615M Millennium Tower and Burnham Building One Step Closer to Transforming Downtown
$615M Millennium Tower and Burnham Building One Step Closer to Transforming Downtown The BRA Board unanimously approved the proposed Millennium Tower and Burnham Building in Downtown Crossing. The project will bring housing, office space, retail space, restaurant space, and a health club to an area undergoing a dramatic transformation. The project will preserve and renovate the Burnham Building and develop a mixed‐use residential building. “I am proud of the decisive progress being made by Millennium Partners just 8 months after announcing their lead on the Millennium Towerand Burnham Building,” said Mayor Menino. “This iconic development will invigorate the heart of our city with new residents, business owners, and private investment, solidifying the promise of Downtown Crossing.” The keystone to this redevelopment is the restoration of the historic Burnham Building, former home of Filene’s. Originally built in the early 20th century in the Beaux Arts architectural style, the building was the only Massachusetts work and the last prominent building designed by the acclaimed architect, Daniel Burnham, the designer of Chicago’s Marshall and Field Department Store and New York City’s Flat Iron Building. The restoration will include opening up the building at the street level for office space and retail, repairing the façade, updating all systems, taking full advantage of the large windows, wide column spacing, and high ceilings to provide the kind of creative, commercial space that retailers and Boston’s urban workforce demand. The Tower, shaped as a tapered “wedge”, will present a slender profile to the west, emphasize the distinct and historic character of the restored Burnham Building, increase daylight opportunities for the Washington Streetside, and maximize daylight to offices in the BurnhamBuilding and lower floors of the Tower.
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