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Lisa and Wei Bee

Take that, Starbucks

How Sweetwaters won a north-side spot

by Tony McReynolds

posted 2/11/2009

When the developers of Plymouth Green Crossings decided their office-retail mix should include a coffeehouse, they surveyed people in the area about which one they’d like to see move in. “I think [the developers] were expecting more of a national brand,” says Lisa Bee, but Starbucks didn’t top the list. According to Bee, “Overwhelmingly, people said

 
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