Article: Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Advised to Prepare for Expansion of Downtown.

By Pamela C. Turfa, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 15--Downtown has four million square feet of office space -- half of the office space in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton market.

A variety of corporations are located downtown.

Several regional corporations call downtown home.

But, the office workers -- 12,000 daily -- are the real prize for downtown, consultants studying the Wilkes-Barre's business district have concluded.

The workers are customers for the retail shops that exist and those envisioned by the consultants and community leaders.

On the one hand, ...

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