Apple purchased the property at 815 Boylston Street in the Back Bay neighborhood for $88 million, the Boston Business Journal reported. The deal works out to more than $3,500 per square foot and represents one of the priciest commercial deals in the state in recent memory.

Tech giant Apple this week bought the Boylston Street building that includes its three-story flagship Boston store for $88 million, according to a deed posted Wednesday. At about $3,500 per square foot,

Apple Inc. has purchased the Boylston Street property that houses its Back Bay store for $88 million, in one of the priciest retail real estate deals in Massachusetts in recent years.