Exchange Place is a modern

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located at 43–53 State Street or 1 Exchange Place, between Congress and Kilby Streets, in the

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of Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1981–1985, it is Boston's 14th tallest building, standing 510 feet (155 m) tall, and containing 40 floors. It rises out of a previous building, the 12-story Boston Stock Exchange, built in 1889–1891 and designed by

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. The intent was to demolish the older building in order to construct the skyscraper, but preservationists succeeded in rescuing a portion of the Stock Exchange's facade. Brookfield Office Properties, which had previously purchased the building from Harold Theran in 2006, sold Exchange Place to

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Realty Investors LLC in 2011. It is home to the

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, advertising agency

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, marketing agency Optaros, software company

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, the

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, and

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. In June 2017, ''

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'' moved into Exchange Place from its longtime headquarters on

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. The original Exchange Building was designated a

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by the

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in 1980.

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