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Amazon Plans Walmart-Sized Store

225,000-square-foot prototype slated for Chicago suburb.

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4 weeks ago

January 13, 2026

VMSD Staff

Amazon Plans Walmart-Sized Store — A rendering of the planned Amazon store in a Chicago suburb. Image: Courtesy of Amazon via the Orland Park Planning Commission

A rendering of the planned Amazon store in a Chicago suburb. Image: Courtesy of Amazon via the Orland Park Planning Commission

Amazon (Seattle) plans to build a large-scale store in the Chicago suburb of Orland Park, Ill., Grocery Dive reports. According to documents submitted to the village by the online-anchored giant, the proposed store will offer groceries and general merchandise. At 225,000 square feet, it represents Amazon’s first retail store that’s roughly equivalent to Walmart’s supercenter format, which averages around 179,000 square feet, Grocery Dive notes.

An Amazon spokesperson told GD that the planned store is “a new concept that we think customers will be excited about.” The project’s site plans were approved by Orland Park’s Planning Commission earlier this month and still need approval from the village’s board that meets later this month, Orland Park’s Patch news service reported.

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