Article: The Latest from Boston Properties Watch: Boston Properties' Undeveloped Land Accumulates Poor Market Conditions, Lawsuits Hold Back Construction.

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001

With a number of projects delayed by litigation or the economy, Boston Properties' "land bank" of undeveloped property held for future use grew rapidly over the past 18 months.

A BostonPropertiesWatch analysis reveals that the value of undeveloped land soared by 45%, from $115 million to $166 million, since March 2000, while developed and under construction properties grew by only 23%.

"We don't intend to take on additional development unless they are virtually entirely pre-leased," Chairman Mort Zuckerman said in July. Members of his management team reiterated this stand to ...

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