Full speed ahead! The first Sam's Club in Chaoyang, Beijing has obtained its pre-sale permit. Is the opening just around the corner?
Recently, the Kunxi Shengyuan project located in Sunhe, Chaoyang, officially obtained the pre - sale permit. The permitted housing units include Buildings 1 - 3 and part of the underground garage. According to the plan, Buildings 1 and 2 will be built as commercial and hotel facilities respectively. Building 3 will house the first Sam's Club in Chaoyang District.
Image source: Official website of Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban - Rural Development
According to a netizen's revelation on a social platform, this Sam's Club is expected to be completed next year. It will officially open in the first half of 2028.
Rendering of the Chaoyang Sam's Club
The predecessor of this project is the commercial and service land in the Sunhe Group 2902 - 73, which was won by the China Construction Zhidi consortium in April last year. According to the project plan announced in February this year, the total construction area of this project is 128,200 square meters. Among them, the above - ground construction area is about 58,700 square meters, consisting of three major business forms: supermarket, commercial, and hotel.
Image source: Project publicity plan
Image source: Project publicity plan
Among them, the large - scale supermarket has been determined to be Sam's Club, with a two - story space and a planned area of 22,600 square meters; the three - story commercial part is about 24,200 square meters. It is reported that it will present the commercial product under China Construction Zhidi - Kunxi Hui. This product line currently has two major projects in Beijing, namely Shunyi Kunxi Hui LOMO and Kunxi Hui YOLA; the volume of the nine - story hotel is about 10,400 square meters, but the information on investment promotion and brand has not been disclosed yet.
Rendering of the commercial part
From the consumption perspective, there are more than ten high - end residential communities such as Longhu Jinglinyuanzhu and Maoyuan Jingxi around this Sam's Club. There are many high - end consumers with strong purchasing power, which also provides a certain market guarantee for the subsequent operation of Sam's Club.
However, in terms of location, the Shunyi Sam's Club is about 8 kilometers away in a straight line and can be reached by only three subway stops. After the opening of the Chaoyang store, there may be a certain overlap in the customer groups of the two stores, and the more distant Shunyi store may be affected. On a social platform, some netizens claim that the Shunyi store will close after the opening of the Chaoyang Sam's Club, but there is no official news to confirm this rumor so far.
Since the land was auctioned last year, the first Sam's Club in Chaoyang has attracted much attention, and the project has advanced relatively quickly. In the middle of last year, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission approved the construction plan of the project where the Chaoyang Sam's Club is located. At the same time, the government work report of Sunhe Township also clearly mentioned "the first Sam's Club in Chaoyang is officially settled". Meanwhile, providing guarantee for the establishment of this Sam's Club has also been included in the key projects of the urban area in the second half of 2025.
Image source: Government work report of Sunhe Township
Image source: Government work report of Sunhe Township
In February this year, the Beijing Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Commission announced the specific construction plan of this project. All the planning data and visual renderings were also announced, and the public's attention to this new Sam's Club continued to rise.
As a world - famous large - scale warehouse - style membership store, Sam's Club has been in Beijing for more than 20 years. After opening its first store in Shijingshan in 2003, it has successively opened stores in areas such as Yizhuang.
As of now, there are 5 Sam's Club stores in operation in Beijing, namely in Shijingshan, Yizhuang, Shunyi, Daxing, and Changping. The Fangshan store will also open this year. With the three stores under construction in Haidian, Tongzhou, and Chaoyang, the total number of Sam's Club stores in Beijing will reach 9 in the future.
This article is from the WeChat public account "Future Habitat", author: Future Habitat. It is published by 36Kr with authorization.