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Originally Posted by colemonkee
...The Hub on Causeway opened in 2019-2022 over North Station and features a 38-story residential tower and 31-story office building anchored by Verizon that while not over 600 ft still adds a lot of density and anchors the northern end of the skyline.
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Unfortunately, the residential there was supposed to be about 650' and got chopped down to 496'! The office tower (Verizon), on the other hand, grew from about 420' to actually getting built at 510'. It would have looked a lot better if the residential was built as originally planned, because now there are 4 towers too close in height that all kind of blob together. Technically, that area could accommodate ~800' on certain parcels, so maybe there's still hope. However, that hope is not today, and not in sight within the current building climate.
This is Boston's last awesome project for a while. Nothing over 500' is even in the pipeline. Cambridge will be doing the heavy lifting going forward, and that will be great including major new peaks in Kendall, but the top of the skyline will be the same for a while once SST is completed. Luckily, building is a cumulative thing, so all the new towers (including 5 over 600' which just doubled Boston's total to 10) will be around for all of us to enjoy going forward!