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Article: Wal-Mart considering Kanawha City store: But company official says S.C.,; Marmet are 'off the table'
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- Charleston Gazette
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- May 19, 2005
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Wal-Mart struggling, 8A
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Wal-Mart is again considering Kanawha City for one of its stores,
but is not considering South Charleston or Marmet for retail stores
or distribution centers, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
Wal-Mart has contacted a real estate broker about a piece of
property in Kanawha City, said Roderick Scott, a Wal-Mart community
affairs manager. But any plans are in the very early stages, he said.
"It's far down the pipe," he said. "It's speculative at best
[now]."
But he said that's further than any plans in South Charleston or
Marmet ever got. Scott termed the idea of putting Wal-Mart stores or
distribution centers in those ...