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Roche Bros. joins Arsenal Yards as anchor tenant

Watertown, MA According to Arsenal Yards, Boston’s new mixed-use destination development from Boylston Properties and The Wilder Companies, Roche Bros. has signed on to open a large-scale, full-service supermarket. The Majestic at Arsenal Yards, a movie theater, is joining as a premier entertainment destination. City Works Eatery & Pour House will be opening its first New England location. 

Arsenal Yards will be a new living, working, shopping, and entertainment destination. Surrounded by new and existing office developments, including athenahealth and the recently opened innovative office and biotech lab building, LINX, it will be easily accessed by the thousands of employees in walking distance and residents in the rapidly growing surrounding neighborhoods. 

With sitework underway and upon opening in summer 2019, the urban neighborhood will be a more than one million s/f development including 250,000 s/f of shops and eateries including: YardWorks (200,000 s/f of new and existing creative office and lab space), Blvd & Bond (425 contemporary residences), a 150-room Hampton by Hilton, The Fitness Collection, high tech amenities and a dedicated green space, as well as a revitalized Arsenal Park, renovated bike path and expanded access to the Charles River. 

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