City Planners approve Lowe's for Fairfield

By Ben Antonius Daily Republic May 12, 2010 22:32

FAIRFIELD - With a promise to bring in more than 100 jobs and potentially millions of future taxes, home improvement giant Lowe's got a unanimous thumbs-up Wednesday for a new Fairfield store.Lowe's will build a 139,000-square-foot store near North Texas Street and Interstate 80 under a plan that got approval from the city's planning commission on Wednesday night. Lowe's will inhabit a parcel newly created as part of a project to rebuild the nearby I-80 interchange.The commission's decision is the last word on the project unless somebody appeals to the City Council.

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