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Wawa update: Popular convenience, gas station chain to start construction in Kentucky

Janet Patton
·2 min read

Wawa, which has announced plans to open stores in Lexington, Nicholasville and Louisville, is making things official next month.

The popular Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain with a cult following for its hoagies, Sizzli breakfast sandwiches, coffee and clean bathrooms will break ground and start construction on its first two Kentucky stores on June 5. They gave no date on when the stores would open.

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The first two Kentucky stores will be at 3013 Lexington Rd. in Nicholasville, also known as U.S. 27, and in Louisville on Preston Crossing Blvd.

“This is a true milestone in Wawa’s history as it will officially kick off our major expansion effort into the state,” the company said in a “save-the-date” announcement to media.

As part of a three-state Community Partnership Tour across the Midwest, Wawa hosts a preview event to introduce itself to the community and share more details about its first wave of expansion plans at the Old courthouse in Lexington, Ky, September 26, 2023.
As part of a three-state Community Partnership Tour across the Midwest, Wawa hosts a preview event to introduce itself to the community and share more details about its first wave of expansion plans at the Old courthouse in Lexington, Ky, September 26, 2023.

Wawa also plans to release an update on expansion plans, including details on the next sites to go under construction, confirmed sites and projected timing for openings, according to the announcement.

Where will Wawa store, gas station be in Lexington?

In October, Lexington city officials gave the green light to a Wawa for a new Anderson Communities development at 4075 Old Richmond Rd., across from Jacobson Park. So far that’s the only Lexington location that has been identified. The property would have a convenience store and gas station on the Athens Boonesboro Road side as well as a restaurant. The plans call for 184 parking spaces and eight gas pumps.

Wawa has announced that it plans to open 40 stores across Kentucky as part of a 160-store expansion across Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana in the next eight to 10 years.

Last September, at a press conference in Lexington that also included chances to sample Wawa’s famous hoagies, Wawa executives said they will invest more than $280 million in Kentucky and create more than 1,400 new jobs.

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