MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 6, 2025

Contact: Darin Gale, Assistant City Manager

Phone: 925.516.5440

Email: dgale@brentwoodca.gov

COSTCO SET TO OPEN AT THE INNOVATION CENTER @ BRENTWOOD – A PLANNED TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT IN  CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

BRENTWOOD, CA - The City of Brentwood in Contra Costa County, will celebrate the grand opening of a new Costco store Friday, March 7th at 7:30 a.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony.  The store will officially open at 8:00 a.m.

The retailer with stores across the Nation and Bay Area has eyed the City of Brentwood for some time. This new store will represent one of the City’s largest sales tax generators. It will also serve as the first commercial development to break ground and open in the City’s highly anticipated Innovation Center; a 260-acre town center development strategically situated along Highway 4 between Lone Tree Way and Sand Creek Road.

Mayor Susannah Meyer shared the following as it relates to Costco’s effect on the city, “The arrival of Costco in Brentwood marks a significant milestone for the development of the Innovation Center at Brentwood. Costco is creating hundreds of good-paying jobs, boost our local economy, and generate millions in tax revenue to fund local improvements and community services, including public safety, road maintenance, and many other City services.

Costco’s new store provides well over 150,000 local residents of both Brentwood and our surrounding East Contra Costa County neighbors reduced travel times to Costco, decreasing traffic congestion and improving air quality.  This store will also serve as a catalyst to attract new national retailers to the remaining four acre site adjacent to the store and continue to strengthen Brentwood’s role as a leader in the East Contra Costa County shopping experience. The new store will also help foster a planned mixed-use development just south, along Heidorn Ranch Road as part of the Innovation Center.

City Manager Tim Ogden stated, “Brentwood is excited to have Costco make a home here and offer great jobs for so many.  The additional revenue to the City will continue to help maintain the high quality of life residents enjoy.  Costco will also be a catalyst for more commercial development to follow in our Innovation Center @ Brentwood master planned community.” 

The City’s Economic Development staff are pro-actively seeking a developer(s) to acquire and assemble approximately 25 acres just south of Costco and adjacent to a pedestrian and bicycle trail which will create a new town center. The town center will consist of townhomes and apartments with upwards of 100,000 square feet of retail and office development in a Main Street format. To learn more about this mixed-use development opportunity, please contact the City’s Economic Development Team at https://www.brentwoodca.gov/business/economic-development. 

For more information on the Costco development, please contact Darin Gale, Assistant City Manager at dgale@brentwoodca.gov.

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Bay Area news outlets have highlighted the anticipation surrounding the opening:

• CBS News reported, "The crown jewel of wholesale grocers is finally coming to Brentwood next month when a new Costco location opens its doors on March 7th."
• KRON 4 reported, “Costco to open another East Bay location in March, months after Pleasanton opening.”