Houston Area: New Kind of Costco Opening

In Stafford, Texas, Costco is preparing to open a new kind of store, a Costco Business Center that caters to small businesses and restaurants and stores.

The store, with 148,000 SF of retail space, will sell heavy duty commercial appliances and large-scale packages of groceries, along with routine consumer-sized portions.

The new Costco Business Center, slated to open this fall, will be open to any card-carrying Costco member, individuals and businesses.

The store will be located along the Southwest Freeway at 12717 Network Drive near South Kirkwood Road and West Airport. The store is located in the City of Stafford.

Costco, which is based in Issaquah, Wash., has 15 Business Center Stores in its portfolio of more than 500 retail outlets.