BOSTON, MA - Wegmans continues to further its focus on expansion, this time entering the urban Boston market.

According to the Boston Business Journal, the retail chain is breaking ground on its first store in the area and is expected to be finished in 2018.

As we previously reported, Wegmans has committed to invest millions of dollars in New York City’s Admirals Row, which is just part of the company’s investments in the area. According to the Business Journal, this new Boston location is part of the retailer’s commitment to a $500 million renovation and expansion Samuels & Associates is planning for the historic Landmark Center in the Fenway later this year. The report calls Wegmans’ contribution of its first Boston location a central piece to that renovation.

“We are still committed to the project and are working with Samuels and are making great progress,” Jo Natale, Spokeswoman for Wegmans, said in the report. She also clarified that while there are no final plans yet for the store’s design, it is estimated that the square footage and inventory will be similar to that of its 80,000-square-foot location at Chesnut Hill.

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