NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — BJ’s Wholesale Club wants a second Grand Strand store, and it has handed the City of North Myrtle Beach development plans for a site between Champions Boulevard and SC Highway 90.
The early plans call for a building of roughly 106,628 square feet. That footprint includes a tire service bay of about 3,400 square feet, and the site layout shows 381 parking spaces. A rendering filed with the plans also shows signs for a gas station.
The Massachusetts-based chain runs a members-only warehouse model like its bigger rivals. It lists 8.5 million members across 270 clubs in 22 states, and it opened its first Horry County location in Myrtle Beach in February 2025. The company has not commented publicly on a timeline.
Land at the northwest corner of Champions Boulevard and SC Highway 90 went through city review earlier this year. About 64.46 acres of vacant parcels there, zoned Commercial Forest Agriculture by Horry County, were brought into the city with a Highway Commercial designation. The North Myrtle Beach Planning Commission recommended approval after a public hearing on Feb. 17, and the request reached City Council for a second reading on April 6.
City standards for that zoning add extra rules for big-box retail, such as parking-lot lighting with cutoff fixtures aimed away from homes, and require a closer look at stores of 75,000 square feet or more.
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