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Google Store Planned for Boston: Report

Locale would join two New York sites

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9 months ago

August 23, 2023

VMSD Staff

Google Store Planned for Boston: Report — Photography: Courtesy of Google; Google's first New York store that opened in 2021

Photography: Courtesy of Google; Google’s first New York store that opened in 2021

Technology giant Alphabet Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) is planning to open a Google Store in downtown Boston, according to sources familiar with the company’s plans, NBC 10 Boston and the Boston Business Journal report.

The new store is expected to be housed in a ground-floor storefront at 149 Newbury St., a new five-story mixed-use building developed in the city’s Back Bay neighborhood by Chicago-based L3 Capital LLC, sources say.

Alphabet currently has two Google retail stores, both in New York; the first is in Chelsea and the other is in Brooklyn. Those locations sell such Google hardware as Pixel phones, tablets and computers, and the brand’s Nest smart devices.

An Alphabet spokesperson declined comment about the possible Boston locale, as did a Newmark broker handling retail leasing at the Newbury Street building. The company is expected to make an announcement about its Boston retail plans for the complex within the next few months.

Related Topics:Alphabet Boston store openings

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