Big-box retail giant Walmart is attempting to bring main street amenities to its sprawling parking lots.

On a website devoted to its “Town Center” retail concept, Walmart lists four projects underway, including at stores in the Washington cities of Shelton and Tumwater, and others in Texas and Colorado.

Walmart real-estate executive L.B. Johnson unveiled the concept at an industry conference in October. “We want to provide community space — areas for the community to dwell,” he said.

Community-development officials in Shelton and Tumwater said the company has held preliminary meetings with city planners but has not taken steps to obtain permits to redevelop the parking lots surrounding its stores.

The retailer did not respond to a request for comment.

On its website, Walmart depicts a mix of amenities it may add around its stores, including dining, fitness and sports activities, services, transportation and curated retail — all things designed to make Walmart stores into “destinations.”

That’s a big trend for physical retailers looking to give people a reason to go somewhere to shop in an era of convenient online shopping and home delivery.

Company representatives met with Shelton city staff in late February to discuss small park-like areas next to a drive-thru restaurant at the edge of the parking lot.

Walmart has not submitted a formal application, said Shelton community-development director Mark Ziegler.

In Tumwater, Walmart discussed with city officials a small retail pad and dog park.

The company submitted a feasibility application, but it never progressed beyond a preliminary stage, said Michael Matlock, the community-development director in Tumwater.