Costco will officially be coming to Route 17 South in Paramus, the town’s mayor confirmed on Friday.

The Paramus Planning Board approved a bid on Thursday evening for Costco to build a 184,000-square-foot location at the shuttered Kmart and Stop & Shop locations at 859 Route 17 South, NorthJersey.com reported . Paramus Mayor Chris DiPiazza welcomed the news in a statement shared on social media on Friday.

“Costco is a premier retailer in the United States, and they are choosing to call Paramus home,” he said in a Facebook post.

“They are filling an abandoned property - a vacant lot - and putting in a need. We can’t ask for much more than that. They’re keeping our commercial corridor vibrant, which helps the taxpayers, and they’re doing so with a plan to protect residents that are th

See Full Page