A national discount retailer is courting Eagle, new plans confirm. Take a look
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- Costco applied to build an Eagle warehouse with 32 fuel pumps and 900 parking spots.
- Traffic study projects nearly 7,000 new daily vehicle trips; plans include 2 roundabouts.
- Costco aims to open the store by 2027, but Eagle City Council will have the final say.
Wondering if Costco is really coming to Eagle?
After weeks of anticipation and a tense neighborhood meeting, the members-only retailer submitted an application to the city to build a warehouse on the site of a former quarry at Idaho 55 and Hill Road.
The application jump-starts a city-approvals process, complete with public hearings, where the City Council would have the final say over what can and can’t be built. If all went well for the retailer, it would plan to open by 2027.
In the meantime, here’s what the new application shows about Costco’s intentions.
According to application documents filed on Dec. 22, shoppers could one day see a 166,000-square foot Costco, a fuel station with 32 pumps and nearly 900 parking spots at the site at 9755 N. Horseshoe Bend Road.
The warehouse’s typical business hours would be Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fuel station, which is self-service, would open earlier — at 6 a.m. daily — and close at 10 p.m. on Monday through Friday, at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, and at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
To the Costco’s south, a second commercial center would have nearly 110,000-feet of commercial space on a roughly 2-acre “outlot.” Site plans indicate that could include one or two buildings, depending on the chosen layout.
Costco also submitted a traffic-impact analysis by Boise consulting firm Kittelson & Associates, indicating the development would generate just shy of 7,000 new vehicle trips per day.
And how would all those cars get in? Costco would add one right-in/right-out turn on Idaho 55, another on Hill Road, and a new roundabout on Hill Road, the traffic analysis said.
“The project will enhance roadway infrastructure,” said the application’s narrative letter. The “(Ada County Highway District’s) master plan includes widening Hill Road to a five-lane arterial and improving traffic flow with roundabout intersections, and the project will build those improvements.”
A second roundabout is proposed for just east of the Hill Road roundabout, at the intersection of Hill and Horseshoe Bend, site plans show.
Traffic was a source of concern for some residents at a Dec. 4 neighborhood meeting, where Costco unveiled its earliest plans for the site.
In emails to the city of Eagle obtained by the Idaho Statesman through public-records request, residents also voiced mixed feelings. Traffic concerns remained a prominent theme of the more than 100 emails the city received in early December, but many people expressed excitement at the prospect of a closer Costco. A few said the business would be good for Eagle’s economy.
“We need the tax revenue and the ability to shop where we live,” wrote one Eagle resident, Lynda Ackert. “I’m tired of giving all our money to Meridian and I want to live, shop and eat in Eagle!”
The retailer has three Treasure Valley stores, one each in Boise, Nampa and Meridian. A fourth store is proposed in South Meridian. The Eagle store would be the fifth.
Idaho News 6 earlier reported on the application submittal.
