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Back Bay could offer Room & Board

Furniture chain seeks Hub location

By Jenn Abelson

 |  Globe Staff  

  November 08, 2011

Room & Board, a popular Midwest furniture chain, is looking to open its first Massachusetts store in Boston on a prominent corner off Newbury Street. The Minnesota company is negotiating to take over roughly 40,000 square feet of prime retail space where Newbury meets Massachusetts Avenue that is currently occupied by mattress seller Sleeparama, The Other Side Cafe, and the Island Hopper restaurant.

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