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Plans Filed For Wawa At Nine Mile, Beulah Road Intersection
May 15, 2023
Wawa is headed to Beulah.
The popular convenience store chain has submitted plans for a 6,119 square foot location at the corner of Beulah Road and Nine Mile Road.
Initial plans were filed with the Escambia County Development Review Committee for store to be located on 17.37 acres. Plans show limited access only from westbound Nine Mile Road and full access from Beulah Road.
Another store is planned this year for HIghway 98 at North Blue Angel Parkway. Wawa said there are three or four additional locations in Escambia County still under consideration, with a goal of 6-10 locations by 2025.
Last April, Wawa announced they were actively looking for potential sites for new stores in the Pensacola area, along with Panama City, Tallahassee and Mobile. Current plans are for Wawa to open up to 40 stores in these markets beginning in 2024.
In 2022, Wawa marked the 10th anniversary of the opening of its first Florida store. The store opened July 18, 2012, in Orlando across from SeaWorld. Since then Wawa has expanded rapidly throughout the state and opened its 250th store in Florida last year. Today, Wawa employs almost 10,000 associates across the Sunshine State.
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16 Responses to “Plans Filed For Wawa At Nine Mile, Beulah Road Intersection”
Everyone complaining about the Wawa will be celebrating a Target going in behind it in 3-4 years.
Shop, shop, shop. That is the main form entertainment in this entire country. No sense in traveling anymore because every store and restaurant in every town is the same as we have here. Sadly, babies born today will think this is normal. Not brought on by major corporations choosing how we should live. Sad.
It’s no surprise that all comments so far are negative. I was born in the area and lived there for the first 35 years of my life. I moved away 20 years ago and always thought I’d retire back home. Lately, however, when I visit it’s been sad to see how run down Pensacola has become. The attitude of balking at any progress snd redevelopment has caused Pensacola to become a tired, undesirable place to live. Things can’t always be like they used to be and the area needs to develop wisely and move forward. I don’t know if a WAWA is the answer but many residents need to look at how decrepit your city has become and champion some improvement.
If anything bring back Little G’s and food barn to Beulah. Enough of gas stations and dollar general.. I can only wish…..
that intersection needs a circle like the one on Perdido going to Johnson’s Beach ; one dumb idea deserves another .
I agree with Mike J and Aaron. Instead of just drug testing our leaders but test our traffic engineers who doesn’t make sense when it comes to lane changes and traffic light control. Plus having a nature trail install around here will help educate our kids and hopefully keep them safe from drugs and killing
Leave the land as is. Just because a parcel of land is undeveloped doesn’t mean it has to be. We need to build less gas stations and start moving more toward electric vehicles. The trees keep getting cut down and flooding becomes more widespread. I don’t suppose our county and city leaders have figured out why that is. Time to vote out those leaders and get some forward thinking people in office. People that will visit other cities and see what’s working for them. Towns where traffic isn’t backed up all over because they use service roads and have stricter zoning regulations.
This is a done deal no matter what the area residence say about development at this intersection. The county board has spoken and they know what’s best for the area??????????
That access point on Beulah Road is going to be a nightmare. That section is already backed up due to the inadequate turn lane to go left on 9 mile and currently using the exit for Circle K is dangerous if you are trying to go North on Beulah. Add this and traffic will bog down even further and more people will get hurt. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ALL THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT. Beulah Road and Frank Reeder were not intended for this. The commissioners and planning boards are creating a nightmare. Add in OLF-8 like they want and this area is going to have absolute gridlock.
Yeap we running out of gas. But see 3 or 4 of these giant gas stations popping up all over the place. And they dont have any electric hookups.
Two convenience store companies already at this dangerous intersection. We don’t need three. A nice restaurant would be better appreciated. Or make a walking trail through the woods, appreciate nature and respect the wildlife.
Nooooooooo! It should be protected wetlands!!!!
We dont need another gas station… wake up people
Yes please put it at the dangerous intersection that FDOT is looking at after the multiple wreck with fatalities. Hopefully the review board rejects this idea.
so you idiots thinks it is a good idea to make that intersection more of a nightmare than it already is. We need to seriously start drug testing county leaders around here if you ask me.
Finally we can get rid of those trees in that NE corner of Beulah Rd & 9 Mile and commence with destroying those wet lands and get rid of the what ever wild life might be left in the area.
I’m working up here in Virginia and we have Wawa’s. There isn’t no way Wawa’s breakfast will be able to compete with that tom thumbs breakfast or lunch selection. Especially the circle k down home kitchen on corner of pine forest and nine mile. Wawa is nice store but food selection against the two I mentioned isn’t even close.