Costco plans Business Center and gas station in Chandler by 2026

Costco’s Chandler project is not shaping up like a typical warehouse run. The company is planning a Business Center and 15-pump gas station at the southwest corner of Pecos Road and Alma School Road, a format built for professional offices, food-service operations and other business buyers who shop differently from weekend stock-up members.

That distinction matters for employees as much as for customers. Costco says Business Centers are open to all members, but they typically run 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day and carry a very different mix of goods, with more than 70% of items unlike what is sold in a standard Costco warehouse. In practice, that means a Chandler opening would likely bring earlier traffic, more routine replenishment trips and a steadier commercial rhythm than the family-heavy flow many warehouse teams know well.

The Chandler site is planned on about 18.65 acres at 1004 S. Alma School Road. City filings describe a proposed building of roughly 140,000 square feet, a fuel facility and associated site improvements, with a maximum building height of 34 feet. That size and layout signal a property designed to move product and vehicles efficiently, not just to pack in retail floor space.

For Costco, fuel is part of the strategy, not an afterthought. A gas station draws traffic and deepens member loyalty, and a Business Center plus fuel combination gives the company another way to build repeat visits from business customers who need pallets, paper goods, cleaning supplies and food-service inventory on a schedule. For backroom workers, stockers and managers, that can translate into a different delivery cadence and a more specialized replenishment pattern than a standard club sees.

The project has already moved through Chandler’s approval process. The Chandler Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval in January 2025, and the Chandler City Council unanimously approved rezoning and a preliminary development plan in February 2025. Local reporting has said the store is expected to open at the end of 2026.

The Chandler opening also fits Costco’s own history. The company traces its roots to Price Club, which opened in 1976 in San Diego serving small businesses, and Costco’s first warehouse opened in Seattle in 1983. A Business Center in Chandler brings that original wholesale orientation into a modern Phoenix-market format, with fuel attached and a customer base that looks less like a Saturday crowd and more like a daily supply line.