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Michigan businessman says candidates lack details

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. - James Esshaki pilots his black Mercedes down the main strip of what's left of the high-end shopping district here, coming to one of the 11 buildings he owns. "Esshaki Properties for Lease" posters hang in the windows where mannequins modeling the latest fashions should be.

For three months, it has been like this. No major stores, it seems, want to take a chance on Maple...

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