# Filene's landmark flagship store

Boston, MA · big-box · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-f64adfaf34` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/ma/boston-filene-s-landmark-flagship-store/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-f64adfaf34.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-f64adfaf34.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-f64adfaf34

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, reinhabit | none |
| New use | housing, office, retail | none |
| What is there now | upscale shopping destinations, high-dollar business space, and tony residences. Havas and Arnold Worldwide on its upper floors. In the second half of 2015, supermarket Roche Bros. and Primark, an Irish clothing retailer, opened to occupy the ground floor of the Burnham Building. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2006 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Vornado Realty Trust | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Anchors

Filene's, Filene's Basement

## Parties

- Vornado Realty Trust — developer

## Timeline

- 2006: Filene's landmark flagship store closed
- 2006: Vornado Realty Trust purchased the site
- 2006: Closed
- 2015: Burnham Building occupied by Havas, Arnold Worldwide, Roche Bros., and Primark

## Deals and debt

- 2006 sale: 100000000.0 Vornado Realty Trust   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Crossing

## Sources

- Downtown Crossing — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Crossing

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Filene's landmark flagship store, Boston, MA." Record n-f64adfaf34, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/ma/boston-filene-s-landmark-flagship-store/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_bostonfileneslandmarkflagshipstore,
  title = {Filene's landmark flagship store, Boston, MA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/ma/boston-filene-s-landmark-flagship-store/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-f64adfaf34, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.