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Kohl's to join Wal-Mart at new Papillion center

Papillion's shopping scene is getting hot and Kohl's.

A developer announced Wednesday that Kohl's intends to build alongside Wal-Mart in the proposed Market Pointe shopping center near Papillion.

Kohl's, a nationwide retail chain with headquarters in Menomonee Falls, Wis., has signed a contract to build an 88,000- square-foot store on the southeast corner of 72nd Street and Giles Road, said Owen Buckley, president of the R.H. Johnson Co.

Construction would begin in mid-2005, with an expected opening in spring 2006, he said.