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Kim Crompton

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Retail-office building being eyed downtown

Structure would be three stories or taller, located in west 200 block of Main
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Spokane commercial and industrial real estate specialists Paul Hawkins, Dick Edwards, and Pete Thompson are seeking prospective tenant-partners for a multistory, retail-office building theyd like to develop downtown.The building would be a
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Legion Building plan crumbles

Company that had hoped to rehabilitate landmark in downtown deeds it back
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Total Concepts Real Estate Investments LLC, of Spokane, which bought and had hoped to restore the mostly vacant American Legion Building, a downtown landmark at 108 N. Washington, has deeded the 98-year-old structure back to its former owner, & the
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Collection agencies targeted

Class-action lawsuits filed by two attorneys here allege garnishment improprieties
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Collection agencies here are coming under fire from two Spokane attorneys who accuse them of violating federal and state laws pertaining to garnishments, the legal procedure by which debtors wages or other money or property can be attached for of
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Diving for dollars in the deep

Norwesco Marine Inc.
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Imagine driving a wide-bodied Hummer more than nine miles down a dark, 24-foot-diameter yet-to-be-flooded sewer discharge pipe thats buried under the Atlantic Ocean floor near Boston Harbor. The purpose is to remove 55 water-tight bulkheads at of
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Foreclosures soared again here last year

County approaches highs, last seen in the late 1980s, of 800-plus defaults a year
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
The number of foreclosures in Spokane County climbed sharply in 1998 for the third straight year, putting the county within mortgage-tossing distance of highs not seen here since the late 1980s, according to county auditors figures.A total of
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Focus on drainage intensifies

Businesses could foot much of $120 million cost of city, county storm-water systems
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Storm-water management, once given little local-government attention compared with sanitary-sewer and drinking-water issues, has turned into a $120 million-plus concern in Spokane County, and officials soon may be looking to businesses here to a of
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Ross Stores plans outlet in the Valley

Construction is beginning on 30,000-square-foot store near Sullivan and Broadway
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Ross Stores Inc., of Newark, Calif., plans to open a 30,000-square-foot Ross Dress for Less discount clothing store in the Spokane Valley Plaza, which is located on the east side of Sullivan Road between Broadway Avenue and Interstate 90.David a
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Costco said eyeing move of its Third Avenue store

Warehouse chain reportedly is seeking roomier spot near downtown Spokane
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Costco Companies Inc., the big, Issaquah, Wash.-based membership warehouse chain, is searching for a new home for its cramped, 16-year-old store on Third Avenue southeast of downtown Spokane, knowledgeable real estate sources here say.Costco who
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Procedure uses patientÂ’s cells

Doctor here implants into knee cells replicated by East Coast lab from ones extracted in a biopsy
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
A Spokane orthopedic surgeon has begun performing an emerging procedure that involves extracting healthy cells from a patients knee, growing 10 million to 15 million new ones in a lab, then implanting the replicated cells back into the patient to
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Foley sees potential for more NW trade with Japan

Businesses here shouldnÂ’t by deterred by perceived obstacles, ambassador says
February 26, 1997
Kim Crompton
Japan remains a place of opportunity for businesses in Spokane and Washington state, despite being entrenched in the worst recession in its history and having a lingering reputation for resisting imports, says Thomas Foley, U.S. ambassador to Japan
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