As of 2025, Omaha, Nebraska, has 21 buildings that stand above . These include the 45-story First National Bank Tower, the 30-story Woodmen Tower, and the 21-story Elmwood Tower. The Mutual of Omaha Headquarters Tower topped out in November 2025, and will become the tallest building in the city and state when it is completed in late 2026. Furthermore, Nebraska Medicine proposed a 20-story tower in 2024 that is set to become Omaha's tallest building in Midtown at over . Site prep is currently underway.
Omaha's history of tall building construction can be divided into distinct periods, with the early skyscraper boom occurring in the 1910s. The City National Bank Building (completed in 1910) and the AT&T Building (completed in 1919) were among the city's first high-rises. The AT&T Building held the title of the city's tallest structure for half a century, from 1919 until 1969. The mid-century saw the development of Modernist towers, including the Woodmen Tower in 1969, which then held the record for the tallest building in Nebraska until the completion of the Postmodern First National Bank Tower in 2002.
History
Map of tallest buildings The following map shows the distribution of buildings taller than 200 ft (61 m) in the Omaha metropolitan area. Individual buildings are colored by their decade of completion and numbered by their height rank. Named clusters of three or more buildings are shown in further detail below.
By cluster +DowntownMidtown
Tallest habitable buildings This list ranks completed and topped out high-rises in the Omaha metropolitan area that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion and then alphabetically.
Rank NamePicture Floors Height Year Completed Area Primary Purpose Source 1 Mutual of Omaha Tower 44 2026 Downtown Office 2 First National Bank Tower 45 2002 Downtown Office 3 WoodmenLife Tower 30 1969 Downtown Office 4 AT&T Building 16 1918 Downtown Office 5 Elmwood Tower 21 1963 Midtown Residential 6 Union Pacific Center 19 2004 Downtown Office 7 First National Center 22 1971 Downtown Office 8 Mutual of Omaha Building 14 1970 Midtown Office 9 The Highline 15 1957 Downtown Residential 10 1200 Landmark Center 15 1990 Downtown Office 11 Omaha World-Herald 16 1980 Downtown Office 12 Omaha Double Tree Hotel 19 1970 Downtown Hotel 13Lied Transplant Center 15 1999 Midtown Hospital (primarily) 14 Charles Schwab Tower 12 2013 Old Mill Office 15 Orpheum Tower 16 1910 Downtown Residential 16 The Duo(Central Park Plaza) 16 1982 Downtown Residential 17 Farnam 1600 14 1917 Downtown Residential 18Blackstone Plaza 14 1961 Midtown Office 19 Westbrook Tower 17 1966 Downtown Residential 20RiverFront Place Condos II 15 2011 Downtown Residential 21 Omaha Tower 15 1976 Aksarben Office
Tallest building under construction
Picture Name Height Floors Year Status Area Use Notes Project Health to 400 feet (122 m) 18-20 2030 Under construction Midtown Medical Will function as a clinical learning and research center, as well as patient hospital, for Nebraska Medicine and UNMC. The $2.19 billion tower will be 50% funded by private dollars.
Cancelled Name Height Floors Use NotesVortex Tower610 feet (186 m)60Observation TowerPost Office Tower500 feet (152 m)36Office/Hotel Lanoha Tower 430 feet (131 m) 30 Office/Retail Omaha Marriott Hotel 28 Hotel WallStreet Tower 32 Residential Project 19 20 Office HDR, Inc. Corporate Headquarters 16 Office
Timeline of tallest buildings
The following is a list of buildings that were once the tallest structure in Omaha. Name Years as tallest Heightfeet / m Floors Reference Omaha National Bank Building 1889–1912 Woodmen of the World Building 1912–1919 AT&T Building 1919–1969 Woodmen Tower 1969–2002 First National Bank Tower 2002–present
See also Architecture in Omaha, Nebraska Downtown Omaha Tourism in Omaha, Nebraska List of tallest buildings in Nebraska List of tallest buildings in Lincoln, Nebraska
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