Pasco County Target sets opening date

Target is set to open its new 147,000-square-foot store in Pasco County, one of 300 new stores the Minnesota chain is building in the next decade.

The new store, which officially opens its doors Oct. 12, is in the Grove at Wesley Chapel just off Interstate 75. It is on a 16-acre plot south of World Market at the southeast corner of the intersection of Oakley Boulevard and Pink Flamingo Lane.

The retailer says it will employ about 170 at the site.