Roche Bros. To Open Gourmet Supermarket In Boston's Downtown Crossing

Roche Brothers will open the first downtown grocery store to serve an area that includes City Hall, the Financial District, college dorms and luxury condos, executives said this morning at the groundbreaking of the $630 million Millennium Tower project that includes redevelopment of the former Filene’s building in Boston’s Downtown Crossing.

“The deal is done,” said Millennium Partners’ Tony Pangaro, announcing a development first reported by the Herald in June. “The plan is to open mid-’15. This is not your grandfather’s supermarket. This is a new urban model for them.”

The store will be 30,000 square feet and include healthy and natural foods, prepared foods, fresh meat and fish.

It will be a “very high quality, good value, gourmet supermarket,” Pangaro said.

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