Trader Joe’s has set its sights on Wylie, filing state paperwork for a new store at 2710 E. FM 544 that would bring the California grocery chain to yet another fast-growing Collin County suburb. The project calls for a 12,476-square-foot interior build-out with an estimated cost of around $900,000, and construction is expected to run from March 2027 to June 2027.
The filing landed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, according to Chron, whose reporting forms the backbone of much of what’s currently known about the project. California-based architecture firm BMF + Associates is leading the design work, per the same filing. Trader Joe’s public relations manager Nakia Rohde confirmed to the outlet that a Wylie store is indeed on the way, though she stopped short of naming a timeline for shoppers, saying only that the location is coming but that the company has no opening date to share yet.
A Site Already Taking Shape
Local records fill in more of the picture than the state filing alone. Wylie Planning and Zoning Commission agenda documents from January 2026 show the store is part of a larger 3.95-acre site plan at the same FM 544 address, owned by Texstone Capital LLC, that also includes a separate 5,999-square-foot retail shell building and 118 shared parking spaces, according to the City of Wylie. The site sits within an eight-lot commercial planned development approved under Ordinance PD 2025-41, the same records show.
The Wylie store would join what Chron describes as nearly a dozen already-open Trader Joe’s locations across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, part of a company presence in Texas dating back to 2012, when the chain opened its first stores in the state. Trader Joe’s itself has operated since 1967, after its predecessor convenience chain launched in Pasadena, California, in 1958 under the name Pronto Markets before the rebrand, according to Inc. Magazine. Aldi Nord co-founder Theo Albrecht bought the company in 1979, and it now runs more than 650 stores nationwide.
Why Collin County Keeps Winning New Stores
Wylie’s population climbed 9.1% between 2020 and January 2025, reaching an estimated 62,749 residents, mirroring the roughly 185,000 new residents Collin County added over that same stretch, per the Wylie News. City officials have pointed to that growth as a driver behind the push for more commercial infrastructure. Collin County’s median household income also sits at $121,600 based on recent U.S. Census Bureau estimates, roughly 55% above the statewide median of $78,476 — a gap that lines up closely with the demographic Trader Joe’s tends to chase…