Costco announces new membership benefits

Costco members of a certain tier will be able to take advantage of more benefits at the end of June.

The wholesale club said Wednesday that locations across the country will open at 9 a.m. for executive members on June 30.

• Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

• Saturday: 9 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

• Sunday: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Executive members pay $130 a year for their wholesale club membership. Gold star members pay $65 a year.

Last Autumn, the wholesaler installed membership scanning devices at the entrance of its warehouses.

A new Costco is also in the works for Miami-Dade County.

A pre-application was filed by the Costco Wholesale Corp. in April for a location just west of the Dolphin Mall.

The 20-acre site now under contract would be a neighbor to Topgolf Doral at 11850 N.W. 22nd St.

The proposed store would be just over 159,000 square feet and would be the wholesale company’s fifth location in the county.

Last May, the Miami-Dade County Commission voted 8-to-5 to sell a county-owned parcel to a developer, who plans to build another Costco Wholesale store in South Miami-Dade.

The Commission agreed to sell 17-acres of vacant land near Southwest 190th St. and 108th Ave. to developer Michael Swerdlow for $8.1 million.

Analysts say the sales price was well below the property’s assessed value.

The tract of land has been held by the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD).