Amazon plans to create a Super Amazon-mart store near Chicago

Amazon could be taking another bigger step into physical stores, this time with a Walmart-like supercenter. On Tuesday, the Orland Park Plan Commission met in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park, Illinois They voted 6-1 Amazon’s proposal to develop 35 acres of land for a 229,000-square-foot retail center has been approved, it reported. Information.

The development will include a massive brick-and-mortar center selling groceries, general merchandise and prepared foods. It could also double as an Amazon fulfillment center, like a department store with an Amazon warehouse in the back. Customers will be able to pick up Amazon orders there as well.

The proposed development is a far cry from Amazon’s first attempt to launch a brick-and-mortar retail location. For the past few years, that’s been the case Closing its physical stores In large numbers. In 2022, all 68 brick-and-mortar bookstores, 4-star stores and pop-up stores closed. Also closed both Amazon style clothing stores In 2023. Recently, Amazon has focused its efforts in the field of physical stores on Whole Foods Marketwhich was acquired by Amazon in 2017, but still appears to have physical store ambitions of its own.