With its gleaming white marble floor, minimalist decor and crew of white-gloved waiters bearing trays of lemon tea, the sales office at Lodha Fiorenza looks more like a plush salon than something makeshift on a construction site where a tall crane stands next to half-finished towers.
Instead of running back to academia, Warren went on to challenge Scott, who had been the surprise winner of the 2010 election to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy, riding into office on the strength of a telegenic pick-up truck, and the support of the suddenly powerful Tea Party.