Boston Properties to Participate in Merrill Lynch Global Real Estate Conference

September 17, 2007

BOSTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), a real estate investment trust, announced today that it will participate in the Merrill Lynch Global Real Estate Conference in New York on Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Edward H. Linde, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, and Douglas T. Linde, President and Chief Financial Officer, will present a brief Company overview followed by a question and answer session scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.

The presentation and question and answer session will be webcast live in audio-only and available at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/ml/realestate07/44104116.cfm or in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://www.bostonproperties.com under the heading News and Events. The presentation will be archived and available for 14 days after the conference on the Merrill Lynch website and in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website under News and Events.

Boston Properties is a fully integrated, self-administered and self- managed real estate investment trust that develops, redevelops, acquires, manages, operates and owns a diverse portfolio of Class-A office space and one hotel. The Company is one of the largest owners and developers of Class-A office properties in the United States, concentrated in five markets - Boston, Midtown Manhattan, Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Princeton, N.J.

For more information visit the Company's web site at http://www.bostonproperties.com

CONTACT:
Michael Walsh
Boston Properties, Inc.
+1-617-236-3300

Marilynn Meek
Financial Relations Board
+1-212-827-3773