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Filene's Department Store was a department store building at 426 Washington Street in Downtown Crossing, Boston, Massachusetts. It was the flagship store of the Filene's department store chain. The building has been renovated and now serves as the offices for Havas and Arnold Worldwide. The building is maintained as part of the Millennium Tower.
Millennium Tower is a 60-story, 684-foot-tall (208 m) residential skyscraper in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. [7] Construction began in 2013 at the site of the former flagship store for Filene's in Downtown Crossing and was completed in 2016. [2] As of 2022, it is the fifth tallest building in Boston.
In 2010, the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District was initiated to revive an ailing Downtown Crossing. In 2015, the historic Burnham Building (see Filene's Department Store) where Filene's flagship previously resided became occupied by Havas and Arnold Worldwide on its upper floors.
Filene's (/ f aɪ ˈ l iː n z /, originally William Filene & Sons Co.) was an American department store chain; it was founded by William Filene in 1881. The success of the original full-line store in Boston, Massachusetts, was supplemented by the foundation of its off-price sister store Filene's Basement in 1908.
Filene's "Automatic Bargain Basement", as it was originally called, opened in 1909 beneath the Downtown Crossing location. [4] Filene's Basement, and its sister company, Filene's Department Store, were wholly owned by Federated Department Stores of Cincinnati. The two entities shared many operating systems, including payroll, benefits, and a ...
On September 27, 2016, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh changed the name of the development agency from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA). This change was part of a broader goal to make city government more transparent and to put a friendlier face to a bureaucratic agency that rules upon major ...
Replaced Filene's Basement Filene's: 2 1961 2006 Filene's Basement: 1 2011 Jordan Marsh: 4 1967 1996 Lord & Taylor: 2 1979 2020 Macy's: 4 1996 2006 Replaced Jordan Marsh 2 2006 — Replaced Filene's Nordstrom: 3 2010 2025 New construction that replaced Jordan Marsh site Primark: 1 2017 — Replaced the second level of Sears R. H. Stearns: 2 ...
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