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Architecture
Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.
RANK
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Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
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2 | 7th & Market | San Diego | 2023 |
144 m / 473 ft |
39 | Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail |
3 | Overture | San Diego | - |
132 m / 432 ft |
41 | Residential |
4 | 611 Island Avenue | San Diego | 2025 |
131 m / 428 ft |
37 | Residential |
5 | Courthouse Commons | San Diego | 2023 |
129 m / 425 ft |
37 | Residential / Office |
6 | First Allied Plaza | San Diego | 2005 |
126 m / 412 ft |
23 | Residential / Office |
7 | Ballpark Village | San Diego | 2018 |
123 m / 402 ft |
36 | Residential |
8 | The Merian | San Diego | 2020 |
109 m / 358 ft |
35 | Residential / Office |
9 | Block F Makers Quarter | San Diego | - |
108 m / 353 ft |
32 | Residential / Office |
10 | Comerica Bank Building | San Diego | 1974 |
103 m / 339 ft |
24 | Office |
11 | Wells Fargo Plaza | San Diego | 1984 |
101 m / 331 ft |
23 | Office |
Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | One Broadway Plaza | Santa Ana | - |
150 m / 493 ft |
37 | Residential / Office |
2 | 7th & Market | San Diego | 2023 |
144 m / 473 ft |
39 | Hotel / Residential / Office / Retail |
3 | Overture | San Diego | - |
132 m / 432 ft |
41 | Residential |
4 | 611 Island Avenue | San Diego | 2025 |
131 m / 428 ft |
37 | Residential |
5 | Courthouse Commons | San Diego | 2023 |
129 m / 425 ft |
37 | Residential / Office |
6 | First Allied Plaza | San Diego | 2005 |
126 m / 412 ft |
23 | Residential / Office |
7 | Ballpark Village | San Diego | 2018 |
123 m / 402 ft |
36 | Residential |
8 | The Merian | San Diego | 2020 |
109 m / 358 ft |
35 | Residential / Office |
9 | Block F Makers Quarter | San Diego | - |
108 m / 353 ft |
32 | Residential / Office |
10 | Comerica Bank Building | San Diego | 1974 |
103 m / 339 ft |
24 | Office |
11 | Wells Fargo Plaza | San Diego | 1984 |
101 m / 331 ft |
23 | Office |
12 | Luma | San Diego | 2018 |
82 m / 269 ft
Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 24 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 9,378 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
|
24 | Residential |
13 | Treo@Kettner | San Diego | 2003 |
81 m / 266 ft |
26 | Residential |
14 | Shift | San Diego | 2018 |
77 m / 253 ft |
21 | Residential |
15 | 7th & A | San Diego | - |
76 m / 250 ft |
21 | Residential |
16 | Hanover Little Italy | San Diego | 2021 |
74 m / 244 ft |
21 | Residential |
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