This downtown Boston spire of up to 775 feet would be the region's tallest primarily residential building
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October 18, 2018
Meet Winthrop Center: 691-foot downtown Boston skyscraper to officially break ground in October
The mixed-use building will be one of the tallest New England and could also end up being particularly environmentally friendly.
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September 28, 2018
Here comes the 691-foot Winthrop Square skyscraper
The developer has closed on the sale of the site of the condo and office project. It expects to wrap construction in 2022.
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May 18, 2018
690-foot Winthrop Square tower is likely a go following key approval
It was once slated to stretch to 775 feet, making it the second-tallest building in Boston—in New England—behind 200 Clarendon. As it looks now, the tower will still rank among the 10 tallest in the city and the larger region.
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May 17, 2018
It’s decision time on 690-foot Winthrop Square tower, but tweaks still possible
Some surrounding building owners are concerned about the 1.6 million-square-foot development’s bulk.
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May 3, 2018
Key approval nudges 690-foot Winthrop Square tower that much closer to construction
The Boston Civic Design Commission has approved Handel Architects’ glassy design.
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April 13, 2018
Will the newly proposed design for the Winthrop Square Garage tower move the 690-foot project forward?
Concerns over its scope—especially its height—and its design have held up the office-and-condo building, which developer Millennium Partners first broached in 2016.
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January 8, 2018
Winthrop Square tower renderings show a still-sizable spire, whatever the shrinkage
Recall that developer Millennium Partners recently shrank the height of the proposed spire to 691 feet from 702 feet because of concerns over shadows it might cast and its impact on flights in and out of Logan.
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January 4, 2018
Winthrop Square tower’s proposed height shrinks again
The spire was originally supposed to be 775 feet—which would have made it the tallest primarily residential building in New England and the second-tallest in Boston.
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September 11, 2017
Developer behind Winthrop Square tower chops proposed height to comply with FAA regulations
What would have been the tallest primarily residential tower in New England would now reach no more than 702 feet. It’s anyone’s guess whether this advances the project.
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August 2, 2017
Key state official on Winthrop Square tower: We’ll see
The battle over the proposed 775-foot spire is far from over, whatever the recent relaxation of laws governing shadows over downtown Boston locations such as the Common and the Public Garden.
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July 31, 2017
Hurdles remain for Winthrop Square tower despite shadows change
A proposal to plunk a 775-foot tower on the site of the shuttered Winthrop Square Garage took a big step forward when Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation relaxing laws governing shadows that new buildings can cast in downtown Boston. But the project faces other potential roadblocks.
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July 12, 2017
Winthrop Square Garage tower further in doubt as key official balks
Citing the potential for "great damage to historic buildings" in downtown Boston, Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin is urging lawmakers to delay a pivotal vote regarding what would be New England’s tallest primarily residential tower.
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June 28, 2017
Plans for New England’s tallest residential tower face another delay
A key commission wants more time to study the potential shadows that a 775-foot redevelopment of Boston’s Winthrop Square Garage might cast. It’s unclear if the delay is speed bump or a brick wall.
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June 13, 2017
Deal cooking to build New England’s tallest residential tower
Recall that concerns over the potential shadows that a 775-foot redevelopment of the city-owned Winthrop Square Garage would cast has held up plans for the site. Those plans including condos on the top 36 floors, with offices, retail, and public space below.
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April 27, 2017
Friends of the Public Garden on shadows decision: ‘We find it disingenuous’
The Friends of the Public Garden emailed a statement from Elizabeth Vizza, the nonprofit’s executive director, regarding a key City Council vote April 26 that furthers a plan for what would be Boston’s tallest primarily residential tower.
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April 26, 2017
Winthrop Square skyscraper clears City Council (updated)
The Boston City Council voted 10-3 on April 26 to support an exemption to a state law governing shadows that new Boston developments cast on certain areas. The exemption would allow for the construction of a 775-foot tower in place of the city-owned Winthrop Square Garage.
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April 25, 2017
Winthrop Square Garage tower closes in on key City Council approval
Mayor Marty Walsh appears to have enough votes to move his request for a revision to a state law governing shadows past the municipal chamber and on to the Massachusetts legislature. Such a revision would clear the way for the tallest residential tower in New England.
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April 17, 2017
Boston's 10 tallest buildings by 2020
A handful of projects either planned, underway, or recently completed will help transform Boston's skyline within the next few years.
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April 10, 2017
Plan for city’s tallest residential building could move forward
Mayor Marty Walsh is expected to introduce legislation that would exempt a proposed 750-foot tower at the city-owned Winthrop Square Garage from laws forbidding the casting of shadows at certain times over Boston Common and the Public Garden.
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January 25, 2017
Winthrop Square tower developer not keen on cutting height
We asked Millennium Partners if it would cut the proposed 775-foot height of what would be the region’s tallest primarily residential building to placate critics. Here’s the answer.
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January 24, 2017
Withdrawal from ‘shadow bank’ may save region’s tallest residential tower
Officials want to tap into a reserve of allowable shadows over the Boston Common to advance the construction of a spire in place of the old Winthrop Square Garage.
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January 24, 2017
Just how much shade would Boston’s second-tallest tower throw?
Millennium Partners, the would-be developer of the planned tower at the site of the city-owned Winthrop Square Garage, recently detailed the effects its 750-foot spire would have on the Boston Common and the Public Garden.
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January 24, 2017
Shadow concerns may doom plans for Boston’s second-tallest tower
Plans to plunk a 750-foot building where the city-owned Winthrop Square Garage now looms have been cast into doubt. Why? Because of the shadows the spire might cast over the Common and the Public Garden.
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October 26, 2016
Here comes Boston's second-tallest tower
The city has cut a deal with developer Millennium Partners to build a 750-foot condo tower at the site of the Winthrop Square Garage downtown. At its tip, it will stretch beyond any building in the city except for the 790-foot 200 Clarendon.
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March 10, 2016
Race On to Build a Mega-Development in Winthrop Square
Financial District tower could stretch to around 700 feet, gigantic for Boston.