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A penthouse at Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences One Dalton Street in Boston fetched $34 million, coming in just shy of the most expensive home sale in the city’s history: a penthouse at the Millennium Tower that sold for $35 million in 2016, according to property records.

The original asking price for the One Dalton penthouse was $40 million, according to reports. The apartment was purchased under a trust, and the identity of the buyer could not be confirmed by Mansion Global.

The 7,500-square-foot home, which sold on Jan. 10, is one of three duplex penthouses on the building’s 60th and 61st floors, according to a masterplan for the building filed with Suffolk County in May. The layout offers two-story light-filled interiors with soaring ceilings and a double-height terrace with outdoor fireplaces.

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Standing 742 feet tall, One Dalton is the tallest residential building in all of Boston and New England, according to the developer.

“One Dalton is the finest and most architecturally significant skyscraper ever built in Boston, ushering in a new era of modern development and elevating the standard of luxury living in this city,” said Richard L. Friedman , president and CEO of Carpenter & Co., the building’s developer, in a statement. “Watching this unprecedented architectural landmark soar into the sky has been especially thrilling, and we are pleased to have such a meaningful impact on the city and its skyline.”

The building was designed by architect Henry N. Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, who first designed the John Hancock Tower (now 200 Clarendon Street) more than 40 years ago. In a previous interview with Mansion Global, Mr. Cobb said his most important contributions to the design at One Dalton were “in shaping the building and its windows.”

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He also noted the elevators open directly into each apartment. “The person who buys one of the larger apartments in the building has their elevator open to the most spectacular view of Boston, and not onto a corridor,” Mr. Cobb said.

One Dalton has 160 private residences, as well as a five-star Four Seasons hotel—the advantage of which is that residents have access to the same services and amenities as the hotel. These include laundry, housekeeping, turndown and catering services, in addition to a 20,000-square-foot amenity space with a spa and fitness center.

Situated in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood, the building is in walking distance to landmarks and hubs such as Newbury Street, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum and Symphony Hall.

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This article originally appeared on Mansion Global.