A long-awaited Target opens in the Triangle soon.Located in Fuquay-Varina, the new store will be in the Gold Leaf Crossing development. At 148,000 square feet, it’s about 23,000 square feet larger than the average Target store.It will have a 13,000-square-foot food and beverage department, offering a wide selection of brands. It will also have Apple and Disney shop-in-shops, a CVS Pharmacy and Starbucks cafe.A grand opening for the new location at 3200 Gold Ring R...
A long-awaited Target opens in the Triangle soon.
Located in Fuquay-Varina, the new store will be in the Gold Leaf Crossing development. At 148,000 square feet, it’s about 23,000 square feet larger than the average Target store.
It will have a 13,000-square-foot food and beverage department, offering a wide selection of brands. It will also have Apple and Disney shop-in-shops, a CVS Pharmacy and Starbucks cafe.
A grand opening for the new location at 3200 Gold Ring Road is scheduled for Sunday, March 15. Hours will be 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily.
The Fuquay-Varina store, Target’s first in the town, will employ around 160 people.
Minneapolis-based Target has many stores across the Triangle and Wake County, in Raleigh, Garner, Wake Forest, Apex, Holly Springs, Morrisville, Cary and Knightdale.
Target had the sixth-highest market share in the Raleigh metro area in 2024, behind Walmart, Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Publix and Costco.
New Target stores opening in NC
Target is planning to open more than 30 stores across the country in 2026 and is on track to build around 300 new stores by 2035. Some of those will be in North Carolina; the retailer has announced new locations in Fayetteville, Mebane, Myrtle Grove and Selma, in addition to the Fuquay-Varina store.
North Carolina is one of the nation’s fastest-growing states, and added nearly 146,000 people to its population in the year ending July 1, 2025, The News & Observer previously reported. Fuquay-Varina is among the fastest-growing places within the state; from 2020 to 2024, its population increased by about 35%.
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