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PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
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                                                      PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
                                                      One Post Office Square
                                                      Boston MA 02109
                                                      Telephone (617) 478-5000
                                                      Facsimile (617) 478-5900


                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated January 24, 1999 except for Note 10
for which the date is February 10, 1999 relating to the financial statements and
financial statement schedule which appears in Boston Properties' Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998. We also consent to the
reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in such Registration
Statement.


                                          /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

July 27, 1999

