4 Lumber, which has 387 stores nationally, has announced plans to build a $500,000 retail operation, to include a 21,400-square-foot building and two 8,000-square-foot storage sheds.
Construction is expected to start next summer, on a seven-acre site on Skyline Drive.
Lowe's Home Center, which was previously at Marion, Ill., has moved to Carbondale.
The new Lowe's center, a 160,000-square-foot supercenter, is on the north side of Illinois 13 at Carbondale.
The new center employs about 150 people.
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