National convenience store chain 7-Eleven expects to break ground next month on a retail complex at the former Cosmic Coffee site at Northeast 112th Avenue off state Highway 500.
The area’s high-volume traffic and dense residential neighborhoods created attractive business conditions for the Dallas-based quick-store chain, said Mike Jenkins, of MAJ Development Corp. in Vancouver.
The store, which will be corporately owned instead of franchised, will be part of a $1.8 million two-building project Jenkins is developing called Springbrook Station.
“They (7-Eleven) want to expand by 3,000 stores this year,” Jenkins said.
He said crews from general contractor Team Construction will tear down the boarded up Cosmic Coffee structure in February. The 1.5-acre site is on the northeast corner of 112th Avenue and Northeast 51st Circle.