It’s official. Not only is the City of Westlake getting a Lowe’s Home Improvement store, the location will serve as the headquarters for the company in south central Florida.
On Tuesday, Aug. 5, the Westlake City Council voted 4-0 to approve the Lowe’s site plan for 147,000 square feet of main building, garden center and outdoor display space on some 12 acres to the west of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road near the north end of the community. Councilwoman Charlotte Leonard was not present.
“A city getting a Lowe’s is akin to winning the retail lottery,” Mayor JohnPaul O’Connor said Wednesday. “It’s huge. It’s one of the dominoes that needed to tip to put us on the retail-commercial map.”…