SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                                OCTOBER 23, 2002


                             BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)




         DELAWARE                      1-13087                 04-2473675
(State or other jurisdiction       (Commission File        (I.R.S. employer
         of incorporation)              Number)           Identification No.)



                              111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
                           BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02199
              (Address of principal executive offices and zip code)



               Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                                 (617) 236-3300





ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS

Following the issuance of a press release on October 22, 2002 announcing the
Company's results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, the Company
intends to provide, to certain investors and analysts at their request,
supplemental information regarding the Company's operations that is to
voluminous for a press release. The Company is attaching this supplementary
operating and financial data as Exhibit 99.1 and the press release as Exhibit
99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.


ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.


(c) Exhibits

EXHIBIT NO.

99.1   Amended pages to the Boston Properties, Inc. Supplemental Operating and
       Financial Data for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.

99.2   The Boston Properties, Inc. press release dated October 22, 2002.




                                   SIGNATURES

       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date: October 22, 2002                    BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.

                                            /s/ Douglas T. Linde
                                            ----------------------------------
                                            By: Douglas T. Linde
                                                Chief Financial Officer