Storecasting

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Wal-Mart will open in Chinatown this March. So reports LA Weekly, who says that despited protests and lawsuits, the 30,600-square-foot store at Cesar E. Chavez and Grand was just given a final green light by a city associate zoning administrator. [LA Weekly]