Amazon.com Inc. will launch a new type of grocery store in Woodland Hills next year, following months of speculations about the site’s mysterious future tenant.

On Monday, a company spokeswoman confirmed Amazon is opening a grocery store at 6245 Topanga Canyon Blvd. where Toys “R” Us formerly occupied a lot.

“Amazon is opening a grocery store in Woodland Hills” next year, the company spokeswoman wrote in an email.

The news about the e-commerce giant comes after Amazon published four job openings for the West San Fernando Valley location, including grocery associate, food service associate and grocery associate. The starting pay rate varies from $15.35 to $16.90 per hour.

The postings describe the future shop as “Amazon’s first grocery store.”

The company spokesperson didn’t clarify the name of the future store, what can kind of products it will carry or if it will launch more similar locations in other parts of the city.

A new liquor license permit was posted in the building that appears to be nearing the completion of a months-long revamp.

The store in Woodland Hills neighborhood will be distinct from Whole Foods, the higher-end chain specializing in natural and organic groceries, Amazon said.

Amazon declined to say how the new store would differ, what it would be called or whether it planned to open additional stores under the same banner. It said the store would have traditional checkout stands rather than the high-tech, cashier-less system used at Amazon Go, its 16-location chain of smaller convenience stores.

The planned store is the latest example of the patient march into the grocery world that the Seattle company has taken since its $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods, which now has 506 stores, including 35 in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Although the Whole Foods stores appear largely the same as they did two years ago — and remain a relatively small player in the Southern California market against such leaders as Albertsons Cos., which owns Vons and Pavilions, and Kroger Co.’s Ralphs chain — they have done three rounds of price cuts on selected items. Whole Foods deals now target Amazon Prime members, who for $119 a year get fast shipping of products they buy on Amazon.com, as well as access to streaming video and other benefits.

The company could be opening dozens of grocery stores nationwide, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Amazon also opened its high-tech Go convenience store more than a year ago, where shoppers can pull items off the shelf and walk out.

The new store will open right across the street from Warner Center, where several developers are building hundreds of residential units.

One of those projects is the Westfield Promenade redevelopment, which proposes building a 34-acre site developed by global firm Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. It will include about 1,400 multi-family residential units, roughly 244,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, about 630,000 square feet of office space and a fully enclosed 7,500-seat sports and entertainment arena.

City News Service contributed to this story.