In 2020, the City of Murfreesboro made an arraignment with COSTCO to encourage them to build in Murfreesboro, due to the sales tax revenue that would be generated by the store. The deal initially focused on the company building in the area of The Avenue, which failed to materialize.Later, Murfreesboro and COSTCO inked a deal that included the city funding a $2.4-million plot of land off of Highway 99. The store was then constructed on a little more than 18-acres next to Highway 99 and near the n .