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The former Robinson's store at the edge of Beverly Hills has been the target of a drawn-out financial and legal wrangle, which Dakota Smith tries to unravel over at Curbed LA. Carlos Slim is involved, the same Carlos Slim that Mayor Villaraigosa met with last month in Mexico.
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Drama over 9900 Wilshire
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