Millennium Tower (Filene's) | 426 Washington Street | Downtown

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With all the various parties that must be appeased I wonder if this one will take 3 years to design like the last one did. Still, I'm interested in seeing what a different Architect can do with it.
 
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Wow. Great news, but if I were a betting man I would put money on Suffolk Downs winning the casino bid.
 
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Fantastic news, however, I'd be more comfortable with this if Vornado were totally out of the picture.
 
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JohnCostello said:
Let's be vigilant on the streetscape design / interaction at these public meetings. This approval process sounds like it is going to be Son of Liberty Mutual.
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Agreed. If they put forth a good design, that's obviously a good thing. Hope some of you guys are able to make the meetings and try to voice your opinion if the design isn't up to par.
 
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tmac9wr said:
Agreed. If they put forth a good design, that's obviously a good thing. Hope some of you guys are able to make the meetings and try to voice your opinion if the design isn't up to par.
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I'd skip work and most important family functions to help move this project along.
 
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This might be one of the only proposed buildings never built that I really regret.
 
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I think the new proposals with Millennium partners will definitely be taller. The only way they can probably make the economics work with the sunk costs that are already there. Given the location, plus their leverage of being able to go to the city and say if this isn't 550+ then it can't get done. Im excited
 
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Thrilled with the news! But I must say, I was sort of hoping for a hotel component here. But at this point, beggars can't be choosers as they say....
 
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choo said:
I think the new proposals with Millennium partners will definitely be taller. The only way they can probably make the economics work with the sunk costs that are already there. Given the location, plus their leverage of being able to go to the city and say if this isn't 550+ then it can't get done. Im excited
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Obviously if they do need a certain height to make the numbers work at this site, the Mayor has undoubtedly promised Millennium that he will see to it that they get what they need. I wouldn't be shocked to see them propose it 5-10 stories higher than what they need just in case someone comes out of the woodwork to oppose the height as "out of scale with the 'neighborhood.'"
 
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BosDevelop said:
Obviously if they do need a certain height to make the numbers work at this site, the Mayor has undoubtedly promised Millennium that he will see to it that they get what they need. I wouldn't be shocked to see them propose it 5-10 stories higher than what they need just in case someone comes out of the woodwork to oppose the height as "out of scale with the 'neighborhood.'"
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Don't forget about the shadows on the common argument. I think that may be more muffled here because of the situation and it might be taller by a good amount
 
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Whatever they develop on this location they should focus on opening up the entire Ground Floor to interact with streetscape. This would be the most important aspect for making downtown work.
We definitely need a good size building in this location at least high 5's or 6's.
I’m just not a fan of this developer (I think they are cheap with Construction Materials) but let’s see how the renderings look.
 
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Proposed Downtown Crossing tower could be up to 600 feet high

The development firm taking control of the former Filene’s property in downtown Boston said it will build a tower up to 600 feet high, rivaling the tallest buildings in the city’s Financial District.

A 600-foot tower would be nearly as tall as the Federal Reserve Building, or about the same height as One Financial Center.
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http://www.boston.com/Boston/busine...c4sGoMjJ99gEDgbs7AeN/index.html?p1=News_links
 
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Proposed Downtown Crossing tower could be up to 600 feet high
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I wouldn't be shocked to see them propose it 5-10 stories higher than what they need just in case someone comes out of the woodwork to oppose the height as "out of scale with the 'neighborhood.'"
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Uh Huh.
 
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I guessing it will be a glass box with alucobond and/or precast accents.

Just a hunch.
 
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By the time the neighborhood shakedown process is complete, I'd be surprised if anything changes at all.
 
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^^
From the original plans or the hole in the ground?
 
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the biggest eyesore downtown isnt even the Filene's hole it's the cement monster across the street...that thing is a true blight on the neighborhood...it's too bad there are so many businesses currently occupied in that space.
 
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I'll disagree.

I have no love for the building as a whole but at least it has a decent ground floor and interacts with the street.

The Hole is much, much worse.
 
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