A rendering of a typical Royal Farms location. (Image courtesy of Royal Farms)
Not to be outdone by the ongoing Richmond-area expansions of competitors Wawa and Sheetz, Royal Farms has found the site for its next local store.
The Baltimore-based convenience store and gas station chain, known for its fried chicken, has filed plans to develop a new location in Henrico County.
It would take shape on a 1.6-acre lot at 2401 Mechanicsville Turnpike that’s owned by Richmond-based real estate firm Rebkee.
Plans filed with the county show a 5,100-square-foot storefront and 12 fuel pumps. Royal Farms is listed as the developer in the plans and Kimley-Horn is its engineer.
A site plan for the Royal Farms store planned for Mechanicsville Turnpike.
The location is one of at least six Royal Farms has in the works in the region, none of which are open yet.
The company has purchased land for future stores at 10301 Midlothian Turnpike, 210 E. Hundred Road and 15501 Indian Hill Road last year. It also has plans for stores on other properties it doesn’t yet own at 3901 Warbro Road in Chesterfield and 301 S. Airport Drive in Henrico.
Its closest open store is in Colonial Heights.
Royal Farms did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The company, founded in 1959, has nearly 300 locations in the mid-Atlantic.
Dan Hargett, a principal with Rebkee, said the company will be leasing the parcel to Royal Farms. Rebkee bought the parcel in 2022 for $2.1 million. There are no buildings on the lot, which is currently roped off and has yet to be cleared for development.
Royal Farms’ moves come as multiple locations from its main competitors, Wawa and Sheetz, are in the works around town. Wawa has stores coming to 5900 W. Broad Street and one in the 100-acre Landmark development on Williamsburg Road east of Sandston. Sheetz recently opened at Regency and is opening new locations in Stratford Hills and on Staples Mill Road.
And out in New Kent County, Texas-based chain Buc-ee’s will soon break ground on a massive store off Interstate-64.
A rendering of a typical Royal Farms location. (Image courtesy of Royal Farms)
Not to be outdone by the ongoing Richmond-area expansions of competitors Wawa and Sheetz, Royal Farms has found the site for its next local store.
The Baltimore-based convenience store and gas station chain, known for its fried chicken, has filed plans to develop a new location in Henrico County.
It would take shape on a 1.6-acre lot at 2401 Mechanicsville Turnpike that’s owned by Richmond-based real estate firm Rebkee.
Plans filed with the county show a 5,100-square-foot storefront and 12 fuel pumps. Royal Farms is listed as the developer in the plans and Kimley-Horn is its engineer.
A site plan for the Royal Farms store planned for Mechanicsville Turnpike.
The location is one of at least six Royal Farms has in the works in the region, none of which are open yet.
The company has purchased land for future stores at 10301 Midlothian Turnpike, 210 E. Hundred Road and 15501 Indian Hill Road last year. It also has plans for stores on other properties it doesn’t yet own at 3901 Warbro Road in Chesterfield and 301 S. Airport Drive in Henrico.
Its closest open store is in Colonial Heights.
Royal Farms did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The company, founded in 1959, has nearly 300 locations in the mid-Atlantic.
Dan Hargett, a principal with Rebkee, said the company will be leasing the parcel to Royal Farms. Rebkee bought the parcel in 2022 for $2.1 million. There are no buildings on the lot, which is currently roped off and has yet to be cleared for development.
Royal Farms’ moves come as multiple locations from its main competitors, Wawa and Sheetz, are in the works around town. Wawa has stores coming to 5900 W. Broad Street and one in the 100-acre Landmark development on Williamsburg Road east of Sandston. Sheetz recently opened at Regency and is opening new locations in Stratford Hills and on Staples Mill Road.
And out in New Kent County, Texas-based chain Buc-ee’s will soon break ground on a massive store off Interstate-64.
What is also the 900 pound gorilla in the room is how the electric cars are going to gut all these gas stations that might get scrapped when they are less then ten years old.
In that after getting a electric car I have not stopped at any gas stations also I take it everywhere even on hunderd mile plus road trips which can chew into gas demand by 5 to 10 gallons a trip.
Not gonna happen
WaWa on Merrimac Trail in Williamsburg has Tesla Supercharger stations and like David and Brian mention below, EV owners will go inside and purchase food etc. while they are waiting for their cars to charge. We did it two weeks ago after leaving Busch Gardens.
Interesting article on LinkedIn (forgot the source) about a Shell Station in England that has taken out all the gasoline pumps and replaced them with charging stations. That is the wave of what is coming, not scrapping the gas stations.
Very few people who live in that area have electric cars so your worries are unfounded.
How much will it cost you to remove and replace that battery in your little elec. vehicle.
Carl: Your zeal, in my opinion is overly optimistic regarding EV’s.and the demise of conventional gas stations. Think of the 47 percent of people that live in apartments. How many recharging sites do you think they will have?
By the way the WaWa’s , Sheets, and Royal Farms make most of their profit from food sales not gas.
Think about how much food they will sell when people need to wait for their car to charge.