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If all goes as planned, a new Costco will be open and ready for business at Northeast Stephens Street by November 2010.
Costco is another step closer to breaking ground on Northeast Stephens Street, where it plans to build its Roseburg store.
The Douglas County Building Department approved the wholesale retailer's permit for construction of the store on Monday, but a second building permit that Costco needs to complete construction on the store site — which is north of the former Perry's Electric store and south of the county nonprofits campus — has not yet been approved by the county building department, an official said.
The building permit that the county is still in the process of reviewing would allow Costco developers to demolish the Eoff Electric Co. building to make room for the new store and remodel the Perry's building for Eoff, said Aaron Yuma, director of the building department.
This permit could take anywhere from two weeks and a month to be approved, depending on how quickly Costco responds to revisions the building department requests that architects make to the plans, he said. The county could be issuing the building permit as soon as next week, he said.
Peter Kahn, Costco's director of development for the Roseburg store, declined Tuesday to say when the company hopes to start construction or when the store might be completed. In the past he's told the Roseburg City Council that Costco would like to have the 148,000-square-foot store and 16-pump gas station built by next November.
Costco won't start construction until all of its building permits have been approved, said Peter Powell, the president of Powell Development Co., developer for the project
The window for appeal of the Costco plans is now closed, he said. Right now, Powell Development is waiting for the county to finish its review of the plans for the new store.
If the county has any revisions it would like the developer to make, the architects will go back and make them, he said. These revisions usually have to do with making sure the building meets all safety standards, Yuma said. Once that is finished and the building permits have been issued, Powell Development will bring out site and building contractors who will give a cost estimate for the project. Then, with Costco's permission, the developer will proceed with construction, Powell said.
The fate of the Costco plans is now solely in county hands, since the city of Roseburg has already passed them on to the county, said Brian Davis, community development director for the city. The county building department handles all building permits for construction in Roseburg once the city has given clearance to land use plans, Yuma said.
Roseburg city councilors approved the Issaquah, Wash.-based company's request to annex 20 acres off Northeast Stephens Street and rezone them to be mixed use in late September. Costco plans to build on about 16 acres of the land.
Before Costco could get the building permits it was also required to contribute the $700,000 it had agreed to put up for road improvements needed to accommodate the increased traffic city officials expect the store to attract.
• You can reach reporter Inka Bajandas at 957-4202 or by e-mail at ibajandas@nrtoday.com.
The Douglas County Building Department approved the wholesale retailer's permit for construction of the store on Monday, but a second building permit that Costco needs to complete construction on the store site — which is north of the former Perry's Electric store and south of the county nonprofits campus — has not yet been approved by the county building department, an official said.
The building permit that the county is still in the process of reviewing would allow Costco developers to demolish the Eoff Electric Co. building to make room for the new store and remodel the Perry's building for Eoff, said Aaron Yuma, director of the building department.
This permit could take anywhere from two weeks and a month to be approved, depending on how quickly Costco responds to revisions the building department requests that architects make to the plans, he said. The county could be issuing the building permit as soon as next week, he said.
Peter Kahn, Costco's director of development for the Roseburg store, declined Tuesday to say when the company hopes to start construction or when the store might be completed. In the past he's told the Roseburg City Council that Costco would like to have the 148,000-square-foot store and 16-pump gas station built by next November.
Costco won't start construction until all of its building permits have been approved, said Peter Powell, the president of Powell Development Co., developer for the project
The window for appeal of the Costco plans is now closed, he said. Right now, Powell Development is waiting for the county to finish its review of the plans for the new store.
If the county has any revisions it would like the developer to make, the architects will go back and make them, he said. These revisions usually have to do with making sure the building meets all safety standards, Yuma said. Once that is finished and the building permits have been issued, Powell Development will bring out site and building contractors who will give a cost estimate for the project. Then, with Costco's permission, the developer will proceed with construction, Powell said.
The fate of the Costco plans is now solely in county hands, since the city of Roseburg has already passed them on to the county, said Brian Davis, community development director for the city. The county building department handles all building permits for construction in Roseburg once the city has given clearance to land use plans, Yuma said.
Roseburg city councilors approved the Issaquah, Wash.-based company's request to annex 20 acres off Northeast Stephens Street and rezone them to be mixed use in late September. Costco plans to build on about 16 acres of the land.
Before Costco could get the building permits it was also required to contribute the $700,000 it had agreed to put up for road improvements needed to accommodate the increased traffic city officials expect the store to attract.
• You can reach reporter Inka Bajandas at 957-4202 or by e-mail at ibajandas@nrtoday.com.
