KELOWNA – Rona, Home Depot and Home Hardware move, a new big box store is coming to Kelowna.
Lowe’s plans to open a store on the old site of the Western Star Trucking facility on Enterprise Way. The company applies for its building permit at the city council meeting on Monday.
A large storage and garden center with an area of around 11,450 square meters is planned.
Lowe’s is currently opening a location in BC, New Westminster, but announced back in May that it would add stores in Victoria, Nanaimo, Abbotsford and Prince George.
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As one of the retailers who pledged to take over former Target locations, the home reno store also jumped on board.
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The company predicts that the takeover of 13 former Target locations will create around 2,000 new jobs.
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If Lowe’s gets the green light, the company will have two years to open the store before the building permit expires.
