Target’s Nampa remodel adds optical and bigger grocery section

Target’s Nampa store is being remade as a much more food-forward operation, and that shift will change how the store runs as much as how it looks. The 127,000-square-foot location at 16300 N Market Place Blvd. in Treasure Valley Marketplace, which opened in 2007, is getting a complete interior and exterior update, a new optical department and a bigger grocery section tied to nearly $3.8 million in investment.

The grocery expansion is the part that will hit the sales floor and backroom first. BoiseDev described the project as a total food-forward transformation, with the fresh grocery footprint expanding and new reach-in food coolers going in. For store teams, that means more replenishment pressure, tighter attention to freshness and availability, and more guest questions about substitutions, out-of-stocks and what is actually ready to buy right now. It also means more product adjacency changes, since food now has to be laid out in a way that makes the trip faster for guests while still keeping the team’s push and backroom routines manageable.

The optical addition brings a different kind of complexity. Target Optical locations offer eye exams, eyeglasses, sunglasses and contacts, which turns part of the store into a service operation rather than just another merchandising zone. That changes training needs, routing and guest handoffs, especially when guests move between optical, CVS pharmacy, grocery and front-end fulfillment services. The Nampa location already lists CVS pharmacy, wine and beer, Starbucks Cafe, order pickup, drive-up and same-day delivery, so the remodel pushes an already service-heavy store further in that direction.

The refresh also fits into Target Corporation’s bigger 2026 growth strategy, which the company unveiled on March 3, 2026. That plan calls for about $2 billion in incremental investment this year, including more than $1 billion in additional capital expenditures and $1 billion in additional operating investments. Target said the plan includes transforming in-store floor plans and displays, increasing payroll and training, strengthening key category assortments and accelerating technology, and that guests will see and feel more change in 2026 than in any year in the past decade.

Nampa is not an isolated project. BoiseDev reported that the store was Target’s second Boise-area location after the Milwaukee Street store, which recently got a minor remodel with refreshed flooring and fixtures. Target is also working on a new Meridian store with an even larger food selection, a sign that the Treasure Valley is becoming a testing ground for the company’s bigger push into food, services and more frequent operational change.