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SUMMERVILLE — Walmart is knocking on the door to Cane Bay.

The huge mega-residential development in Summerville, slated to have upwards of 10,000 single-family houses and townhomes when fully built out, could soon see a new major discount store near its entrance.

The Arkansas-based retail giant has proposed a 171,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter on 46 acres at 2000 State Road, also known as U.S. Highway 176.

The Supercenter would include a full grocery store, garden center and a drive-through pharmacy that would serve the nearly 40,000 projected Cane Bay Plantation residents at full buildout and more.

Walmart’s application with the S.C. Department of Environmental Services calls for construction of a median- and right-turn lane for access to the store from both Highway 176 and Fairwinds Boulevard.

According to the filing, about a quarter-acre of wetlands will be filled for the development.

“At this point, it’s still in the early stages,” said Mariel Messier, communications director for Walmart’s U.S. East region. “This location is part of Walmart’s broader initiative to build or convert more than 150 stores nationwide during the next several years, bringing new jobs and infrastructure improvements to the Summerville community.”

Until recently, the Bentonville, Ark.-based discount chain hadn't built a Supercenter from the ground up since 2021. The latest, described as the company's first "store of the future," opened northwest of Houston in Cypress, Texas, in April. More are expected to follow.

The Cane Bay store would be the fifth Walmart-owned retail outlet in Summerville and the city's third Supercenter. The other two are at 1317 N Main St. and 9880 Dorchester Road.

Walmart announced earlier this year it was planning to remodel its Neighborhood Market location at 10635 Dorchester as part of a strategy to update 33 stores across the state.

The new Supercenter would add another Walmart in Berkeley County, one of the fastest-growing areas in the state with a projected population of 372,132 by 2040.

Messier said the company factors in population growth, as well as other, metrics when scouting a new Supercenter location.

“We're always looking for opportunities of where a location will be most advantageous for our customers,” she said. “We're just excited to be able to serve more customers in Summerville and bring this location in.”

The Cane Bay Plantation master-planned development was conceived by Charleston-based Gramling Brothers Real Estate and Development. It first broke ground in 2005 on a 4,500-acre tract surrounding a lake with trail systems.

Now an expansive collection of neighborhoods, Cane Bay has undergone a population boom in the 20 years since with its own schools, library and YMCA.

Nearby, master-planned developments Nexton and Carnes Crossroads soon followed suit.

Cane Bay elementary and middle schools, which were built for 900 students each, were already over capacity by hundreds of students 10 years later. The high school now has more than 2,000 students.

The community's retail area has further grown around the rooflines with a Publix grocery store, Parker’s Kitchen gas station, restaurants like Chick-Fil-A and Smoothie King, nail salons and hair studios, banks and credit unions, and a plethora of services for residents such as a veterinarian, dentist and Roper St. Francis Physicians Network outpost.

The median sales price for homes in Cane Bay was $447,550 as of May 2025, a 2 percent increase year over year, according to Carolina One Real Estate. Homes currently listed range from $298,500 to $889,500, the firm reported.

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - A new facility that just opened on Wednesday morning in Summerville is set to streamline services for online shoppers in the Lowcountry and create new employment opportunities.

A combination of an Amazon first-mile fulfillment center and last-mile delivery station is now open along Jedburg Road. The nearly $30 million center sits on over 150,000 square feet as a site of both sorting and delivering packages up to a 50-mile radius.

The aim behind the facility is to offer company customers same-day deliveries in the Lowcountry. Company leaders say some shipments may arrive at some residents’ doorsteps in five hours or less after an order is placed.

Company leaders say the facility holds a first-of-its-kind robotic technology that is in the Southeastern region of the nation. Amazon Senior Economic Development Manager for South Carolina, Sam Blatt, says the center combines technology such as robotics and Artificial Intelligence to help get the packages out to customer doorsteps.

“We’re combining the technology that we use for picking, packing and sorting items that people order off Amazon with our innovative logistics technology of sorting packages and having those taken out and delivered to people’s homes,” Blatt said.

Over 100 jobs are expected to be available on the site for the local community. Director of Economic Development John Truluck says the development is adding not only labor jobs but also higher-skilled opportunities to the area.

Truluck says the county targets companies of similar industries, such as automotive, aerospace, life sciences, advanced logistics and recreational marines to come to the area. The director says adding these industries to the area is a ‘big deal’ as they provide high capital investments, including contributing taxes to the community.

“It fits in that advanced manufacturing, so this is not just, you know, empty warehouse space with a lot of boxes with a lot of people moving them around,” Truluck says. “It’s got a lot of technology that goes along with it that is really on a different level than we’re accustomed to.”

Truluck says the facilities tax contributions benefit the county resources, such as the school department and emergency services.

The site is also launching a delivery method called Amazon Flex that works similarly to rideshare programs like Uber. Blatt says the program uses individual contractors as drivers to deliver packages with personal vehicles on personalized schedules.

Leaders say the company plans to expand same-day facilities across 120 metro areas across the country. Company leaders say current job openings are offering at least $18.50 per hour. Job applications can be found on their website.

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