Celina opens first Walmart Supercenter, anchoring Shawnee Trail growth

Celina’s first Walmart Supercenter opened at 1771 Preston Road, giving one of Collin County’s fastest-growing cities its first full-size big-box grocery and retail option inside city limits. The store began serving customers on April 29 at the corner of Preston Road and the Collin County Outer Loop, where it now stands as the first public-facing piece of the larger Shawnee Trail development.

The opening matters far beyond one store. For families in Celina’s new neighborhoods, it shortens the trip for groceries, pharmacy needs and routine errands that once meant driving farther south into Frisco, Prosper or McKinney. It also shifts everyday traffic patterns closer to home, especially along Preston Road, where more shoppers, more delivery traffic and more workers will add pressure to an already busy growth corridor.

The new Supercenter was designed around Walmart’s newer format, with expanded fulfillment capabilities and support for drone delivery. Reported opening-day features include a larger-than-usual produce section, a Dunkin’ Donuts, an auto care center, a sushi corner, a vision center and pharmacy services. A fuel station on the property opened earlier, on April 15, creating a two-stage launch for the site.

Residents gathered by the hundreds for the grand opening, underscoring how closely the city has tied the store’s arrival to Celina’s broader transformation. The project is expected to bring about 250 jobs to the community, adding another layer of local impact in a city where growth has been visible in new subdivisions, schools and infrastructure projects for years.

The Supercenter is intended to anchor a 150-acre mixed-use development that will eventually include retail, restaurants, residential space and public gathering areas. Trademark Property Company was selected in December 2025 to lead the Shawnee Trail project, and the firm said leasing interest had already reached about 500,000 square feet. Trademark has described the site as a master-planned environment with walkable elements, open space and future lifestyle components, with work alongside the Celina Economic Development Corporation as the city keeps pace with rapid expansion.

Celina’s city website lists the population at 64,726 as of Jan. 1, 2025, and the U.S. Census Bureau previously named Celina the fastest-growing U.S. city among places with 20,000 or more residents in 2023. Walmart also said in April 2026 that a new Supercenter in Celina was among its planned openings later this year, after saying in January 2024 that its Dallas-Fort Worth drone-delivery expansion could reach up to 1.8 million additional households across the metroplex. In Celina, that broader retail strategy is now visible at street level, where national scale has finally caught up with local demand.