Highland Commons is a newer shopping center located in the MetroWest area of Massachusetts right off I-495, near the I-290 split around 30 minutes from Worcester and one hour from Boston. It sits on a large, vast property of land, that while was originally going to be another one of those "lifestyle" centers, will work well for both Hudson and Berlin.
I, for one, enjoy having things in a specific organized way all of the time, and when first visiting this shopping center it was causing many issues. The town line in which Hudson and Berlin separate is located halfway into this plaza, affecting in half of the stores being in Berlin and half being in Hudson. Ironically, Cabela's is half in Hudson and half in Berlin! Main point is that, if you are using your GPS, use "212 Coolidge Street, Hudson MA 01749" as the address, because otherwise the correct address for each individual store could (and most likely will) be wrong.
The shopping center consists of multiple sections and now that it's almost complete, lots and lots and lots of stores. Cabela's is off in its own land (the first in the state of Massachusetts!), Michaels, BB&B, Petsmart and a few other stores are off to another side, BJ's is way up and over on it's own land, another small plaza with the 110 Grill, Sport Clips, Citizens Bank, Sprint and some other non memorable places are on another mini strip of stores, and then the longest strip on the Hudson side of the center includes the majority of stores : Lowe's, Market Basket, Party City, Maurice's, Famous Footwear, Five Below, TJ Maxx, DressBarn, ULTA Beauty and some others.
All the stores are bright, sparkling and new, and the layout of the parking lot is wonderful and with all of the roundabouts helps in traffic calming even though this area in general isn't ever that busy.
Hudson needed something like this, before, they were out in left field without much in the town in general, and now this center has provided lots of jobs and stores for residents in the area.
Decent shopping center for almost anything you could need. I will be back if I'm in the area again. Exit off I-495 if for Route 62 for Hudson (don't remember the exit number).
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