Millennium Tower (Boston) facts for kids
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Millennium Tower in 2017
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Residential, Retail |
| Location | 1 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Coordinates | 42°21′21.01″N 71°3′33.91″W / 42.3558361°N 71.0594194°W |
| Construction started | September 17, 2013 |
| Completed | September 07, 2015 |
| Opened | June 01, 2016 |
| Cost | US$375 million ($457 million in 2022 dollars ) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 684 ft (208 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 60 |
| Floor area | 1,100,000 sq ft (100,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Blake Middleton of Handel Architects |
| Developer | Millennium Partners |
| Structural engineer | DeSimone Consulting Engineers |
The Millennium Tower is a very tall building in Boston, Massachusetts. It has 60 floors and stands about 684 feet (208 meters) high. Building started in 2013 where an old department store called Filene's used to be. It was finished in 2016. As of 2020, it is the fourth tallest building in Boston.
The tower has 442 homes called condominiums. It also has a Roche Bros. grocery store and modern office spaces. People started moving into their new homes in July 2016.
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History of the Millennium Tower
Building the Tower: Early Ideas and Pauses
The Millennium Tower and another building, the Burnham Building, stand where a famous department store called Filene's used to be. When Filene's closed, the building was sold. A company called Vornado Realty Trust bought it. Vornado then worked with Gale International to plan a big project. They wanted to spend $700 million to rebuild the Filene's site.
In August 2007, the city approved their plan. It included a 39-story tower with a hotel, a restaurant, office space, 166 homes, and shops. There would also be a park nearby. The project was supposed to be finished by 2011. To make way for the new buildings, the old Filene's building had to be taken apart. This meant closing the Filene's Basement store and 218 people lost their jobs.
In the summer of 2008, the builders stopped the project. This happened because of a big financial crisis that affected the whole country. At that time, most of the old buildings had been torn down. The Burnham building was empty inside, and there was a large hole where other parts of Filene's used to be. The side of the Burnham building that was now open was covered with a tarp. After two years of no work, the City of Boston took back the building permits in November 2010.
New Owners and Construction Begins
In 2012, a new company called Millennium Partners took over the project. They got approval to build a 625-foot tower. It would have 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m2) of space for businesses and homes. This space would be spread across two buildings.
On April 13, 2013, a big advertising company called Arnold Worldwide agreed to rent a large part of the new building. With this agreement, construction started again. The building officially began construction on September 17, 2013. Boston's mayor, Thomas M. Menino, was there for the event. On April 26, 2014, 600 trucks poured a huge amount of concrete for the building's foundation. It was the largest concrete pour in Boston's history.
What's Inside the Tower Today
By 2013, it was already planned that a Roche Bros supermarket would be in the building.
An article from August 2016 in Boston Globe said that many luxury homes in the tower had been bought. Buyers came from Boston, other parts of the Asia and Europe. A manager from Millennium Partners thought that 75% of the owners would live in their homes in Downtown Crossing.
Gallery
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The site before construction started in April, 2013. This is looking towards the 1911 built Burnham Building.
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The Millennium Tower on May 2, 2014, with Filene's (Burnham Building) on the right
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Construction of the Millennium Tower in late May 2014, almost at street level
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The tower in mid-August 2014. The first floor has been added, with the second on its way.
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The tower on December 22, 2014 showing the first of the glass paneling.
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Construction in September 2015 showing concrete skeleton and curtain wall going up.
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Millennium Tower on April 8, 2016. Cladding is almost complete.
See also
In Spanish: Millennium Tower (Boston) para niños
