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Costco has plans to open its fourth Northeast Ohio store and first Summit County location at the Marketplace in Boston Heights, a shopping and entertainment complex planned at the location of the Boston Heights Country Club.

(Nati Harnik, Associated Press)

BOSTON HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Wholesale giant Costco will open its first Summit County location in Boston Heights.

The store was granted permits last week to build a 154,000-square-foot store at the coming Marketplace of Boston Heights development, village Zoning Commissioner Jason Grubaugh said.

Costco will join outdoor outfitter Bass Pro Shops in anchoring the new million-square-foot retail and entertainment complex, which is being built at the former site of the Boston Heights Country Club. Bass Pro Shops will take up another 100,000 square feet of the planned 300,000 feet of retail space.

The Marketplace will be nestled near the interchange connecting Interstate 271, the Ohio Turnpike and Ohio 8 freeways.

Boston Heights Council President Dan Polyak told the Akron Beacon Journal that he thinks the new retail complex will have a significant impact on the budget in the village, which is home to just 1,300 resident.

Neither Polyak nor Grubaugh had information on planned construction or opening dates for either store. Costco owns three other locations in Northeast Ohio, in Strongsville, Mayfield Heights and Avon.