West Oakland Costco could employ hundreds, files show

Site plan for a proposed Costco warehouse store at the corner of West Grand Avenue and Wake Avenue in West Oakland. (MG2) OAKLAND Costco expects to hire about 400 people at its new West Oakland location, documents on file at City Hall show. The 166,800-square-foot warehouse store would sit at the corner of West Grand Avenue and Wake Avenue on a section of an old U.S. Army base once completed. The site also is expected to include a fuel station and 947 parking spaces, according to city planning files. The store will be open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, records show. The fuel station will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day, according to the proposal. A Costco Wholesale store could be a big success in West Oakland, according to Tony Beatty, a JLL commercial real estate broker who helps Costco find sites in the Bay Area. The development would bring hundreds of jobs with competitive wages to West Oaklan