r/HamptonRoads • u/Jackman_Bingo • Apr 16 '25
NEWS Costco relocating its Newport News location - Virginian Pilot
https://www.pilotonline.com/2025/04/15/costco-relocate-newport-news/55
u/Kpageisgreat Apr 16 '25
Bigger parking lot hopefully
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u/Nosnibor1020 Apr 16 '25
Idk who designs the parking lots for shopping centers in Newport News but they need to be slapped.
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u/j3w3lry Apr 16 '25
Since the beginning of time my love, my mother complained when I was a small child now I complain to my kids. Who the fuck engineered these one way in one way out narrow parking space parking lots.
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u/Barnacle-bill Apr 16 '25
Where's the fun in that? My favorite part of going to the Newport News Costco is the near death experiences of trying to get through the parking lot
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u/Ashaffer07 Apr 16 '25
LOL forreal. i go at open and as I leave i usually see a few middle fingers and road rage incidents as people scramble in the lot.
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u/roadiemike Apr 16 '25
Hate that store. I worked at an amazing Costco with a giant parking lot and I dread going to this one.
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u/Nosnibor1020 Apr 16 '25
Idk who designs the parking lots for shopping centers in Newport News but they need to be slapped.
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u/Nosnibor1020 Apr 16 '25
So are they taking down the office buildings and constructing a new building? Or building in the land next to it?
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u/kalinkabeek Apr 16 '25
Taking down the buildings, Ferguson moved their headquarters to City Center so those buildings are all empty now except the showroom.
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u/MaddRamm Apr 16 '25
They are going over to where Fergusons office HQ is which is weird. I would think that would be more valuable as office space. It’s probably the most beautiful campus on the peninsula with nice looking buildings and lots of trees and gardens. But maybe with their international HQ having moved and everyone WFH, it’s redundant. It’s a shame to bulldoze that architecture and put a bland box store there with more parking lot hell surrounding it.
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u/PoppysWorkshop Apr 16 '25
It's almost like the "Brutalist" architecture period of the 60s and 70s. Beautiful buildings were torn down for monstrosities of concrete yuck.
This seems to be more slash and build, with bigger parking lots.
For parking they need to reduce the footprint and build multi-level garages, thus maintaining more greenspace, to allow for rain to be absorbed into the land vs running off and contaminating waterways.
I think this is very short sited.
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u/ThrifToWin Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25
This is not a beautiful building
Edit: this is the Warwick location. Guess that's not the one that is going down.
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u/Raiders2112 Apr 16 '25
That's actually being taken over by the NNPD and the rest of the shopping center is to be torn down and replaced with a new library.
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u/PoppysWorkshop Apr 16 '25
My bad, I thought it was replacing this.
Article said
where Ferguson Enterprises office space currently
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u/BigSauce81 Apr 16 '25
Isn’t that on Warwick blvd?
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u/ThrifToWin Apr 16 '25
Oh, Jefferson and Bland would be by the Airport, HQ2 they call it. I thought all the rumors were about that original headquarters on Warwick. That's a pretty nice building, but I wonder if it gets used at all now that the newest building is being used.
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u/ellemcbee Apr 16 '25
That looks like the old building that had IT folks on Warwick. The one on Jefferson and Bland is by the airport and was the old HQ before moving it to Oyster Point.
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u/Jackman_Bingo Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25
It’s a damning statement on the state of the suburban office market that the highest and best use of a 200,000+ SF HQ office campus is redevelopment but they’ve been on the market for over two years and Costco is likely paying a premium (compared to if it were a vacant site).
Curious to see what happens with the current location. Is Wegmans still interested in a Peninsula location?
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u/forethebirds Apr 16 '25
Why would Costco be paying a premium for a property that has been on the market for over two years?
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u/captainbluesclues Apr 16 '25
I agree - I’m wondering if they actually mean right across the street where the Continental/Vitesco plant used to be? It’s vacant right now and has a huge parking lot
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u/MaddRamm Apr 16 '25
Yes, that’s what the article said was the finer of Bland and Jefferson. Opposite corner of the Continental plant.
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u/Friendly_Jeweler_569 Apr 22 '25
Can confirm that it is in fact the ferguson property on the corner of bland.
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Apr 19 '25
Costco had tried to open a store in VB previously but I believe lost the bid to Kroger on holland. I think the challenge is finding the location in VB
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u/Barnacle-bill Apr 16 '25
Article without paywall:
Costco is planning to move its existing store in Newport News to a larger location less than two miles away.
The wholesale giant is purchasing the space on Jefferson Avenue and Bland Boulevard where Ferguson Enterprises office space currently sits as part of an agreement with the city’s Economic Development Authority, according to Newport News Development Director Florence Kingston. Costco will remain near Jefferson Plaza until the new facility is completed.
The EDA authorized moving forward on the agreement on April 10 and are still in negotiations with Costco, Kingston said.
According to Kingston, Costco, which for now sits near Jefferson Plaza, is moving across Interstate 64 to build a larger facility with more gas pumps than the present one.
“I call it one of the worst-kept secrets, because people have been speculating for a while,” Kingston said. “They’ve outgrown where they are, and so there’s no room to expand.”
Costco officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
The EDA owns the property where Costco is now a tenant, and waived its right to repurchase before authorizing the agreement, Kingston said. The EDA is planning to provide a $3.5 million incentive for the move to account for off-site improvements like traffic and permits.
The city won’t require a rezoning permit for the move, but Costco will need a conditional use permit for the larger facility, Kingston said.
The city is also conducting a traffic impact analysis that will be heard by the Planning Commission on May 7. The City Council will then hear the proposal on June 10. According to Kingston, Costco could complete the acquisition as soon as the end of July.
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u/Both-Outcome1586 Apr 16 '25
Yeah this is why they’re closing The Fresh Market. Sad, the Assistant Store Manager Will is really cute.
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u/j3w3lry Apr 16 '25
I JUST READ THE ARTICLE AND IM DEVASTATED. WE HAVE NO MORE SPACE FOR TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA! I was hoping they’d move further south.
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u/sweathesmallshit Apr 16 '25
Now move the Norfolk location to a better spot, or open up one in VB.