Cody Hill, Provo City economic development division director, told Neighborhood District 3 on Monday that a developer has submitted plans for a Walmart supercenter near Lakeview Parkway and Interstate 15 but that “nothing has been approved to this point.” He said the retailer would likely be a “super Walmart” roughly 182,000 square feet, with outpad retail in the range of 30,000–40,000 square feet and a connected residential component of about 150 units belonging to the same development group.

Hill said the city also put out a request for proposals for a roughly five‑acre, city‑owned parcel adjacent to the Epic Sports Park that city staff envision as hotel and visitor‑oriented commercial space. “The city put out an RFP about a month and a half ago, and we received four responses,” Hill said. Staff will narrow respondents in the coming weeks and work with the selected developer on an agreement that could take the form of a lease option rather than an outright sale.

Several residents raised concerns about the proposed residential zoning and housing type. A neighborhood attendee relayed that the developer’s planning request would allow rental‑only units on the residential parcel and said neighbors want more for‑sale single‑family housing rather than additional institutional rental holdings. Hill said the planning commission has recommended the application but that a council decision has not yet occurred.

Hill outlined other West Provo opportunities for commercial pockets: mixed‑use provisions in Ivory Homes’ Lakeview project that could include small service retail; a Geneva/Center Street project with an initial residential phase of about 188 apartments and 18 condominiums followed by a phase of up to four retail pads; and a city‑owned triangle near the airport intended to support hospitality and fuel/mini‑mart uses to serve sports tourism and airport customers.

On timing, Hill said the city expects to narrow RFP respondents “in the next couple of weeks” and then negotiate an agreement. He emphasized that the Walmart and associated components remain proposals under negotiation and that “nothing has been finalized to my knowledge.”

Residents pressed officials on access and traffic, the absence of a for‑sale housing component, and whether city staff would proactively rezone more land to commercial. Hill said most additional West‑side parcels are currently not pre‑zoned commercial and that rezoning typically proceeds through developer applications, planning commission recommendations and city council decisions.