Costco, the retail superpower based in Issaquah, Washington that will sell customers everything from Kirkland brand golf balls to fresh cheese to new tires, is set to open its newest 164,000 square-foot store right of Interstate 94 near the intersection of County Road 137 and McIver Avenue Northeast in less than seven weeks. The company lists a Grand Opening date for the state’s newest store for August 14, 2026. That’s about 19 months after a preliminary development plan was submitted, officially, to the City of Otsego at its Organizational Meeting (first meeting of the year) on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Costco explored several sites in the northwest metro, according to media outlets, now that construction projects are completed in Interstate 94 from Albertville down to