Costco opening Pooler warehouse sooner than expected. Here are more details
Costco fans in Beaufort County will have something extra to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. The Pooler location is on track to open earlier than expected.
The warehouse is still under construction at the intersection of Pooler Parkway and I-16, but signs outside and a news release from the company say doors will open for customers in a little more than a month, at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 18.
Costco will anchor the new Mosaic Town Center development at 200 Mosaic Circle.
Starbucks and Parker’s Kitchen already are open in the center, and signs promise that Chick-fil-A, HCA Healthcare, and National Tire and Battery are “coming soon.”
In January, when the site plan for Costco was going through the approval process with Pooler officials, the warehouse’s target opening date was spring or summer 2022.
Currently, the closest Costco to Beaufort County is in Charleston.
Beaufort County residents have long heard rumors that Costco was going to open in Okatie Crossing off S.C. 170 and U.S. 278. Site plans released for the Jasper County development in 2015 included not only Costco but Lowe’s, Target, Kohl’s and a movie theater.
An “impasse” over costs stalled the deal, developer Doug Horne, president of Horne Properties, told The Island Packet in early 2019. The property, behind the new Okatie Pines senior apartment complex, remains available.
Costco’s Pooler location will be 151,000 square feet with a bakery, deli, an optometrist, pharmacy, tire center, hearing aid center and food court, in addition to meat, produce, wine and other merchandise. A fuel center is also under construction. The location will have 200 employees.
Once the store is open, hours will be 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, according to a media kit distributed by Costco.
Memberships range from $60 to $120 per year and are available online.
Those who join before the Pooler store opens at the temporary location, 100 Blue Moon Crossing, Unit 110, in Pooler, can receive a $10 or $20 gift card, depending on the level of membership. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
This story was originally published October 12, 2021 at 3:05 PM.
