County officials and planning department staffers couldn't confirm to GlobeSt.com when Lowes will do the deal that would bring 600 new jobs to the area.

"Everybody in the market is talking about this deal but nobody, including Lowe's, has given anybody a firm go-ahead yet," a county staffer tells GlobeSt.com on condition of anonymity. Lowe's officials couldn't be reached by press time.

The project would be the second largest of its kind next to the 1.5 million-sf distribution center occupied by Kmart and built by Orlando developer Robert Mantovani in Ocala, FL 10 years ago.

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