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The proposed Lloydminster Costco warehouse is now slated to be completed by Aug. 31, 2025, with site grading and other activities to start in late May 2024, according to an evolving online schedule.
Aside from mass grading, the preliminary schedule includes utilities and site concrete completion in 2024 along with some initial asphalt paving and landscaping in advance of warehouse construction to start on March 31, 2025.
Site drawings show an approximately 160,000 sq. ft. warehouse project with a liquor pod and a fuel facility officially located at 75 Ave and 20 Street, north of the ACTO substation on 12 Street.
The Costco project site is zoned C4 as a commercial shopping centre district and covers a 19.57-acre site at Musgrave Agencies’ 140-acre Lakeview subdivision to be developed over a multi-year period.
A lot of site fill will be required for grading according to a new report sent last month from the environmental services company, Kleinfelder to the director of real estate development at Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
“In 2019, plans called for the developer to be responsible for mass grading the site; however, we understand Costco will now be responsible for mass grading the site, including placing fills up to about 4 metres thick,” stated the report.
Kleinfelder concluded a Phase 1 environmental site assessment for Costco in July 2019 followed by a geotechnical report that is being updated to reflect a revised site plan.
The company recommends a minimum period of three months from the time the fill is in place to the time the warehouse slab is constructed.
“One recommended approach is to place the fill in one season, cap the warehouse pad and let it sit through the winter, and then remove the pad and begin construction the following spring,” said Kleinfelder.
The project site plan shows space for 906 parking stalls and some new access roads to be built.
