Second Sarasota County Costco grand opening announced

Costco will open in North Port this June. The store’s grand opening June 5 in Wellen Park in south Sarasota will come weeks after the gas pumps became operational in early May at the site off US 41.

When it opens, the store will have a pharmacy, hearing aid center, optical shop, food court and tire center as well as the gas station.

The Wellen Park store will mark the second in Sarasota County for the retailer, which sells everything from groceries to TVs to jewelry refrigerators. The first Sarasota Costco opened by the Sarasota Square Mall in 2012. A Costco in Bradenton, just east of the Interstate 75 State Road 64 exit, opened in 2019.