The Starbucks rumors may be true

For all the times I've heard about a Starbucks being in the works for Maverick Square, I have yet to see any work being done for that to be possible. So I did a little digging today and found this nugget in an August 2005 Boston Globe real estate article:

"Starbucks and trendy restaurants are unofficial benchmarks that investors and home buyers often use as evidence that a neighborhood has been 'found,' said Will Montero, a vice president with ERA Boston Real Estate. Now, people may be scrambling to get into emerging neighborhoods like Chelsea and East Boston before the Starbucks opens, he said, but noted the coffee chain has already signed a lease in East Boston near Clippership Wharf."

So we may see a Starbucks yet, though apparently not directly in Maverick. If you build it, they will come, and they will build large luxury apartment complexes. Which is fine with me, as long as they don't obscure the neighborhood's beautiful view of Boston.