The 3rd Wal-Mart is coming to the local area!

It's official, a third Wal-Mart is under way, but what type of affect will this second Frederick County Wal-Mart have on Winchester's store?

Permit approved for area's third Walmart
September 28, 2010
By Cynthia Cather Burton

ARMEL- Site work has begun for the Winchester area's third Walmart store.

Frederick County officials recently approved a land-disturbance permit for the approximately 150,000-square-foot Superstore in Eastgate Commerce Center at Front Royal Pike (U.S. 522) and Tasker Road, according to Candice Perkins, the county's senior planner.

"Building permits have also been applied for," she said, "but they haven't been issued yet."

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Wal-Mart to open third store locally
By Lorraine Halsted
05/21/2008



Armel — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will be submitting plans to Frederick County today for a new superstore to be built in Eastgate Commerce Center at U.S. 522 South and Tasker Road.


The southern Frederick County location will be the third Wal-Mart Superstore for the Winchester-Frederick County area, but will differ in its size and appearance, according to information provided by the company.