Indian Land will see new Target, Costco and Lowes Foods open in a three-week span
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- Lowes Foods opens Oct. 9 in Indian Land with grocery, deli and event spaces.
- Target opens Oct. 12 with 149,000 square feet and online order fulfillment.
- Costco enters the Rock Hill region Oct. 30 with warehouse retail and groceries.
For shoppers within driving distance of Indian Land, October is going to be a big deal.
Two of the world’s largest retailers and a Carolinas-based supermarket, will each open stores in the Lancaster County panhandle. They’re coming to one of the fastest-growing areas of South Carolina, and of the Charlotte region.
What’s more, all three new stores are within a mile of each other, just off U.S. 521.
Lancaster County announced temporary traffic changes this summer in anticipation of the stores opening, and will put a 1% sales tax proposal on the Nov. 4 to fund road upgrades with a heavy focus on U.S. 521, or Charlotte Highway.
Here’s the latest on opening plans for Lowes Foods, Target and Costco:
Lowes Foods to open at The Exchange
Lowes Foods will open its grocery store at U.S. 521 and Possum Hollow Road on Oct. 9, in the new retail development called The Exchange. Doors open at 8 a.m.
The Lowes Foods store will have a coffee shop, cheese shop and bakery along with typical groceries. The deli has eat-in or take-home meals in three themed areas, one each for chicken, smoked meats and sandwiches.
An area called The Community Table will host food pairings, tea parties, floral arrangement classes and private events. The Beer Den lets customers have a drink while they shop, or fill growlers or crowlers to take home. There’s also a SausageWorks station using locally sourced meats.
Lowes Foods will have online shopping through Lowes Foods to Go.
The opening of Lowes Foods sets the stage for more additions in the $400 million Exchange project. The site off Charlotte Highway is approved for more than 700 townhomes and apartments.
Developer Crosland Southeast asked Lancaster County to allow more retail space there this spring to make way for a Medical University of South Carolina office, restaurant, coffee, bank, dentist office and retail development.
Lowes Foods is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and has more than 80 supermarkets in the Carolinas.
Target to open large Indian Land store
Among the seven Target stores opening nationwide on Oct. 12, there’s the Indian Land store at 5345 Crossridge Blvd. It’s just south of the Lowes Foods and Costco sites on Charlotte Highway.
The Indian Land Target will be 149,000 square feet, well above the companywide average of 125,000 square feet. New stores are part of a hub model, according to Target, that combines typical shopping along with fulfillment of online or delivery orders.
The store will employ about 170 people. The company’s starting wages range from $15 to $24 an hour. It’ll have a CVS pharmacy, Disney store and Starbucks. The Target also will have drive-up pickup, same-day delivery or next-day delivery throughout Indian Land.
The Indian Land Target will have a 16,000-square-foot produce, meat and dairy space along with pantry foods. The store will open at 7 a.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. on weekends, closing daily at 10 p.m.
This Target will be just the second one in the Rock Hill region, after one in Rock Hill at Manchester Village. The Charlotte area has eight stores, including nearby locations in Pineville, Stonecrest and Steele Creek.
Costco to open new warehouse store
The last big opening of October also brings the store that’s newest to the area. Costco will open its Indian Land warehouse store on Oct. 30.
There are two Charlotte-area Costco sites. There’s one off Tyvola Road in Charlotte, and another in Matthews, North Carolina. The Rock Hill region doesn’t have any.
The 8800 Charlotte Hwy. store in Indian Land will be open 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.
The Washington state company builds membership-based warehouse stores. They have groceries and retail shopping. The company has more than 600 stores nationwide.
This story was originally published September 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM with the headline "Indian Land will see new Target, Costco and Lowes Foods open in a three-week span."
