Lowe's Home Improvement will rebuild its Sanford store that was severely damaged by a tornado Saturday evening. The Mooresville-based home improvement company had previously said it was not sure if the store would be rebuilt.
The Sanford store, which opened in 1998, has been condemned by the city, said Lowe's spokeswoman Karen Cobb. Demolition of the remaining structure will start soon, she said, possibly as early as this weekend. The company hopes to reopen the store before the end of the year.
The store's 160 employees, many of whom were heralded as heroes after ushering customers to safety in the back of the store during the storm, were all moved to other nearby Lowe's stores.
Retail reporter Sue Stock came to the N&O in 2004 and has been covering retail and shopping in the Triangle since then. She is the author of the popular
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Reopening Lowe's
Thu, 04/21/2011 - 20:44 — lutonmooreThat's pretty nice of that company to look out for their employees. Glad to see it.
Lowe's is spelled without
Thu, 04/21/2011 - 19:26 — SashaSchnLowe's is spelled without the apostrophe in the headline on the front page of your Web site.
Leveled
Thu, 04/21/2011 - 15:42 — mcarolThis should be easy--both this site and the talking heads at WRAL have repeatedly said the store was leveled. If it is leveled, then there is no need to demolish the rest of the building.
New Sign
Thu, 04/21/2011 - 15:09 — ab3623Just post a big sign on the top of the new store: Not A Trailer Park.
NO-BRAINER
Thu, 04/21/2011 - 14:45 — DB_NCLowe's would have gone down in history as the stupidest retailer in the world if they had chosen not to rebuild the Sanford store. It's the only Lowe's in Lee County and has no other competition!