Costco is shuffling the deck in Pleasant Prairie, snapping up nearby land so it can move its gas station off the main warehouse lot and finally give those jammed pump lines some breathing room. The new standalone fueling site will sit just a few blocks east of the current store and is designed so more cars can gas up at once, a move that village officials and local reports say is all about easing traffic in the busy Prairie Ridge retail area.
On July 2, 2026, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported that Costco had closed on the land purchase needed to relocate its fueling operations to a separate lot. The outlet described the acquisition as the key step that pushes the project out of the concept phase and into permitting and site work.
Where the pumps will go
The Village of Pleasant Prairie says the new fueling facility will rise on a roughly 2.8-acre parcel at the southwest corner of County Trunk Highway H (88th Avenue) and 76th Street, a short hop east of the warehouse. The site plan calls for 12 pumps with 24 fueling positions, room for vehicle queuing, and a small kiosk with restrooms and employee amenities, according to Village of Pleasant Prairie.
“Relocating the fueling facility off the warehouse site is expected to improve on-site traffic flow and reduce vehicle queuing during peak periods,” Community Development Director Robert Hanson said in village materials. The village also notes that once the existing pump islands are removed, that space will be redeveloped into roughly 133 additional parking stalls, bringing total parking at the store to about 814 spaces, as outlined by Village of Pleasant Prairie.
What it means for shoppers and traffic
Doubling the number of fueling positions and carving out more queuing space is meant to cut the long gas lines that can clog circulation in the lot and spill into nearby streets. Local coverage also notes that the plan shifts the main parking lot entrance slightly east along 76th Street to better line up with surrounding driveways, and that the project still needs final Village Board approval before any construction crews roll in, according to WRJN.
Plan approvals and next steps
The project already cleared a master conceptual review at the Plan Commission in February and picked up site and operational approvals in April, per local reporting. As reported by WGTD, final zoning and planned development amendments now head to the Village Board, and construction permits can only be issued after those are signed off.
The land closing highlighted by the Milwaukee Business Journal kicks off more detailed permitting and utility coordination, although officials have not yet put a start date on construction. For residents keeping an eye on how traffic and parking might shift, village meeting agendas will remain the go to place to track formal timelines and permit milestones, according to the reporting.
