Boston Properties to Participate in Smith Barney's 2005 REIT CEO Conference

March 4, 2005

BOSTON, March 4, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), a real estate investment trust, announced today that it will webcast its company presentation at Smith Barney's 2005 REIT CEO Conference in Naples, Florida on Tuesday, March 8, 2005.

Edward H. Linde, President and Chief Executive Officer of Boston Properties, will present at 8:00 a.m. EST. The presentation will be webcast in audio-only mode and available to all interested parties in the Investors section of the Company's website at http://www.bostonproperties.com under the heading Calendar/Events. The presentation will take place live and the replay will be archived at http://www.bostonproperties.com in the Investors section under the heading Audio Archive.

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 also includes three hotels and one industrial building. The Company is one of the largest owners and developers of Class-A office properties in the United States, concentrated in four core markets -- Boston, Midtown Manhattan, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.

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

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