On April 9, Waterstone and the city of Methuen celebrated the groundbreaking of Broadway Crossing, the 60,000 s/f shopping center located at 2 Broadway (Rte. 28) on the Methuen/Lawrence city line. Scheduled to open this coming winter, the center will be anchored by Save-a-Lot Supermarket, the national leader of extreme value grocery stores, auto supply giant O'Reilly Auto parts and Family Dollar.

Broadway Crossing will feature a mix of retailers to serve an extremely dense population of more than 143,000 people within three miles. The center will also serve residents at Winn Residential's adjacent and newly developed Loft 550 Apartments and neighboring Polartec/Malden Mills facility (900 people).