Walmart is planning a 38,000-square-foot addition onto its Ypsilanti Township's store's west side.
Tom Perkins | For AnnArbor.com
The Ypsilanti Township Walmart could soon become a “Super” Walmart.
Township Planner Joe Lawson said he was pleased with a preliminary meeting with Walmart engineers and the site plans could be in front of the Ypsilanti Township Planning Commission at their May meeting.
The 38,000-square-foot addition onto the existing 128,000-square-foot building at 2515 Ellsworth Road mostly would provide additional space for a full grocery store under the same roof as the general retail.
The addition will be on the building's west side.
“It sounds like a pretty good expansion,” Lawson said. “It would be good for the neighborhood and the immediate area.”
Lawson said figures on the total investment weren’t available yet because architectural plans won't be available for three weeks, though he said he is pleased that there will be a significant boost in the property’s taxable value.
Lawson didn’t have any figures on how many jobs would be created and no Walmart representative returned calls for comment on the project.
The nearest Super Walmarts are on Belleville Road in Belleville and at 7000 E. Michigan Ave., in Saline.
Lawson said Walmart officials told him the Ypsilanti Township store has a high volume of customers and there have been requests for expanded grocery.
The next nearest grocery store is in the Meijer at the intersection of Carpenter and Ellsworth roads. The plaza once held a Busch's before it changed to a Sheena's Market. That shut down several years ago.
“We are excited about the expansion,” Lawson said. “It’s going to be a great service and commodity to the community.”