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Now seeking $15 million:
Construction could begin at Hawkins Companies’ long-proposed stateline strip mall next spring, if Whitman County will pick up another $5.9 million of the cost.
In May 2008, commissioners agreed to fund $9.1 million worth of public infrastructure for Hawkins’ 714,000-square-foot shopping center site. Jeff DeVoe, project lead for the Boise development firm, asked commissioners Monday to up that amount to $15 million.
Before the commercial real estate collapse which spun out of the 2008 recession, Hawkins was ready to build. DeVoe said the company was within two weeks of...
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