartment building in Raleigh.
	SkyHouse Uptown North Tower		264 / 80.5[158]	24	2015	Charlotte	One of two twin residential towers that combined feature 672 apartments, which makes the complex the 5th largest apartment complex in the Charlotte area. The buildings contain studio to three-bedroom apartments with many luxury amenities. The project was developed by Novare Group, Batson-Cook Development Co, and Grubb Properties.[159][158][69]
	SkyHouse Uptown South Tower		264 / 80.5[160]	24	2017	Charlotte	One of two twin residential towers that combined feature 672 apartments, which makes the complex the 5th largest apartment complex in the Charlotte area. The buildings contain studio to three-bedroom apartments with many luxury amenities. The project was developed by Novare Group, Batson-Cook Development Co, and Grubb Properties.[159][160][69]
69	Raleigh Crossing-Office Tower		263 / 80	19[161]	2022	Raleigh	Phase 1 of the Raleigh Crossing development. Headquarters of Pendo.[162][163] With 292,457 square feet (27,170.1 m2) of leasable space it is the eleventh largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
70	Regions 615[lower-alpha 2]		260 / 79.1[164]	19	2017	Charlotte
	Captrust Tower		260 / 79.1[165]	17	2009	Raleigh
72	Advance Auto Parts Tower		257 / 78	20[166]	2020	Raleigh	With 328,648 square feet (30,532.4 m2) of leasable space it is the eight largest office building in the triangle area.[20]
73	Renaissance Plaza		256 / 78[167]	19	1989	Greensboro
74	Charlotte Marriott City Center		252 / 76.8[168]	19	1984	Charlotte	The Charlotte Marriott City Center was built as a part of the $120 million 101 Independence Center and hotel project developed by Henry Faison. The hotel sits on the land of the former White House Inn. Faison purchased the Marriott site in 1982 when the hotel was already vacant[169][170] The Marriott is currently the second largest hotel in Charlotte by number of rooms with 446 rooms.[113][171]
	The Tower at Mutual Plaza		252 / 76.8[172]	20	1965	Durham	Headquarters of N.C Mutual Life Insurance. Tallest building in Durham from 1965 to 1986.
76	129 West Trade		250 / 76.2[173]	17	1958	Charlotte	Tallest building constructed in Charlotte in the 1950s.[174]
77	Nissen Building		246 / 75[175]	20	1927	Winston-Salem	Tallest building in Winston-Salem from 1927 to 1929.
78	400H		244 / 74.4[176]	20	2023	Raleigh	144,000 SF office space, 16,000 SF retail, and 242 apartments[177][178]
78	Cardinal North Hills - East Tower		241 / 73.5	18[179]	2014	Raleigh	Located in the North Hills area, this high rise development features 191 residential units for seniors.[179][180]
	Wake County Public Safety Center		241 / 73.5[181]	17	1991	Raleigh
81	Le Méridien Charlotte[lower-alpha 2]		238 / 72.5[182]	18	1973	Charlotte	The hotel was previously part of the Blake Hotel, which had 605 rooms. In early 2015 the former hotel completed a $20 million renovation to become The Sheraton with 305 room and Le Méridien with 300. Le Méridien is the 11th largest hotel in Charlotte.[113][183][184][185][186]
	Sonesta Charlotte Executive Park		238 / 72.5[187]	18	1983	Charlotte	The hotel is owned by Hospitality Properties Trust, purchased in 2017 for $44 million. It has 300 rooms and is ranked as the 11th largest hotel in Charlotte.[188][113] In 2014 a $10 million renovation was finished.[189] The renovation included upgrades to guestrooms, public areas, meeting space, the hotel restaurant, and bar.[190]
83	Marriott Winston Plaza Hotel		237 / 72.2[191]	19	1984	Winston-Salem	Tallest full-service hotel in Winston-Salem
84	Jefferson Standard Building		233 / 71[192]	18	1923	Greensboro	Tallest building in Greensboro from 1923 to 1989
	Center Pointe		233 / 71[193]	16	1966	Greensboro
86	The Francis Apartments		230 / 70.1[194]	19	1973	Charlotte
	Liberty Plaza		230 / 70.1[195]	14	1973	Winston-Salem
88	The Arras		228 / 69.4[196]	19	1965	Asheville
89	Kimpton Tryon Park[lower-alpha 2]		226 / 69[197]	18	2017	Charlotte	It has 217 rooms and is ranked as the 25th largest hotel in the Charlotte area.[113][198][199][200]
90	Ritz-Carlton Charlotte		225 / 69.1[201]	17	2009	Charlotte	150 room hotel built by Bank of America for $500 million combined cost for 1 Bank of America Center and the hotel. The bank has an agreement with the hotel to cover their losses in order to keep the hotel open.[202][203] Also, bank employees will receive discounted rates.[204]
