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Article: Coffee company hopes to help rejuvenate downtown.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- May 21, 2005
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Byline: Alison Boggs
May 21--Thomas Hammer Coffee Co. is planning to move its corporate headquarters, including a coffee roasting operation and bakery, to the east side of downtown Spokane.
Both operations need more space, so Hammer will consolidate them at 210 W. Pacific Ave., a 20,000-square-foot building he bought in April. Thomas Hammer also said he's eager to help rejuvenate part of downtown.
He's moving to a neighborhood that contains an eclectic mix of warehouses and recently renovated buildings, offices, some retail shops, a climbing gym, a homeless shelter, a night club and other businesses.
"We were really hip on trying to ...