Speedway gas station site plan on Ann Arbor Planning Commission's agenda this week
Speedway wants to demolish a vacant Marathon on the northeast corner of Maple and Miller in Ann Arbor to build a new gas station and convenience store.
Lizzy Alfs | AnnArbor.com
The property houses a shuttered 1,365-square-foot Marathon gas station, which was sold in May from Marathon Petroleum Company LP to Speedway LLC.
Plans submitted to the city of Ann Arbor call to demolish the existing station and construct a 3,968-square-foot Speedway gas station and convenience store.
The plans include a fire pump island with canopy and 16 parking spaces.
Ohio-based Speedway LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Marathon Petroleum Company, and all Speedway locations are corporately operated.
There are eight Speedway locations in Washtenaw County. There is a location a few miles south of the Maple and Miller intersection on West Stadium Boulevard.
City planning officials are recommending approval of the project.
Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at 734-623-2584 or email her at lizzyalfs@annarbor.com. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lizzyalfs.
Comments
A2Momx2
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 7:14 p.m.
How about doing something with the burned out gas station on Broadway and Maiden Lane. I am sure UM would buy it if they haven't already.
bunnyabbot
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:04 p.m.
They better approve it, the neighborhood needs a gas station and convenience store and speedway sites usually are kept clean. It will be a great benefit to the surrounding neighborhoods. as someone else mentioned there is a "convenience" store in the small maple miller strip. But it is junkity, nothing like Hop In or Open Pantry used to be, it's poorly stocked, executed and their "coffee" area is horrible. I avoid it altogether. Hurry up with my Speedway!!!
JB SHOOTER
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 4:02 p.m.
Hurry up! A 99 cent Speedy Freeze would hit the spot! Of course I only have to go a little way down the street now, but in the neighborhood would be awsome.
SMC
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 2:31 p.m.
I hope they get the plan approved and the building demolished before the historical society declares it to be a historical structure or something. If that becomes a problem, Speedway can promise to add solar powered gas pumps, special lanes for bicyclists, and electric car charging stations.
leaguebus
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 4:36 p.m.
I see a New West Side historical district in the future.
Arboriginal
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 2:30 p.m.
Jack's Marathon was a classic! This intersection used to have two full service filling stations. A Speedway here could help the sometimes ailing strip mall and cause something to happen to the other ex filling station. Chipperoo, I'm thinking you could just help yourself to the sign! Just don't cut it down!
LA
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 2:04 p.m.
you do know there is a party/convenience store right next to this don't you??
LA
Wed, Jul 18, 2012 : 1:30 a.m.
um, no SMC I didn't know. Sorry. I used to live around the corner and the old Hop In was great. They used to throw parties for the kids esp at Halloween. Guess the new place isn't like that. I was just trying to stick up for a store already in existence.
SMC
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:21 p.m.
Oh wait, you're saying there's no need for a Speedway there, they should just install gas pumps at the party store instead? People love Speedway stores because they have a card that rewards them for bad choices, like drinking too much soda or eating bad hot dogs.
SMC
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 2:28 p.m.
You do know that Speedway stores do not sell beer, wine, liquor, cigars, and all the other stuff that the party store sells, don't you?
xmo
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 1:54 p.m.
Lets stop talking and start building!
brimble
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 1:29 p.m.
This stretch of N. Maple endures some challenges, and this property is a particular eyesore. Given that N. Maple is a gateway to the city, and the area does not have any other gas stations, the use seems appropriate. As a bonus, if there are old storage tanks or any environmental challenges festering on the current site, development will force mitigation and cleanup. If only, as others have observed, the 95% finished and never occupied mini- office/retail building on the opposite corner can finally come to be something useful....
bunnyabbot
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:05 p.m.
A Jimmy Johns in that location would be a hit!
ranger007
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 1:25 p.m.
Please let them do this...it seem most of the main roads that lead to and from the highway are either littered with abandoned buildings or the roads are is such awful condition (I.e jackson rd, ann arbor saline over 94 to name a few) that you need to get your car aligned after you leave. I know its one more gas station we really don't need but its better that what's there and its some jobs.
bunnyabbot
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 5:09 p.m.
actually for those in the neighborhood a gas station would be needed and used. Some corners have two or three, this corner use to have two and has gone without one for 6 years now.
hail2thevict0r
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 12:25 p.m.
I think they should only approve it if the owner puts up funny 1 liners on the station sign, like the old owner used to.
Jeff Renner
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 6:38 p.m.
And they should sell live bait, too, as the old one did for decades.
almightydanish
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 2:59 p.m.
Completely agree. Those were the best!
SMC
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 2:27 p.m.
I miss those. My personal favorite was after a massive blizzard, about 10 years ago: "Free Snow. All you want. You haul away."
Craig Lounsbury
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 12:19 p.m.
"The property was sold in May from Marathon Petroleum Company LP to Speedway LLC." "Speedway LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Marathon Petroleum Company" So in the Cliff notes version the owner of the property sold the property to itself. Ya I know its a bit more complicated than that.
Unusual Suspect
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 12:01 p.m.
I'll believe anything will happen here, and in the building on the opposite corner, when I see it.
Unusual Suspect
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 3:10 p.m.
A commenter pointed out last year that the subway website lists a store there are "Opening soon!" It's still there. http://www.subway.com/storelocator/default.aspx?zip=48103. I guess "soon" means different things to different people.
hail2thevict0r
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 12:24 p.m.
I've always wondered what is up with that building opposite of it. That building was built like 10 years ago and has never had anything in it.
Chip Reed
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 11:36 a.m.
Can I please have the sign with the happy pink and blue airplanes?
almightydanish
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 2:58 p.m.
@Chip - they painted over then a couple months ago. Glad I got a picture of them before they did. There's some new funky graffiti on the side of the building now though.
mohomed
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 11:26 a.m.
Bout time to get rid of that eyesore. The spot has a lot of potential being by the expressway and the high school.
a2cents
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 12:46 p.m.
Yup: drug dealing? prostitution?
motorcycleminer
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 10:15 a.m.
Add a bronze fountain or a shiny dangler and it's a done deal....
Homeland Conspiracy
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 : 11:35 a.m.
You forgot to make sure it has "green" in the name