Costco Wholesale is planning its first location in Johnston County, with plans recently submitted to the Town of Clayton for a new warehouse at 12649 Clayton Boulevard, according to the Triangle Business Journal.
Plans call for a roughly 166,000-square-foot membership warehouse along with a 24-pump gas station. The proposed store would anchor West Edge, an approximately $100 million mixed-use shopping center being developed by Ohio-based commercial real estate company Casto. As previously reported by the Triangle Business Journal, Casto acquired the 87-acre development site for more than $23 million last month.
The proposal follows another major retail commitment at West Edge. According to the Triangle Business Journal, Target recently purchased an 11-acre parcel within the development, paving the way for its first store in Clayton…