The Amazon-owned grocer will expand its North Texas footprint into a new development coming to McKinney.
MCKINNEY, Texas — McKinney is getting a new grocery store, and it’s opening before the leaves change color!
According to a social media post by McKinney’s new West Grove District, the Whole Foods Market at 8701 West University Drive is set to open before the first day of fall, Sept. 22.
Our content partners at the Dallas Business Journal report that the new location will anchor the new 52-acre mixed-use development, which will also feature 420 luxury apartments, 55,000 square feet of office space, a two-acre park and about 600,000 square feet of retail amenities.
The DBJ reports that Whole Foods broke ground on the new $8.5 million facility in November.
Whole Foods’ expansion to McKinney marks just one opening in a grocer boom happening in North Texas. San Antonio-based private grocery store chain, H-E-B, has opened and plans to open several stores across the region, targeting DFW’s up-and-coming boomtowns.
Some grocers, like the Phoenix-based Sprouts, are also focusing on opening stores in long-overlooked food deserts in the Metroplex, like Dallas’ Oak Cliff neighborhood.
Even in McKinney, Trader Joe’s announced it will open a new store in the coming months at 8101 Eldorado Parkway.
The Dallas Business Journal contributed to this report. Read their full article here.