Wegmans Opened: 2014 Owner: Wegman family Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 200 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA Photographed: August 2, 2019 Take a look at that clock tower... what does it say? Time for Chestnut Hill's other supermarket! (Trust me. It was there, it was just in really really small lettering.) Happy Monday and welcome back to Chestnut Hill. On Friday, we toured the impressive Star Market in Chestnut Hill , about six miles outside downtown Boston . Now it's time for a look at another relatively recently built store just down the street from the Star Market. This is one of a couple Wegmans locations in the Boston area, along with other locations in Burlington , Westwood (south of Boston), and Medford (north of Boston). The chain also has a location in Northborough , near Worcester, and previously operated an unusual store at the Natick Mall . This is also a bit of a nontraditional Wegmans, and is condensed to a smaller-tha...
Star Market Opened: 2009 Owner: Albertsons Companies Previous Tenants: none; Star Market previously on property (1950-2008) Cooperative: none Location: 1 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA Photographed: August 2, 2019 The Chestnut Hill Star Market is without a doubt one of the chain's flagship stores, and the only other one I would say is up there with it is the newest location -- at North Station in Boston . This store was a ground-up build, opening in 2009 on the site of a demolished Star Market that had opened in 1950 and closed in 2008. In a somewhat unusual setup, the supermarket is actually on the second floor of this property. There's a row of storefronts under the supermarket, and in the back is additional parking and loading docks under the Star Market. All told, the supermarket appears to be just under 50,000 square feet. I believe this was the only new Star Market to open under Supervalu, which pretty much just maintained the status quo with Shaw's...