Southwest Fort Worth is getting a new warehouse heavyweight. BJ’s Wholesale Club is moving into the area, with “founding member” discounts rolling out ahead of a planned spring 2026 opening. Those early memberships go on sale this Friday, with deep first-year pricing and limited-time gas perks aimed squarely at deal hunters.
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Local filings and reports show the planned club will rise near Chisholm Trail Parkway and will be a large-format warehouse of roughly 100,000-plus square feet with an estimated build cost near $9.5 million, according to WBAP. The project has already moved through early permitting, and the site sits in a fast-growing retail corridor on Fort Worth’s west side that has been filling in with new stores and housing.
What BJ’s Is Dangling for Founding Members
Founding members can lock in a one-year Club card for about $20 and a Club+ plan for about $50 for the first year, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The paper notes that those prices undercut regular yearly rates of roughly $60 for Club and $120 for Club+, and that founding members will also get fuel discounts of about 10 cents per gallon for Club and 20 cents per gallon for Club+ for six months after the store opens.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram also points out that BJ’s requires a paid membership card to shop in the club, although the retailer does offer one-day passes online so non-members can test the waters.
Why BJ’s Is Betting on North Texas
BJ’s has framed its North Texas push as part of a broader growth strategy. The company has announced plans to add roughly 25 to 30 new clubs over the next two fiscal years, and says each location typically brings about 100 to 150 jobs to the surrounding area, according to BJ’s Wholesale Club. Executives pitch the expansion as a way to bring grocery savings, fuel and bulk goods to new communities as the chain stretches beyond its traditional Northeast and Mid-Atlantic base.
Planting a flag in Fort Worth also drops BJ’s into the middle of the existing Dallas–Fort Worth warehouse-club turf war, adding yet another option for shoppers already juggling multiple membership cards.
How to Lock In a Founding Membership
Shoppers can start signing up for Fort Worth founding memberships online or at a temporary membership center beginning Friday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. According to the paper, the membership center will operate Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m…