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I use my laptop for an hour at Panera during my lunch break sometimes and I have a full-time job. My office doesn't let non-execs use the WiFi.
Never was a fan of Starbucks.
But the layout of Starbucks in Harvard Square damned near changed my mind. Imagine one of those somewhere in DTX, Waterfront or Fort Point.
DTX is entirely void of a Starbucks, which is extremely odd. Target might build a large one if the Filene's proposal goes ahead. Starbucks is Target's partner in business.
There is a Starbucks on Winter Street smack in the middle of Downtown Crossing. It is, however, a small location with very limited seating. There is also a Starbucks on Washington Street just after School Street. Another one on School Street next to the old City Hall. Also one on Summer St. in what some consider the outer edge of Downtown Crossing.
Wegmans plans a supermarket for Newton
Wegmans Food Markets Inc., a New York chain that attempts to transform a humble grocery
store into a chow-hound’s pleasure dome, said it plans to open a supermarket in Newton
directly across from The Mall at Chestnut Hill.
Kelly's in Allston is closing in 6 days. It will be replaced in late 2012 by.... wait for it... a bank. TD Bank.
TD Bank is moving into the old Unos location across Comm. No word yet about what moves into Kelleys but presumabely they want to find something quick since Kelleys is on the hook for the lease for another 8 years. This according to Boston.com article
EDIT: Either as a result of it being listed for sale or b/c they found a buyer, FYE, which is in there now, is having a liquidation sale, according to the @sDowntownXing Twitter feed.
The old "Strawberries" building in Downtown Crossing at 407 Washington Street was listed for sale three months ago, $5.6 million. This is good news if it means someone else takes it on to rent out, bad news if it means a new owner buys it and sits on it til One Franklin is completed.