The newly-designed stores are also going to cost a tad more toconstruct. The Bentonville, AR-based retailer never disclosesconstruction costs but construction industry sources tellGlobeSt.com Wal-Mart generally puts up its big boxes for about $30psf. The two stylish Super Centers, however, will cost an estimated$75 psf, or about $17 million per store.

Wal-Mart plans to break ground by year end on Super Centers inOcoee, FL and in the MetroWest mixed-use development in southwestOrlando. Contractors will be racing to finish both projects in timefor the lucrative Christmas holiday season. Wal-Mart's 14-year-oldstore in Ocoee will close when the new outlet opens.

The retailer paid $7.33 million or about $293,480 per acre($6.74 psf) for a 25-acre parcel at MetroWest.. Wal-Mart plans topay about the same for a similar-sized tract in Ocoee when thatdeal closes later this year, retail sources familiar with thetransaction tell GlobeSt.com.