San Antonio’s Northwest Side is getting a massive new player in the grocery game, as Pan-Asia Supermarket, a Midwest pan-Asian chain, prepares to open its first Texas store at Colonies North. The full-service market is slated to feature a large-format layout with an in-house restaurant and integrated bakery, with the company targeting an early 2027 debut after months of permitting and real-estate maneuvering.
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filings show that Pan-Asia will merge three neighboring retail suites at 3713 Colony Dr into a single 61,134-square-foot store. The project is pegged at a $1.75 million buildout that is scheduled to kick off in June and wrap by December 2026, according to CultureMap San Antonio. Those documents describe one of the largest grocery buildouts in the neighborhood this year and specifically note an on-site restaurant in the plans.
Pan-Asia’s own website lists the San Antonio address at 3713 Colony Dr as “Coming Early 2027” and touts more than 20,000 SKUs across produce, seafood and pantry staples. The chain, which already operates multiple locations in the Midwest, describes its stores as combining a bakery, hot-food counters and bubble-tea and ramen-style restaurants, per the Pan-Asia Supermarket site.
What shoppers can expect
If Pan-Asia’s recent Nashville debut is any indication, San Antonio shoppers can expect a full-on destination rather than a simple corner market. The Antioch-area store rolled out live seafood tanks, a bakery turning out fresh buns and egg tarts, and a food-court-style mix of pho, ramen and Chinese barbecue. Local coverage of that opening highlighted heavy crowds and a wide range of regional Asian specialties that pulled customers from across the metro, suggesting the San Antonio store will lean hard into fresh seafood and hard-to-find produce. Those details were reported by WSMV.
Where it fits in San Antonio’s retail boom
Pan-Asia is arriving at a busy moment for Asian retail in San Antonio. Austin-based MT Supermarket is building a 25,000-square-foot store on Walzem Road, and newer arrivals such as Teso Life and Miniso have already expanded local choices for imported snacks and household goods. The MT project at 5428 Walzem Rd was detailed earlier this year and positions MT as a smaller, neighborhood-focused option compared with the much larger Pan-Asia format, according to CultureMap San Antonio. Together, that mix of compact neighborhood markets and big-box destination grocers could shift where San Antonians head for specialty ingredients.
Real-estate listings for the Colonies North center already flag Pan-Asia as a tenant, and brokers note that projects of this size typically require several months of interior work before opening. Visible construction activity could start this summer, and current leasing materials continue to list the supermarket as a future anchor at the property. Readers who want to track progress can follow the retail center’s profile on LoopNet.
