Ownership Submission
FORM 3
 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  LABELLE MICHAEL E
 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2007		 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BOSTON PROPERTIES INC [BXP]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., 800 BOYLSTON STREET		 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP and CFO
 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

BOSTON, MA 02199		 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)		 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 5,607
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)		 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)		 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 01/17/2012 Common Stock 408 $ 34.65 D  
LTIP Units (2)   (2)(3)   (2) Common Units 1,087 $ (2) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
LABELLE MICHAEL E
C/O BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.
800 BOYLSTON STREET
BOSTON, MA 02199		       SVP and CFO  

Signatures

/s/ Kelli A. DiLuglio, as Attorney-in-Fact 11/21/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The stock option became exercisable in three equal annual installments beginning January 17, 2003.
(2) Represents units of limited partnership interest in Boston Properties Limited Partnership (BPLP), of which the Issuer is the general partner, issued as long term incentive compensation pursuant to the Issuer's equity based compensatory programs. Conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes, each LTIP Unit may be converted, at the election of the holder, into a common unit of limited partnership interest in BPLP (Common OP Unit). Each Common OP Unit acquired upon conversion of a LTIP Unit may be presented for redemption, at the election of the holder, for cash equal to the then fair market value of a share of the Issuer's Common Stock, except that the Issuer may, at its election as directed by BPLP, acquire each Common OP Unit so presented for one share of Common Stock.
(3) 425 LTIP Units vest over five years, 0% in the first two years, 25% on January 15, 2009, 35% on January 15, 2010 and 40% on January 15, 2011. 662 LTIP Units vest in four equal annual installments beginning on January 15, 2008.

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