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Article: A toast to Colfax: family-owned Argonaut is latest 'Main Street' zoning gem.(FAMILY-OWNED COMPANIES)(Statistical table)(Company rankings)
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- February 1, 2009
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THE 15-FOOT CHAMPAGNE BOTTLE trucked in from Las Vegas is an immediate attention-getter, a landmark for the new Argonaut Wine & Liquor store on East Colfax Avenue and Clarkson Street.
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But to anyone connected with the third-generation Denver store's history, the giant bottle hovering over Argonaut's northwest corner is not as meaningful as the inscription "Robinson Building 2008" that adorns the side of the new 40,000-square foot store along Colfax.
"We've been on that street so long," said Scott Robinson, principal with his brother Jeff of Hampton Partners Holdings LLC, which oversaw the project. "We just kind of felt ...