Costco Wholesale Corp. has announced plans to build a store in Cedar Park at Town Center. The warehouse membership club chain plans to hire between 300 and 400 full- and part-time workers for the new 150,000-square-foot store located at the northwest corner of RM 1431 and U.S. Highway 183A. Costco (Nasdaq: COST) currently has two locations in the Austin area — at in the Arboretum area and in Southwest Austin in the Shops at Arbor Trails. Officials expect construction to begin next summer. The Community Impact Newspaper has more on the story.

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