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Stockton, Calif., Hotel Renovation Is Drawn-Out Process.

By Bruce Spence, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 22--The grand vision for the centerpiece of downtown Stockton is to turn the old Hotel Stockton, approaching a century old, into the new old Hotel Stockton by year's end.

Today, though, there isn't a spot in the place that doesn't look like hell.

"Welcome to our nightmare," said Dino Bartevian, one of two project managers for restoration specialist C.F.Y Development of Sacramento, 13 months into rehabilitation work.

He sprinkles his conversation

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