Renaissance Tower, located at 1201 Elm Street in downtown Dallas, Texas is a 56-story modern-styled skyscraper. Standing at a structural height of 886 feet (270 m), it is the second tallest skyscraper in Dallas. It is also the fifth tallest building in Texas and the 24th tallest building in the United States.

The building was designed by the architectural firm Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, completed in 1974, and renovated by architects Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in 1986. Renaissance Tower currently houses the corporate headquarters of Blockbuster. At the time of completion in 1974, it was the tallest building in Dallas at 710 feet (216 m).

In 1985, it was surpassed by Fountain Place and Bank of America Plaza, which became Dallas' tallest building by far. It was also clear that Renaissance Tower would be overtaken by two other buildings under construction (Comerica Bank Tower and JPMorgan Chase Tower). Therefore, in order to regain some status, the building underwent a major renovation in 1986 which re-glazed the exterior of the building.

In 1986, James T. Chiles was brought in by the owner, The Prudential Insurance Company of America to design the broadcast center and towers on top the building, one of which was 176 feet (54 m) tall. This brought the structural height of the building up to 886 ft (270 m), securing its place as the second-tallest building in Dallas.

(However, if one were to exclude antennas and spires, the Renaissance Tower is currently the fifth-tallest building in Dallas.)In 2001 In 1996 Blockbuster Inc., which was then headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, began studying the idea of moving its headquarters, which consisted of 400 employees, into 260,000 square feet (24,000 m2) of space in the Renaissance Tower. A source at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram stated that Blockbuster chose floor 23 as the center of its operation. In November 1996 Blockbuster confirmed that it was moving into 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2) of space on eight floors in the Renaissance Tower.

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