The area includes
Post Office Square, the
Exchange Place and
International Place complexes, and the landmark
Custom House Tower (now an 87-room Marriott Vacation Club), and borders
Quincy Market,
Faneuil Hall, and the
Old State House.
Key companies ,
One International Place, and the
Flag of Massachusetts in the Financial District near
South Station The Financial District also contains the headquarters of the mutual fund companies
Fidelity Investments,
Putnam Investments, and DWS Scudder Investments; the world headquarters for
State Street Bank and
Eastern Bank; accounting firms Wolf & Company, P.C.,
RSM McGladrey, and
BDO USA, LLP; loan advisor
The Debt Exchange; the law firms of
Bingham McCutchen,
Goodwin Procter,
WilmerHale,
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham, and
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, PC; the local headquarters of
Bank of America (formerly
Fleet Bank) and
Santander Bank; the
Langham Hotel Boston and
Hilton Hotel; and the local offices of
Merrill Lynch and other brokerages.
Notable buildings Dewey Square,
One Financial Center, and the plaza and towers housing the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston are located near
South Station, adjacent to and just south of the area defined above. Also part of the Financial District are
33 Arch Street,
One Federal Street, the
First National Bank Building,
100 Summer Street,
Exchange Place, and
101 Federal Street. The area contains many of Boston's highrise buildings in a fairly densely packed area, significantly more than the
Back Bay which contains Boston's two tallest highrises, the
Prudential Tower and
200 Clarendon Street.
Recent development There has been some recent development and construction in the area.
Russia Wharf was completed in 2011 along the Fort Channel and rises up to 395 feet and 32 stories. Construction of
South Station Tower was scheduled to begin in 2009 but was put on hold until the spring of 2020, moving forward despite the presence of
COVID-19. Upon its 2024 completion, the tower will rise to 677 feet and 51 stories.{{cite web |url=http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2006/06/city_approves_4.html |title=City approves 40-story South Station tower ==References==