Costco confirms opening date for newest southern Ontario location

Costco has confirmed when customers will be able to shop at its newest Ontario warehouse.

Although the location is in northwest Mississauga, it will also be close enough to shoppers who live in Brampton, Milton and Halton Hills.

It will be in the SmartCentres Meadowvale Shopping Centre, which is also home to Walmart, Winners, HomeSense and Staples, at 3115 Argentia Road and Winston Churchill Boulevard near Highway 401.

As revealed on the Facebook page of the wholesale giant, the warehouse will open on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

This Costco will be unique, however, as it will serve as a business centre.

A Costco business centre differs from a regular Costco retail warehouse by specializing in extra bulk goods that cater to businesses. There are only six of these concept stores in Canada, the closest being in Scarborough. All Costco card-carrying members can shop at the business centre.

This Costco will occupy a long-empty existing building that contains 810,247 sq-ft of floor space and is surrounded by a large parking lot that serves the entire outdoor plaza. The building originally housed a large Rona hardware warehouse.

The SmartCentres Meadowvale Shopping Centre website shows the location of the Costco, which will be situated in the northern part of the plaza near the exit ramp of Highway 401.

Mississauga already has three Costco locations: one on Rodeo Drive, another on Dundas Street East, and a third on Laird Drive.