in december 2013, plans were announced for a new star market store in the city of boston at the site of the boston garden redevelopment. the store will be the first new shaw's or star market store to be opened in four years. while this project has yet to be completed, in july 2017, shaw's announced the opening of a new store in hudson, massachusetts, replacing a former hannaford. the hudson store is the first new shaw's store to open in nearly a decade, and marks its first expansion under albertsons ownership.