500 Boylston Street

500 Boylston Street
The 500 Boylston Street building in Boston
General information
Type	Office
Architectural style	Postmodern
Location	500 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates	42°21′02.67″N 71°04′27.76″W / 42.3507417°N 71.0743778°W / 42.3507417; -71.0743778
Completed	1989
Height
Roof	328 feet (100 m)
Technical details
Floor count	25
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Johnson / Burgee Architects
Developer	Hines Interests LP
Structural engineer	LeMessurier Consultants Cosentini Associates(MEP/FP)

500 Boylston Street is a 1.3-million square foot postmodern building located in the Back Bay section of Boston and part of the city's High Spine, completed in 1989. It is located next to the landmark Trinity Church, Boston. It dominates the western half of the city block bounded by Boylston, Clarendon and Berkeley streets and St. James Avenue. The building was designed by John Burgee Architects with Philip Johnson, with structural engineering by LeMessurier Consultants and MEP/FP engineering by Cosentini Associates, Inc. The construction project was managed by Bond Brothers. It cost $100 million to build. The site contains approximately 137,000 square feet (12,700 m²) of land area, with approximately 500 feet (150 m) of frontage on Boylston Street.^[1]

The first six floors are retail and small office space. Above that there is a 19-story office tower with Class A office space. It has approximately 715,000 square feet (66,400 m²) of office space. It has an underground parking lot for 1,000 cars that it shares with 222 Berkeley Street.