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davis_squareAaron Hemquist, Senior Development Manager for Real Estate at Target Corporation in Minneapolis, presented the company’s plans for a Porter Square store at tonight’s meeting of the Porter Square Neighbors Association.
This will be a “small-format” Target store. At 28,000 square feet it will be 5000 sq ft larger than the Central Square store, but only 20% of a full-size Target. (For comparison, Everett is 140,000, Watertown 160,000, Somerville 94,000.)
Target will take up all of the first-floor space formerly occupied by Walgreens, and the building’s entire second floor (including what was a restaurant space) with the exception of Parrelli Optical, which will remain in place. Pot Belly, Sprint, and Anna’s Taqueria will remain where they are on the first floor.
The public stairway and escalator between the first and second floors have bene removed, so the only access to Parrelli will be via an elevator or the back stairs. Target will use the escalator and elevator that Walgreens installed to get between its first and second floors. Target has no current plans to expand to the currently vacant basement.
Target is opening other small-format stores this year in Roslindale, Medford, Stoneham, and Burlington, MA.
The store will open in October 2018. The product mix will be flexible, with the site team able to adjust it to local demand. The store will not have a CVS pharmacy counter or a Starbucks. It will be open from 8 am to 11 pm.
There is a loading dock behind the store, accessed from White Street. Deliveries will be made with small trucks, not semis.
The store will have 40-50 employees.
Of the 62 spaces in the garage, 40 will be reserved for Target customers and employees.
Contact info from Aaron Hemquist’s business card: aaron.hemquist@target.com, 612-761-5670, cell 612-559-2655,
1000 Nicollet Mall, TPN-12L, Minneapolis, MN 55403.
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EDIT: After I sent him these notes, Aaron e-mailed me these clarifications and corrections:
Stoneham opened in July 2017
The smaller trucks may or may not be considered semi-trucks. We often use semi-trucks with shorter trailers.
One other thing to note is that employment numbers can flex, so the 40-50 is an estimate.
This will be a “small-format” Target store. At 28,000 square feet it will be 5000 sq ft larger than the Central Square store, but only 20% of a full-size Target. (For comparison, Everett is 140,000, Watertown 160,000, Somerville 94,000.)
Target will take up all of the first-floor space formerly occupied by Walgreens, and the building’s entire second floor (including what was a restaurant space) with the exception of Parrelli Optical, which will remain in place. Pot Belly, Sprint, and Anna’s Taqueria will remain where they are on the first floor.
The public stairway and escalator between the first and second floors have bene removed, so the only access to Parrelli will be via an elevator or the back stairs. Target will use the escalator and elevator that Walgreens installed to get between its first and second floors. Target has no current plans to expand to the currently vacant basement.
Target is opening other small-format stores this year in Roslindale, Medford, Stoneham, and Burlington, MA.
The store will open in October 2018. The product mix will be flexible, with the site team able to adjust it to local demand. The store will not have a CVS pharmacy counter or a Starbucks. It will be open from 8 am to 11 pm.
There is a loading dock behind the store, accessed from White Street. Deliveries will be made with small trucks, not semis.
The store will have 40-50 employees.
Of the 62 spaces in the garage, 40 will be reserved for Target customers and employees.
Contact info from Aaron Hemquist’s business card: aaron.hemquist@target.com, 612-761-5670, cell 612-559-2655,
1000 Nicollet Mall, TPN-12L, Minneapolis, MN 55403.
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EDIT: After I sent him these notes, Aaron e-mailed me these clarifications and corrections:
Stoneham opened in July 2017
The smaller trucks may or may not be considered semi-trucks. We often use semi-trucks with shorter trailers.
One other thing to note is that employment numbers can flex, so the 40-50 is an estimate.
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