List of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids

High-rises in downtown Grand Rapids.

This list of tallest buildings in Grand Rapids ranks buildings in the U.S. city of Grand Rapids, Michigan by height. The tallest building in Grand Rapids is the River House Condominiums, it is 406 feet (124 m) tall.

Tallest buildings

Grand Rapids skyline in 2024

This lists ranks Grand Rapids buildings 150 feet (46 m) or taller. This height includes spires. This height does not include antennas.

Rank	Name	Image	Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	River House		406 / 124	33	2008	Tallest building in Michigan outside of Detroit. Tallest residential building in Michigan. Part of Bridgewater Place complex, one of two buildings.[1]
2	Plaza Towers		345 / 105	34	1991	Tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1991 to 2008.[2]
3	Amway Grand Plaza Hotel		318 / 97	28	1983	Tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1983 to 1991.[3]
4	Bridgewater Place		272 / 83	18	1993	Part of Bridgewater place complex, one of two buildings.[4]
5	Studio Park Tower		270 / 82	22	2024	Opened October 22, 2024.[5]
6	McKay Tower		259 / 79	16	1927	Tallest building in Grand Rapids from 1927 to 1983. Tallest for the longest time: 56 years.[6]
7	JW Marriott Grand Rapids		257 / 78	23	2007	[7]
8	Kent County Courthouse		206 / 63	13	2001	[8]
9=	Cathedral of Saint Andrew		192 / 59	1	1876	[9]
9=	Warner Building		192 / 59	15	2019	[10]
11	77 Monroe Center NW		182 / 55.5	13	1926	[11]
12	First Community Bank Building		180 / 55	13	1916	[12]
13	Gallery on Fulton		175 / 53	14	2010	[13]
14	601 Bond		172 / 52	16	2019	[14]
15	Campau Square Plaza Building		164 / 50	12	1985	[15]
16	Residence Inn Grand Rapids Downtown		162 / 49	13	2021	[16]
17	St Mary's Catholic Church		160 / 49	1	1884	[17][18]
18	Helen DeVos Children's Hospital		155 / 47	11	2011	[19]
19=	Morton House Apartments		154 / 47	13	1923	[20]
19=	Michigan Trust Company Building		154 / 47	11	1928	[21]
21	20 Fulton Street East		153 / 46	12	2017	[22]
22	Amway Grand Plaza Hotel (Pantlind Hotel)		150 / 46	12	1915	[23]
23	PNC Bank Building		~150 / ~46	10	1982	^[source?]

Tallest proposed

Rank	Name	Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes
1	DeVos Place Hotel	~306 / ~93	24	-	[24]
2	22 Ottawa Ave.	280 / 85	24	-	[25]

Timeline of tallest buildings

Name	Image	Height feet / m	Floors	Year	Notes
River House		406 / 124	34	2008–present
Plaza Towers		345 / 105	34	1991–2008
Amway Grand Plaza Hotel		318 / 97	29	1983–1991
McKay Tower		259 / 79	18	1927–1983
Cathedral of Saint Andrew		192 / 59	1	1917–1927	Tallest after the 1917 Fountain Street Baptist Church fire.[9]
Fountain Street Baptist Church		217 / 66	1	1877–1917	Tallest building in Michigan from April 1877 to June 1877 until the completion of Fort Street Presbyterian Church in Detroit, MI. Destroyed by fire in 1917.[26][27]
Saint Mark's Episcopal Church		~80 / ~24	1	1851–18??
Old Stone School		~70 / ~21	3	1849–1851
Campau's Mansion		~55 / ~17	4	1837–1849
Calkins Law Office		~20 / ~6	1	1836–1837

References

1. "River House Condominiums". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
2. "Plaza Towers". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
3. "Amway Grand Plaza Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
4. "Varnum". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
5. "Studio Park Tower officially open". www.wzzm13.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
6. "McKay Tower". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
7. "JW Marriott Grand Rapids". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
8. "Kent County Courthouse". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-12-16.
9. "Cathedral of Saint Andrew - Renovations". Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids. Retrieved 1 October 2017. The main steeple is 180 feet from the pavement, topped by a 12 foot high cross, bringing the steeple height to 192 feet. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "STandrew" defined multiple times with different content
10. Harger, Jim (28 June 2017). "50 years later, parking lot will give way to $72M office and hotel tower". MLive.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
11. "77 Monroe Center NW". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
12. "Select Bank Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
13. "gallery on fulton". Emporis. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
14. "Developer secures brownfield funds". Grand Rapids Business Journal. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
15. "Campau Square Plaza Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
16. "Plans for 42-story tower downtown Grand Rapids shrink to 13 stories". Mlive. 2018-06-14. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
17. "St. Mary's Catholic Church, Grand Rapids | 250378 | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017. The 200-foot spire was added to the current church in 1884.(200 foot claim is approximate)
18. "Parish History - St. Mary Catholic Church". St. Mary Catholic Church. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
19. "Helen Devos Children's Hospital". Emporis. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
20. "Morton House Apartments". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
21. "Trust Building". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
22. "20 Fulton East". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
23. "Amway Grand Plaza Hotel". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
24. Harger, Jim (21 April 2017). "New 400-room hotel proposed for DeVos Place convention center". MLive.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
25. "24-story, mixed-use building proposed for downtown Grand Rapids". MLive. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
26. Logie, Thomas R. Dilley ; foreword by John H. (2007). Grand Rapids in stereographs,1860-1900. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. p. 63. ISBN 9780738551227. The spire on the church was an amazing 217 feet in height, The entire building was destroyed in a catastrophic fire in 1917...
27. Baxter, Albert (1891). History of the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Munsell. p. 282. It was consequently, not until April 1877, that they could assemble for worship in the magnificent audience room.