North Texas is getting two more giant pallets of bulk everything, as Costco lines up new warehouses in Celina and Mansfield that together span roughly 315,000 square feet. Public filings peg construction costs in the tens of millions, planting the megastores in suburban retail corridors already racing to keep up with rooftops and traffic.
According to the San Antonio Express-News, Costco has both locations listed among its planned Texas openings. Local development watchers have been tracking the deals for about a year, and the paper notes that Costco’s public listings point to a slate of fresh Lone Star State arrivals this summer.
What the state filings show
Entries in the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation database detail a 158,000-square-foot Costco at 3445 South Preston Road in Celina, with an estimated $18.5 million construction cost, and a 157,281-square-foot warehouse at the northeast corner of Lone Star Road and FM 917 in Mansfield, with a roughly $19.5 million price tag.
The Celina project TABS2025025029 lists a June 1 start and a November 30 completion window. The Mansfield filing TABS2025023592 shows a July 2025 registration and a May 21 completion date.
Part of a Texas wave of openings
These two are far from lonely outposts. Costco already opened warehouses in Liberty Hill and New Braunfels earlier this year, with the New Braunfels launch reportedly drawing long lines on opening day in May. Those stores are part of what MySA describes as a summer surge of new Costco locations across Texas.
Local impact: jobs, traffic and sales tax
When a retailer the size of Costco rolls in, it usually brings a few things with it: hundreds of jobs, waves of shoppers and, eventually, pressure to upgrade nearby roads and infrastructure. Coverage of Collin County and broader DFW retail growth has highlighted how communities like Celina are aggressively recruiting big-box anchors in hopes of capturing sales tax revenue and keeping pace with rapid housing development.
Timeline and what to watch
Project timelines in state filings do not always match the exact first day shoppers can flash a membership card. News outlets report both warehouses as expected to arrive by August 2026, although those targets can shift as construction, permitting and site work progress.
For now, anyone keeping score can watch city permit logs, the state TDLR project pages and Costco’s store listings. As the Express-News notes, official hiring notices, fresh signage and grand-opening announcements usually pop up as these big-box builds approach the finish line.
