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Demolition Paves Way For Construction Of New Costco On Nine Mile Road
November 14, 2025
Demolition is now underway on East Nine Mile Road, the future site of a new Costco store.
The Escambia County Development Review Committee gave final approval in August for a Costco at 225 East Nine Mile, the site of a Planet Fitness that has now moved nearby; and a previous Kmart store.
The architectural firm MG2, which has partnered with Costco for 30 years on over 780 locations, says it takes under four months to build a new store — but that’s after demolition and site work is complete.
“Costco Wholesale has set the bar by creating and maintaining the platinum standard in optimized rollouts: It takes just 110 days from the time construction begins to the moment doors open to their members, the MG2 website states. That means a new Pensacola Costco could be open by next summer.
The plans show a 172,580 square foot Costco retail store with a gas station and 830 parking spaces at the corner of East Nine Mile Road and Chemstrand Road. The site is just under 22 acres.
The plans show the existing Dairy Queen, seafood restaurant and Wells Fargo to remain, with a Costco gas station constructed between Sam’s Seafood and Wells Fargo in an area that is currently a parking area for the old shopping center.
Pictured: A large portion of the old Kmart store on East Nine Mile Road had been demolished by Thursday afternoon in preparation for the construction of a new Costco store. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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7 Responses to “Demolition Paves Way For Construction Of New Costco On Nine Mile Road”
I have been driving from North Fort Walton Beach to Mobile to go to Costco and I can’t wait for the Pensacola store to open. It will still be 40 miles away, but better than the 2 hour drive to Mobile.
I for one am so glad we are getting a Costco so close. I know traffic is already heavy on nine mile especially right now with traffic being diverted from the congested i-10 with the multiple exit construction projects causing major backups. But that’s nothing compared to coming out of Sams between 3 and 4 on any weekday. You have Sams traffic, airport traffic, High school traffic, pedestrian traffic from kids getting out of school phew what a nightmare.
The traffic on nine mile will improve somewhat once the interstate opens back up but Sams traffic will never get any better without another good club store in our area to alleviate some of that for them. The school is not closing the airport is not closing and I’m sure Sams isn’t either. This is the only thing that will help congestion in that area. Plus, it means I never have to drive over there again that’s big not just for me but everyone near nine mile and the rest of North Escambia.
Yup, traffic is going to be bad – especially north/south on Chemstrand
Now let’s see if the commissioners will get off butt and do something with the infrastructure around 9 Mile.
The only thing I worry about is the traffic in the area is All ready insane. I guess they didn’t take that into account.
YAY!
We’re looking forward to it. It’s about time that that building either be renovated or replaced. It’s been around since I was a kid, and I’m not exactly what you would call young. It’s been neglected for most of that time. A store like that on this side of town is a welcome addition.