PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — Just 24 hours after learning it would lose one of its largest commercial taxpayers, Pawtucket is now preparing for life after Hasbro.

Following months of discourse and speculation, Rhode Island-based toymaker Hasbro officially announced on Monday it will move its headquarters to Boston. For more than a century, the company has operated out of Pawtucket, with its main campus currently located on Newport Avenue.

While the news shocked many, Mayor Don Grebien said he foresaw Hasbro's decision.

"It wasn't a surprise for those of us who have been involved," Grebien said. "It would have been more of a surprise if they stayed—just because of the signs that have been out there for the last several years."

Grebien said city leaders tried to keep Hasbro local through neg

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