YORKVILLE — Wal-Marts have become more common than coffee shops in Kendall County, with the latest store being planned for Yorkville.

The city announced Wednesday that a Wal-Mart Supercenter will be coming to the intersection of Route 34 and Countryside Parkway, east of the soon-to-be-completed U.S. Post Office.

The announcement comes on the heels of word that stores are planned for Aurora and Montgomery. A Wal-Mart is under construction in Oswego and the retail behemoth is in talks with Aurora about an additional location in town. The Plano store has been thriving since it opened in 1987.

Area growth is a factor, but Roderick Scott, Wal-Mart's Midwest Manager of Community Affairs, said the family-oriented nature of the community matches the company's own profile.

"It's a place where we think we could be a real part of the community," he said. "The possibilities are there.

The Yorkville store will offer 203,000 square feet of merchandise, from CD players to waffle irons, mascara to pressure washers and more. Plans also include a grocery area, with a bakery, deli, and produce section. As a Supercenter, it also will house a vision center, express tire and oil change service, a hair salon and a fast-food counter.

Construction should begin this spring, with the store's opening planned for spring or summer of 2007.

"We know this will be a crowd-pleaser for our community," said Lynn Dubajic, executive director of the Yorkville Economic Development Corporation. In 2004, she surveyed residents, businesses and students, and Wal-Mart rated near the top.

The company periodically makes news across the country when citizen groups organize to protest stores planned in their communities. Some accuse the chain of driving out independent stores and undercutting prices with cheap foreign labor. Opposition has surfaced in Aurora, but the Kendall projects all have proceeded smoothly.

Dubajic said the Yorkville store will add between 350 and 450 new jobs, three-fourths of which would be full time.

It will also anchor the now-barren Countryside Parkway, long planned as a commercial center. Other retailers, including medium-sized chain stores, fast food and restaurants all have expressed interest in locating "nearby and on the site," she said.

The 29-acre Wal-Mart property will have space for five additional retail sites separate from the main building.

The city estimates the new Supercenter will bring Yorkville $400,000 in sales tax revenues annually and $300,000 in property tax dollars.

"It's up there," Dubajic said of the tax contributions. The retailer could even rank second behind building material manufacturer F.E. Wheaton as the city's the city's largest sales tax generators.