The Walmart Supercenter at 1548 FM 685 in Pflugerville is putting the finishing touches on a $1.8 million renovation, bringing wider aisles, a refreshed pharmacy and vision center, and an expanded deli and food selection that now includes sushi. The store plans to mark the completion with a grand reopening celebration on September 4, running from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Pflugerville location is one of 72 Texas Walmart stores getting remodeled this year, according to Community Impact, which first reported the store was wrapping up its overhaul. State regulatory filings reviewed by Zabalist show the project covers roughly 203,819 square feet of existing retail space, with SGA Design Group P.C. serving as the design firm and construction costs estimated at $1.8 million ahead of the 2026 completion. The scope lines up with what Community Impact described: improved interior lighting and modernized layouts throughout the store.
The renovation also brings what the outlet's report called enhanced digital shopping integration, part of a broader push across Walmart's Texas remodels toward blending mobile app tools with in-store visits. Similar upgrades rolling out statewide include app-based navigation, appointment scheduling for Auto Care Centers, and free prescription delivery for Walmart+ members, per MySA.
A Store Nearing Its 20th Anniversary Gets a Refresh
The Pflugerville Supercenter, listed as store #5479, originally opened on March 14, 2007, according to a store history compiled by Fandom. That makes this remodel the store's first major comprehensive update in nearly two decades. The grand reopening will include vendors, food trucks, refreshments, and store tours, the same details Community Impact's report laid out for the September 4 event at the FM 685 location.
Part of a $2.5 Billion Statewide Push
The Pflugerville project fits into a much larger corporate initiative. Walmart announced a $2.5 billion investment in Texas store upgrades over the past five years alongside plans to remodel 72 Texas locations in 2026, according to a Business Wire announcement. Nationally, the retailer scheduled more than 650 store remodels across Supercenters and Neighborhood Markets in 2026 as part of its multiyear Store of the Future modernization program, as reported by Retail Dive.
The remodeled stores are also introducing interactive displays and expanding partnerships with brands like De'Longhi, Oura, Jessica Simpson, and Lemme, the Business Wire release noted, letting shoppers preview higher-margin products digitally before buying. Hoodline previously covered a related wave of upgrades in Houston's 14-store makeover push and a nearby project where Walmart registered a $2.6 million renovation and 6,100-square-foot expansion for its Manor Supercenter along U.S. Highway 290 earlier this year.
Grocery Rivalry Heats Up Along FM 685
Pflugerville's retail landscape is shifting fast enough that Walmart isn't the only grocer reinvesting locally. H-E-B filed state plans in August to invest $635,000 in interior upgrades at its East Pflugerville Parkway store as part of its Fresh Initiative, according to Community Impact, with the remodel focused on hot-food stations and grab-and-go meal expansions. The timing underscores how directly the two chains are competing for the same suburban shoppers.
That competition is unfolding against a backdrop of steady population growth. Pflugerville's population reached approximately 68,000 residents in 2025-2026, up from 65,486 at the 2020 Census, with a median household income of $117,799, per data cited by World Population Review. Commercial development along the FM 685 corridor is expanding alongside that growth, including the planned $45 million ARS Crossings retail and flex hub, which Hoodline reported is set to break ground in 2026 as part of a major retail and flex hub adding more than 110,000 square feet of neighborhood commercial space.
For now, the completed Walmart renovation gives Pflugerville shoppers a preview of what's coming to dozens of other Texas stores this year, with the September 4 grand reopening at 1548 FM 685 offering the first public look at the finished project.
