Tallest Approved or Proposed
This lists skyscrapers that are approved or proposed in Boston and planned to be at least 400 feet (122 m) tall, but are not yet completed structures.
| Name | Height |
Floors | Year* |
Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trans National Place | 995 !1,000 (305) | 75 | — | Proposed | The tower was originally proposed with a roof height of at least 1,000 feet (300 m). The FAA ruled that this height was too tall given the proximity of Logan Airport; a redesign has not yet been announced. |
| South Bay Tower | 800 (244) | 67 | — | Proposed | Also known as the Gateway Center |
| Congress Street Tower 1 | 702 (214) | 52 | — | Proposed | |
| Copley Place Tower | 625 (191) | 47 | 2016 | Approved | Would become the tallest residential building in the city; to be built over Copley Place's anchor store, Neiman Marcus with a mix of luxury real estate and offices |
| Millenium Tower | 625 (191) | 55 | — | Approved | When completed, the project will feature 600 residential units plus 218,000 square feet of office space and as much as 231,000 square feet of retail. The developer will preserve the historic Burnham Building, once home to the department store Filene's. |
| South Station Tower | 621 (189) | 41 | — | Approved | Construction was scheduled to begin 2007, but has not commenced; now considered to be a stale proposal |
| Congress Street Tower 2 | 551 (168) | 42 | 2017 | Approved | |
| Nashua Street Residences | 415 (127) | 37 | 2015 | Approved |
* Table entries with dashes (—) indicate that information regarding building dates of completion has not yet been released.
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