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Parts of Austin are resisting "big box" stores, but Cedar Park is welcoming them.
One big box retailer, Lowe's Cos. Inc., is said to have set its sights on Cedar Park, a Williamson County suburb of Austin.
Sources say Lowe's is looking at an area directly across from an existing Home Depot on the northwest corner of Partner Lane and FM 1431. Although a contract hasn't been signed, Lowe's real estate broker Gail Whitfield confirms the company is looking in the Cedar Park area.
Whitfield, president of The Whitfield Co., says it could be at least two months before a deal is wrapped up. If a deal goes through, Cedar Park would get its first Lowe's home improvement center.
Lowe's spokeswoman Jennifer...