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An artist rendering exhibits what a brand new Coscto warehouse may seem like in Brentwood, CA, on Jan. 24, 2022.
BRENTWOOD — Large-box big Costco could possibly be coming to Brentwood.
The nationwide retailer just lately submitted an utility to Brentwood’s planning division in hopes of finding a retailer within the Lone Tree Plaza Purchasing Middle in west Brentwood close to the Antioch border. The closest Costco is 8.4 miles away in north Antioch on Verne Roberts Circle.
Metropolis Supervisor Tim Ogden referred to as the proposal “an thrilling” mission, noting the applying is within the evaluation stage now.
Ogden mentioned the Metropolis Council eliminated a prohibition in opposition to big-box retail in 2020.
“Employees then reached out to Costco immediately to seek out the very best web site obtainable for them,” he mentioned. “Our imaginative and prescient for the world stays workplace enterprise park and high-density residential per the Metropolis Council authorized Particular Plan.”
Costco officers mentioned they don't touch upon future warehouses till they're prepared to take action, however based on the applying, the 152,000-square-foot warehouse and gasoline station is being proposed for a vacant lot on a web site owned by Centre Pointe Associates, off Lone Tree Plaza Drive close to Kohl’s and Dwelling Depot in Brentwood.
The brand new enterprise would make use of about 250 to 300 employees, based on the applying.
To alleviate site visitors considerations within the space, the town had already been designing a Sand Creek Highway extension to Heidorn Ranch Highway, based on metropolis workers.
Different enhancements are additionally deliberate. These embody the set up of a driveway alongside the boundary of the 2 parcels that run north/south. No different improvement is presently proposed at this a part of the 23.06-acre web site, based on the town.
Whereas the pandemic has seen many retailers pulling again on bodily shops, Costco has been doing the alternative, with its Chief Monetary Officer Richard Galanti asserting in December the corporate’s plans to open greater than 20 warehouses within the coming yr.
For the 18 weeks ended Jan. 2, Costco reported internet gross sales of $76.34 billion, a rise of 16.6% from final yr.
Costco presently operates 828 warehouses, together with 572 in america and Puerto Rico.
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