	Johnston Building		225 / 69.1[205]	17	1924	Charlotte
	Janeway Clinical Sciences Tower		225 / 68.6[206]	18	1987	Winston-Salem
92	Uptown 550		223 / 68[207]	21	2019	Charlotte	21 story apartment tower that along with a 6-story building contains 421 apartments. It was developed and owned by Northwood Ravin. The building broke ground in December 2016 and was completed in October 2019. The project cost was $82.151 million, and it sits on a 3.76-acre site in Uptown Charlotte.[208]
	Durham Centre		223 / 68[209]	18	1987	Durham	3rd tallest building in Durham
96	Capital Bank Plaza		221 / 67.4[210]	15	1964	Raleigh
97	Buncombe County Courthouse		217 / 66.1[211]	16	1928	Asheville
98	Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center		214 / 65.2[212]	14	1988	Charlotte
99	Charter Square		213 / 65[213]	11	2015	Raleigh	[214] Platinum LEED certified.
	Sheraton Capital Center		213 / 65[215]	17	2008	Raleigh	The hotel was purchased by Oaktree Capital and Northview Hotel in October 2012 for undisclosed sum. Previously it was purchased by Genwood Raleigh LLC in 2006 for $22 million. The hotel has 353 guest rooms, which makes it the third largest hotel in the Triangle.[216][217][218] With 353 rooms it is the second largest hotel in the triangle by number of rooms.[219]
101	440 South Church		212 / 64.7[220]	16	2009	Charlotte
	Towerview at Ballantyne		212 / 64.7[221]	16	2021	Charlotte	Announced in October 2019 by Northwood Ravin as Ballantyne Corporate Park's first apartment tower. The 16-story building with an attached low-rise building have 212 apartments. The apartments ranged in size from one bedroom to three-bedroom units with the smallest apartments having 650 square feet (60 m2) and the largest units with 3,800 square feet (350 m2). It delivered in the spring of 2021. The building was part of the early stages of Ballantyne Reimagined.[222]
	The Line		212 / 64.7[223]	16	2022	Charlotte	A 16-story building developed by Portman[224] on a 2.2 acre lot next to the current location of Scycamore Brewing.[225] The brewery will move next store to be its anchor tentant.[226] Foundry Commercial will be the first tenant of the building starting on May 16, 2022.[227]
	Park Central		212 / 64.7	16[228]	2017	Raleigh	Apartment building in North Hills with 286 apartments across 252,204 square feet (23,430.5 m2) including 36,400 square feet (3,380 m2) of ground floor retail. Completed in September 2017.[228]
105	One West Fourth		211 / 64.3[229]	13	2002	Winston-Salem	Tallest building constructed in Winston-Salem in the 2000s
106	Duke Chapel		210 / 64[230]		1935	Durham	Tallest building in Durham from 1935 to 1937.
107	Wake County Office Building		206 / 62.8[231]	15	2007	Raleigh
108	Hill Building		202 / 61.6[232]	17	1937	Durham	21c Hotel. Tallest building in Durham from 1937 to 1965. A window was broken after a man was pushed off the top floor.
109	Capitol Towers North		200 / 60.9[233]	10	2017	Charlotte	Developed by Charlotte-based Lincoln Harris, located in South Park on a 6 acres (2.4 ha) site behind Piedmont Town Center. Each building contains 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2) of office space. The towers were built as speculative buildings, with no tenants signed on prior to construction.[234][235]
	Capitol Towers South		200 / 60.9[236]	10	2015	Charlotte	Developed by Charlotte-based Lincoln Harris, located in South Park on a 6 acres (2.4 ha) site behind Piedmont Town Center. Each building contains 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2) of office space. The towers were built as speculative buildings, with no tenants signed on prior to construction.[234][235]
	Quorum Center		200 / 60.9[237]	15	2007	Raleigh	[238] Building received damage from the Metropolitan apartment complex fire on March 16, 2017.[239]

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This lists buildings that are under construction in North Carolina and are planned to rise at least 200 ft (61 m). Buildings that have already been topped out are also included. As of May 2024, there are 23 such buildings under construction.

This lists buildings that are approved or on hold in North Carolina that are planned to rise at least 200 ft (61 m).

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• List of tallest buildings in Raleigh, North Carolina
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