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Peet's Coffee Charles Street Opening with Beacon Hill Civic Association, Josh Zakim and Others
Peet's Coffee Charles Street in Beacon Hill, Boston Now Open - First Boston Location for Premium Specialty Coffee Shop
Linear Retail Properties, LLC, announced that Peet’s Coffee, based in Emeryville, California, is now open at the corner of Charles Street and Mt. Vernon Street in the heart of Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood.
The 1,842 square foot Peet’s Coffee shop, at 66 Charles Street, offers its premium quality, hand-roasted coffee along with gourmet baked goods in an inviting, upscale setting. The location is in the center of Beacon Hill’s Historic District, two blocks from Boston Common and the Public Gardens. Pat Paladino of Colliers represented Peet’s Coffee and Adam Conviser of Conviser Property Group represented Linear Retail Properties, LLC in the deal.
“Peet’s Coffee brings a vibrant, upscale, coffee shop experience to the heart of Beacon Hill. It took a while but we believe we found the ideal retailer for our marquis Beacon Hill location”, said Joel Kadis, Partner – Leasing and Development of Linear Retail.
“We’re thrilled to be opening our new location in Beacon Hill, and serve even more Peet’s fans our fresh quality coffee and hand crafted espresso beverages,” said Meghan Hurley, regional marketing manager of Peet’s Coffee.
ABOUT PEET’S COFFEE
Peet’s Coffee is a U.S. specialty coffee company founded by Alfred Peet in 1966 in Berkeley, CA. By 1969, Peet’s Coffee in Berkeley became a gathering place for coffee devotees (known as ‘Peetniks’) and other artisan food crafters, and the area soon became known as ‘The Gourmet Ghetto.’ Alfred Peet’s influence of the artisan coffee movement inspired a new generation of coffee entrepreneurs, including the founders of Starbucks. Today, Peet’s Coffee upholds its commitment to high quality and freshness by sourcing the world’s best beans, roasting in small batches, and maintaining a strict standard of freshness through its unique direct store delivery network. Peet’s continues to grow its business through its retail, grocery and e-commerce channels while maintaining the premium quality of its coffee. Peet’s is a private business owned by JAB Holding Co. For more information visit: www.peets.com. Connect on Facebook at facebook.com/peets, Twitter at twitter.com/peets_tweets and Instagram at instagram.com/peetscoffee.
ABOUT LINEAR RETAIL PROPERTIES, LLC
Based in Burlington, MA, Linear Retail is a leading acquirer, owner, developer and operator of retail properties in New England. Linear Retail owns 74 retail properties including convenience-oriented strip shopping centers, specialty storefront retail in select downtown neighborhoods, smaller, well-located centers in dominant retail destination corridors, net leased single tenant retail properties and urban retail condos. For more information visit www.linearretail.com
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Group photo out front of Peet’s Coffee, 66 Charles Street, Boston, MA
From left to right: Adam Conviser, Conviser Property Group; Steve Young, former Chair of Beacon Hill Civic Association; Adam Schuhose, General Manager of Peet’s Beacon Hill; Keeta Gilmore, Chair of Beacon Hill Civic Association; Josh Zakim, City Councilor; Joel Kadis, Partner – Leasing and Development of Linear Retail; Patrick Paladino, SVP of Colliers International