More Development in Upstate SC

"A new Walmart is coming to the Upstate.

The 90,000 square foot store is planned along Highway 8 at Roberts Drive in Pickens.

Civil project manager Will Rogan told News 4 that the city’s architectural board approved the landscaping, parking, demolition and signs on Thursday.

The store will be about half the size of the one in Easley and won’t be a “super center,” but it will have all the same departments as the larger store, including groceries, garden center and pharmacy.

Rogan said the store will likely be on about 19.5 acres. A vacant former car dealership that will be torn down is currently on the property. He said Walmart is in the process of buying the land.

City Administrator Therine Brackett said, “The announcement of Walmart coming is another huge step in taking Pickens from a small, quaint town, to a growing town.”

The Walmart is expected to bring about 200 permanent full-time jobs. During construction, local masons and commercial builders will be hired.

“It’s more jobs. It brings people here that were by-passing us and going to Easley or Seneca,” Brackett said.

Construction is expected to begin summer of 2012 and be completed by summer of 2013.

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