Circle K will build a

convenience store, gas station and automatic car wash in front of Yoke’s Fresh

Market in West Richland, according to plans submitted to the city in November.

Circle K, operating as

Land Development Consultants, outlined its vision for the property at 1501

Bombing Range Road at Paradise Way in an application pending before the West

Richland Planning Commission. The Phoenix, Arizona-based developer needs a

conditional use permit for the car wash and other approvals for the fueling

station.

The proposal includes a

5,187-square-foot convenience store, 10 covered fuel pumps and a

1,262-square-foot automatic car wash.

If built, it will be

the 21st Circle K in the Tri-Cities and the second in West Richland, where the

familiar red and white logo appears on West Van Giesen Street.

The application does

not identify the fuel brand, but Circle K fuel stations operate under the Exxon

flag.

It will be the second combination

convenience store-gas station-car wash at Bombing Range and Paradise. Smitty’s

Paradise 76 Gas is directly across Bombing Range.

The proposed Circle K

would be open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, according to the application.

The 1.8-acre site is

owned by West Richland Group, a limited liability company associated with Greg

Markel, a Kennewick-based real estate investor, developer and manager. The

property has a taxable value of about $500,000, according to Benton County

property records.