{"id":44000,"date":"2022-07-19T12:46:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T02:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/?p=44000"},"modified":"2022-07-19T12:46:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T02:46:16","slug":"costco-signals-intention-to-expand-presence-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/costco-signals-intention-to-expand-presence-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Costco Signals Intention To Expand Presence In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You read the headline correctly, now let us confirm this great news: Costco has confirmed they will be they have plans to potentially expand their presence in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to realcommercial.com.au, <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/new-costco-store-approved-for-lake-macquarie\/\">Costco<\/a> Warehouse Australia Managing Director Patrick Noone said Costco is looking to potentially expand their presence across the nation \u2013 including in NSW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Noone told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realcommercial.com.au\/news\/several-new-costco-warehouses-planned-across-australia\">realcommercial.com.au<\/a> that \u201clocations include Hobart, north Sydney, south Sydney, Wollongong, north Perth, south Adelaide and Geelong\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose are kind of the hotspots that we\u2019re trawling through all the time looking for good sites,\u201d Noone said to realcommercial.com.au.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s lots of expansion. It gives us up to 20 buildings in the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, we know he doesn\u2019t explicitly say the Central Coast, but can dream, can\u2019t we?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac.png\" alt=\"Costco opened their first store close by in the Lake Macquarie region late last year and boy, isn\u2019t it your one-stop shop for everything.  \" class=\"wp-image-44005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac.png 706w, https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac-301x200.png 301w, https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac-48x32.png 48w, https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/costco-lake-mac-60x40.png 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><figcaption>Costco expanded into the Lake Macquarie region late last year (Image: Costco)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The retail giant opened their first store close by in the Lake Macquarie region late last year and boy, isn\u2019t it your one-stop shop for everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Boolaroo store features a 14,000 square-square metre warehouse, with an 800 spot car park and a petrol station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen via the Star 104.5 Player, download it now via the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/star-104-5-central-coast\/id1068731232\"><em>App Store<\/em><\/a><em> or <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=au.com.star1045\"><em>Google Play<\/em><\/a><em> and take Star 104.5 wherever you go.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images:\u00a0Costco <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By Bek Lougher<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEE MORE:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.star1045.com.au\/home\/here-are-all-the-locations-featured-in-the-toni-collettes-pieces-of-her-filmed-on-the-central-coast\/\">Here Are All The Local Locations Featured In The Toni Collette Drama Filmed On The Central Coast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You read the headline correctly, now let us confirm this great news: Costco has confirmed they will be they have plans to potentially expand their presence in Australia. 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