Prudential additions to get shorter
The owner of the Prudential Center is reducing the size of a proposed office tower and residential building to try to placate Back Bay neighbors who said the height of the buildings would have adverse affects on wind and sunlight in the area, according to new plans filed with the city.
Boston Properties LLC. wants to cut the height of its tower at 888 Boylston Street to by two floors, to 17 stories, a reduction of 23 feet. The firm is also proposing to trim three stories off Exeter Residences, dropping the building to 27 stories from an earlier plan that called for 30.
The changes to the project were outlined today in new plans filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, which must sign off on the new design. The building at 888 Boylston, to be built in front of the Prudential Tower, will be the final office building in the Prudential Center complex.
The Prudential Center project has gone through a series of alterations over the course of 22 years, with developers struggling to reach agreement with the city and neighbors over a final design.
(Casey Ross)
