A huge new Co-op store is being built in Cochrane

A huge new grocery store is opening in Cochrane next year.

Calgary Co-op's new location in Cochrane's Greystone neighborhood will be home to Alberta's first 41,275-square-foot grocery store.

The site, located just north of the SLS Recreation Center, will also feature a six-pump gas station with cannabis, spirits, beer, a service station, a convenience store and dual fuel-free car washes.

The land will also see an additional 31,000 square feet of commercial real estate space.

Groundbreaking for the first Calgary Co-op grocery and retail complex in Cochrane will be held on April 18, and the store is expected to open in 2025.

Calgary Co-op, which has more than 100 locations across its business lines in Calgary, Airdrie, High River, Okotoks and Strathmore, announced last year that it would be expanding into Cochrane's Greystone neighborhood.

The Cochrane location is Calgary Co-op's first new store since opening its Sage Hill location in the fall of 2021.

With files from Lane Mitchell