Walmart Canada says it will hire about 300 staff for its new store at Hillside shopping centre.
The company said the 139,000-square-foot store will open in the spring, but did not provide a specific date.
The store will have the company’s “super store” designation, meaning it will offer fresh groceries, including produce, Canadian beef, chicken and pork, dairy, baked goods, frozen food and pantry items, in addition to housewares, hardware and electronics.
Customers will also have the option to shop online and pick up or have their orders delivered, a Walmart spokesperson said.
The Walmart signs went up at Hillside on Wednesday.
The space that formerly housed a Sears store has been under construction for nearly two years and provided more than 200 construction and trades jobs, the company said.
Some plumbing and electrical work continues inside the two-floor store, and shelving and other finishing materials are now on the site along North Dairy Road.
It will be Walmart’s third location in the region.
The Hillside Walmart will be larger than Langford’s store, but the Uptown Walmart will remain Walmart’s largest in the region at 216,000 square feet.
Hillside will be adding a 15,000-square-foot Dollarama store in the spring.
The centre is owned by the BentallGreenOak Prime Canadian Property Fund, based in Vancouver.
