This is a list of the tallest buildings in Yangon, the most populous city of Myanmar. The list includes skyscrapers and high-rise building standing at or above but excludes other tall structures such as the Shwedagon Pagoda in the city proper, or buildings elsewhere in the Yangon Region, such as those in Thanlyin.
Yangon has the vast majority of the tallest buildings in the country. The city currently does not have a single skyscraper exceeding in height as defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and will not have one as long as the current zoning regulations, which cap the maximum height at above sea level, (75% of the Shwedagon Pagoda's sea level height) remain in place. The regulations came into effect after a proposal to build a tower in downtown Yangon was defeated by local conservationists in 2014.
Tallest buildings The following list ranks completed buildings in Yangon that stand about or taller based on the estimates by Emporis, unless otherwise stated. Because of its use of Emporis's estimates, the list may not be fully accurate—in terms of inclusion and rankings. (Emporis estimates the height of buildings based on the number of floors; as a result, buildings with the same number of floors—regardless of the type (office or residential)—are estimated at the same height.See Emporis's estimates for Yangon buildings here: .) The estimated heights are given in italics.
Rank NameImage Location Height: m (ft) Floors Year Notes Reference 1 Diamond Inya Palace Mayangon 34 2019 2 M Tower Kamayut 27 2020 3 Golden City Tower I Yankin 33 2016 Phase 1 Golden City Tower II Golden City Tower III Golden City Tower IV Golden City Tower V 2018 Phase 2 Golden City Tower VI Golden City Tower VII 10 Times City Office Tower I Kamayut 25 2019 Emporis estimates but according to iMyanmar House each office floor is high, meaning the building is at least tall. 11 Lotte Hotel Yangon Residences Hlaing 29 2017 10= Sedona Hotel Inya Wing Yankin 29 2016 13 Sakura Tower Kyauktada 20 1999 14 Kaba Aye Executive Residence Mayangon 27 2016 14= Paragon Residence Ahlon 27 2018 14= Myanmar Plaza I Bahan 27 2015 Myanmar Plaza II 14= The Central Tower I Yankin 27 2020 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road 19 Kanthaya Center Office Tower Mingala Taungnyunt 22 2019 Emporis estimates Kanthaya Center 1's height as but according to iMyanmar House each floor is high, and the office building consists of 22 above ground floors, meaning the building is at least tall. 20 Pyay Garden Sanchaung 25 2013 19= Centrepoint Office Tower Kyauktada 25 2012 Construction began in 1995 Pullman Centrepoint Hotel 2014 20= Kanthaya Center IV Mingala Taungnyunt 25 2019 20= Pan Pacific Hotel Pabedan 25 2017 20= Crystal Residences Kamayut 25 2017 19= Kanbe Tower A Yankin 25 2020 Kanbe Tower B Kanbe Tower C
Tallest under construction The list below covers the buildings under construction that will be or taller. The height estimates are by Emporis unless otherwise stated. The estimated heights are given in italics.
NameImage Location Height: m (ft) Floors Year (est.) Notes Reference Lake Suites I Bahan 32 2021 Phase 2 of Myanmar Plaza development broke ground in 2016 Estimated height on 32 stories only. Emporis gives 34 stories and estimates its height as . However, according to , the tallest three towers are 32 stories only. This means Emporis' estimate needs to be adjusted to 32 floors, and . Lake Suites II Lake Suites III Emerald Bay I Thaketa ? 32 2022 2x32-story buildings; 3x29-story buildings See for the overall project scope. Emerald Bay II Inno City III South Okkalapa 30 2021 The official height of 108.8 m (357 feet) per . Emporis' estimate is 107.5 m (353 feet). Inno City IV Inno City V Inno City I South Okkalapa 29 2021 Inno City II Emerald Bay III Thaketa ? 29 2022 2x32-story buildings; 3x29-story buildings See for the overall project scope. Emerald Bay IV Emerald Bay V Kajima Garden Hotel Yankin ? 29 Hotel plus a 22-story hotel and a 21-story office Infinity Condominium Bahan 28 2021 The Central Tower II Yankin 27 2020 Kaba Aye Pagoda Road The Central Tower III The Central Tower IV 68 Residence Bahan 26 2020 At Saya San and Kaba Aye Pagoda Roads Peninsula Residences Kyauktada 26 Burma Railway Headquarters redevelopment Landmark Towers III 2021 Landmark Towers IV 25
Timeline of tallest buildings As many exact heights are unknown, the timeline below may be incomplete. Estimated heights are given in italics.
NameImage Location Height: m (ft) Floors Years as tallest Notes Reference Asia Plaza Hotel Kyauktada 17 1988–1996 Skyscraper Page, , reports its floor count as 17 and . Emporis, , estimates it as 16 stories and . The discrepancy in the floor count may be that Emporis simply uses the floor number of the topmost floor, 16, without accounting for the ground floor. Sule Shangri-La Hotel Kyauktada 22 1996–1999 Formerly, Traders Hotel Sakura Tower Kyauktada 20 1999–2016 According to the tower's web site, , it is a high 20-story tower, completed in 1999. A 2014 National Geographic article, , identifies the Sakura Tower as the tallest building in Yangon. Sedona Hotel Inya Wing Yankin 29 2016 Golden City Tower I Yankin 33 2016–2019 Golden City Tower II Golden City Tower III Golden City Tower IV Golden City Tower V 2018–2019 Golden City Tower VI Golden City Tower VII Diamond Inya Palace Mayangon 34 2019–present
See also List of tallest structures in Myanmar List of tallest buildings in Myanmar
External sources Committee for Quality Control of High Rise Building Construction Projects, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
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