On Wednesday night, Palm Coast's Planning and Land Development Regulation Board gave a unanimous 5-0 nod to a record-sized Walmart Supercenter on State Road 100, just west of the BJ’s Wholesale Club. The technical site plan covers roughly 39 acres and is set to anchor a new retail campus. If the City Council signs off in July, the project will head straight into permitting and then construction. Developers and city staff called the proposal unprecedented for Palm Coast and said it would mean both construction jobs and long-term positions once the store opens.
Big project, big numbers
As reported by FlaglerLive, city planners and the development team told the board this is the largest non-residential site plan the city has ever handled, with roughly 240,000 square feet of commercial space in gross terms. Impact fees tied to the portion currently under review are expected to total about $6.37 million. The Walmart anchor is projected to bring in roughly 200 permanent jobs, with hundreds more during the buildout.
What will go on the site
City site plans and earlier reporting reviewed by the Palm Coast Observer show Walmart would take up about 185,492 square feet. Another 55,172 square feet is reserved for inline retail, plus a more than 16,000 square foot fueling station with 12 pumps. The land is owned by Flagler Pines Properties and was annexed into the city in November 2025. Jacksonville-based Atlee Property Group is the developer, working through a subsidiary called Flagler Venture.
Traffic, sewer and trees
The project's traffic analysis presented to the planning board projects gross daily vehicle trips as high as about 19,304. Walmart itself is expected to account for roughly 9,372 of those trips per day, and peak evening traffic could climb by as many as 1,722 vehicles per hour, according to figures discussed at the meeting. The plan also calls for a temporary sewer plant in the northwest corner of the property until Palm Coast’s system can handle the additional flow. Developers would pay into the city's tree fund to remove hundreds of small shade trees at set caliper fees, FlaglerLive reported.
Local reaction and next steps
Residents and local commentators have repeatedly pointed to congestion along the State Road 100 corridor and have debated whether more large anchors are worth the tradeoff. Those concerns surfaced again during recent City Council and Community Redevelopment Agency discussions. Coverage of those meetings and the SR-100 CRA debate highlights those anxieties and sets up the balancing act the City Council will face when the technical site plan lands on its agenda in July, according to reporting by Flagler County Buzz.
