Fatal Issues with Text in Adobe Illustrator CC 17.1

I am having serious issues with my AI file today.  Whenever I select a text box, I get the error "Can't edit the type" if I try to modify the text.  Then it just pastes gibberish into the text box.  Please help, as I am on a tight deadline and this is really going to complicate getting things done on time.  Here is link to the file:  MHRH_ED_Floorplan_2015-03-08.ai - Box

A work-around I was able to figure out it to select all of the text by type (point for example), and then convert it to the other type (area) and back to the original (point).  This messes up all of the text box spacing that I have in my document, but it allows me to edit text without the crazy errors I was having before.

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