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Special Report - Real Estate & Construction - January 15, 2010
Driving downtown renewal in THE PALOUSE
Developer restores historic buildings in Pullman, Colfax for $4 million in all

By Sandra Hosking
Special to the Journal of Business

Since 2004, Mike Yates, at right, and his wife, Debbie, have bought and renovated several buildings in Pullman and Colfax, including a former car dealership building now known as Market Square. That project now includes nine residential lofts, one of which is pictured above.
Since 2004, Mike Yates, at right, and his wife, Debbie, have bought and renovated several buildings in Pullman and Colfax, including a former car dealership building now known as Market Square. That project now includes nine residential lofts, one of which is pictured above.
—Photos by Sandra Hosking
When developer Mike Yates stands in front of a historic car dealership he renovated at the corner of Main Street and Grand Avenue, in Pullman, Wash., he can look east down Main and see the spire of a former church he's remodeling. The pair of projects seem to bookend downtown.

Since 2004, Yates has bought and renovated several buildings in Pullman and Colfax at a total cost of about $4 million through a company called Very Cool Spaces LLC, which he owns with his wife, Debbie.
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