Rank Name Height
ft (m)
Floors Year Coordinates Notes
1 Ordway Building 404 (123) 28 1970 37°48′36″N 122°15′51″W / 37.81000°N 122.26417°W / 37.81000; -122.26417 Tallest building in both Oakland and in the Bay Area outside of San Francisco; tallest building constructed in the 1970s[2][11]
2 Kaiser Center 390 (119) 28 1960 37°48′32″N 122°15′52″W / 37.80889°N 122.26444°W / 37.80889; -122.26444 Tallest building constructed in the 1960s[7][12]
3 Lake Merritt Plaza 371 (113) 27 1988 37°48′27″N 122°15′54″W / 37.80750°N 122.26500°W / 37.80750; -122.26500 Tallest building constructed in the 1980s[13][14]
4 1111 Broadway 360 (110) 24 1990 37°48′10″N 122°16′22″W / 37.80278°N 122.27278°W / 37.80278; -122.27278 Tallest building constructed in the 1990s[15][16]
5 Kaiser Engineering Building 336 (102) 25 1984 37°48′21″N 122°15′54″W / 37.80583°N 122.26500°W / 37.80583; -122.26500 [17][18]
6 Clorox Building 330 (101) 24 1976 37°48′12″N 122°16′20″W / 37.80333°N 122.27222°W / 37.80333; -122.27222 [19][20]
7= EM Harris State Office Building 328 (100) 22 1998 37°48′23″N 122°16′24″W / 37.80639°N 122.27333°W / 37.80639; -122.27333 [21][22]
7= Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building South 328 (100) 18 1994 37°48′16″N 122°16′29″W / 37.80444°N 122.27472°W / 37.80444; -122.27472 [23][24]
7= Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building North 328 (100) 18 1994 37°48′18″N 122°16′28″W / 37.80500°N 122.27444°W / 37.80500; -122.27444 [24][25]
10 Oakland City Hall 320 (98) 14 1914 37°48′19″N 122°16′21″W / 37.80528°N 122.27250°W / 37.80528; -122.27250 Tallest building constructed in the 1910s;[4][26] National Register of Historic Places[6]
11 Tribune Tower 310 (94) 22 1906 37°48′11″N 122°16′14″W / 37.80306°N 122.27056°W / 37.80306; -122.27056 Tallest building constructed in the 1920s[27][28]
12 1330 Broadway 297 (91) 21 1956–1959[29] 37°48′14″N 122°16′14″W / 37.80389°N 122.27056°W / 37.80389; -122.27056 [30][31]
13 Pacific Bell Building 296 (90) 20 1985 37°48′37″N 122°15′57″W / 37.81028°N 122.26583°W / 37.81028; -122.26583 [32][33]
14 555 City Center 279 (85) 20 2002 37°48′13″N 122°16′31″W / 37.80361°N 122.27528°W / 37.80361; -122.27528 [34][35]
15 Park Bellevue Tower 270 (82) 25 1969 37°48′28″N 122°15′20″W / 37.80778°N 122.25556°W / 37.80778; -122.25556 [36][37][38]
16 St. Paul's Towers 267 (81) 22 1966 37°48′42″N 122°15′37″W / 37.81167°N 122.26028°W / 37.81167; -122.26028 [39][40]
17 The Grand Apartments 263 (80) 22 2008 37°48′41″N 122°15′53″W / 37.81139°N 122.26472°W / 37.81139; -122.26472 [41][42]
18 Central Building 235 (72) 15 1926 37°48′15″N 122°16′14″W / 37.80417°N 122.27056°W / 37.80417; -122.27056 [43][44]
19 Bank of America Building 225 (69) 18 1907 37°48′10″N 122°16′17″W / 37.80278°N 122.27139°W / 37.80278; -122.27139 Tallest building constructed in the decade of 1900[3][45]
20 Financial Center Building 214 (65) 14 1929 37°48′13″N 122°16′13″W / 37.80361°N 122.27028°W / 37.80361; -122.27028 [46][47]
21 SBC Building 203 (62) 15 37°48′21″N 122°16′08″W / 37.80583°N 122.26889°W / 37.80583; -122.26889 [48]