With the Downtown building boom in full swing, the skyscraper is making a comeback in the heart of the city. Over the past year or so, government officials and developers have proposed the creation of three buildings 28 stories or taller. The last time such an imposing structure rose above the city was in 1990, when the 33-floor William Green Building opened at Spring and North High streets. Here are how the new batch of skyscrapers—North Market tower, the Millennial Tower and a pair of residential buildings in Franklinton, across from Downtown—compare with three of the city's most prominent man-made peaks.
Rhodes State Office Tower
Opened: 1973
Location: East Broad Street on Capitol Square
Floors: 41
Height: 629 feet
LeVeque Tower
Opened: 1927
Location: West Broad and North Front streets
Floors: 47
Height: 555 feet
Huntington Center
Opened: 1984
Location: South High Street on Capitol Square
Floors: 37
Height: 512 feet
North Market tower (Proposed)
Developer: Wood Companies and Schiff Capital Group
Location: Spruce and Park streets in the Arena District
Floors: 35
Height: 400 feet
Scioto Peninsula towers (Proposed)
Developer: The matching towers are part of a request for proposals issued in February by the Columbus Downtown Development Corp.
Location: East Franklinton
Floors: 30
Height: 360* feet
*estimate based on 12 feet per floor
Millennial Tower (Proposed)
Developer: Arshot Investment
Location: Front and Rich streets in RiverSouth
Floors: 28
Height: 330 feet