Walmart will go before the Thomaston Planning Board on May 19 with a proposal for a 7,267-square-foot addition on the north side of its existing building.
The superstore at 55 Thomaston Commons Way is currently 139,847 square feet.
“The proposed expansion aims to expand the building to provide a better grocery pickup experience,” an April 24 letter to the town states.
The letter was submitted along with preliminary plans for the building expansion by Marah MacKenzie of Colliers Engineering & Design, based in Rochester, New York.
The addition would replace existing asphalt on the north side of the building. Preliminary drawings show an area for “online pickup and delivery” along with more than 40 parking spaces on that side of the store.
The current layout places the grocery section on the southern side of the building, so some internal changes may also be needed.
Code Enforcement Officer Courtney Farnum said the May 19 meeting is a “preliminary site plan review” to determine whether such an expansion is possible. The meeting begins at 6 p.m.
Farnum said the Planning Board is likely to hold second and third meetings on the proposal before it could be approved.
The existing Walmart was approved by the Thomaston Planning Board in 2011 after a lengthy debate and was estimated to cost $28 million to construct. It opened in 2013.
Previously, a smaller Walmart store operated at the current location of Ocean State Job Lot on Route 1 in Rockland.
This story appears through a media partnership with Midcoast Villager.
