Limits on Size of Stores May Doom Costco’s Plan
From Times Wire Reports
The City Council decided this week it will not allow another store as big as the new 135,000-square-foot, single-story Home Depot, unless it is two stories tall. The vote will probably doom Costco’s plan to build a store in the city.
The rules approved this week cap one-story establishments at 120,000 square feet. The council voted not to exempt Costco, even though the store has submitted an application for a 138,000-square-foot store.
Costco spokesman Greg Vena said the cap makes a store within city limits difficult to imagine. Costco’s standard store is 148,000 square feet, and the few times it has tried to build smaller ones, the stores were underperformers.
