Walmart to Build 150,000-Square-Foot Next Generation Supercenter in Aubrey, Texas

Forty million dollars in private investment is headed to Aubrey, Texas, where Walmart will build a Next Generation Supercenter spanning at least 150,000 square feet on roughly 18 acres at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 377 and Spring Hill Road. City officials formalized the economic development agreement on March 27, with construction tied to permit approvals and a completion target of December 2029.

The "Next Generation" designation signals something meaningful to anyone weighing an application or transfer. Walmart's next-gen store format incorporates updated technology, expanded online order infrastructure, and integrated pickup and delivery operations. That means the eventual hiring list at this Aubrey location will include online order pickers, fulfillment associates, and tech-adjacent roles alongside the traditional mix of cashiers, stockers, grocery and produce staff, pharmacy personnel, overnight receiving teams, department managers, and store leadership. Some of those fulfillment roles, similar to what Walmart rolled out at its next-generation distribution facilities, carry specialized training requirements and can open career pathways that front-end positions typically don't.

Pre-opening jobs are the first real opportunity, and they move fast. For big-box openings of this scale, Walmart typically posts department manager roles, team lead positions, and other pre-opening categories on OneWalmart and the public careers portal weeks or months before a public grand opening. Current associates in surrounding stores who want a shot at those postings should update their internal profiles now, have a conversation with their store manager about transfer documentation and eligibility, and identify any training prerequisites for pharmacy or fulfillment positions. Regional recruiting teams often partner with local economic development offices on hiring fairs, making Aubrey city announcements and local chamber communications worth monitoring for early recruiter contact.

For district and market operations teams, the December 2029 timeline demands earlier planning than it might appear. Once permitting, sitework, and a multi-year construction phase are factored in, the ramp-up window for hiring, Walmart Academy onboarding, and inventory staging compresses quickly. Equally important: the new store will pull from nearby feeder locations. Any hourly associate or department manager within commuting distance is a potential transfer candidate, and stores in Aubrey and surrounding communities should build succession plans before the first job posting goes live.

The deal's financial architecture shows how seriously the city is betting on long-term returns. Aubrey and its Municipal Development District agreed to performance-based incentives totaling up to $8 million: $5.5 million from the city and $2.5 million from the AMDD, both funded directly from a portion of the sales and use tax the store will generate. The structure means Walmart has to perform before it gets paid, and both the city and the AMDD retain the bulk of the new tax revenue for public services.

Aubrey's deal comes as Walmart accelerates its expansion across the fast-growing suburban corridor north of Dallas-Fort Worth, where a separate Supercenter is set to open in nearby Celina on April 29, 2026. The Aubrey store won't open for more than three years, but the jobs it creates, and the internal movement it triggers at surrounding locations, start well before the doors do.