The county's Clay Glasgow tells GlobeSt.com that the Clackamas County Design Review board approved the use on Thursday, starting a 12-day appeal period. If no appeals are filed, the necessary development permits will be issued for the site, he says.

The site address, now home to a Levitz Furniture store, is 13631 S.E. Johnson Rd. Lowe's reportedly holds an option to buy the property. Levitz is expected to relocate to the long-vacant Sears HomeLife store at the corner of 82nd Avenue and Orchard Lane in the middle of November.

Around the same time, Home Depot will relocate its store from 10000 S.E. 82nd Ave. to the former HomeBase location further south on 82nd Avenue at Sunnyside Road. Home Depot reportedly outbid Lowe's for the site, paying $16.5 million and keeping Lowe's out of the 82nd Avenue corridor. Glasgow says the traffic counts are higher in front of the soon-to-be Lowe's site.