There is a Travelodge on Blackwelder and NW Expressway that has a fence around it. Assessor site shows it was sold to Oncue this month. Assuming a gas station is going in there?

There is a Travelodge on Blackwelder and NW Expressway that has a fence around it. Assessor site shows it was sold to Oncue this month. Assuming a gas station is going in there?

If that lot also is adjacent to NW 50th.... That is a safe assumption.

OnCue Express continues its aggressive expansion and has purchased yet another site in Oklahoma City.


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The Stillwater-based company recently closed on a $3.2 million deal to buy the Travelodge motel at NW Expressway and Blackwelder, very near Penn Square Mall.

As we covered in an article last year (http://www.okctalk.com/content.php?r=157-OnCue-7Eleven), OnCue continues to step into the void left by a gentleman's agreement between the local owners of 7 Eleven and QuikTrip that keeps the Tulsa company from opening its elaborate convenience stores in Central Oklahoma.

As OnCue has started to fill this niche, 7 Eleven is now opening larger, more expansive stores of its own.

The motel was built in 1960 and has operated under various hotel flags throughout its existence.



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Still hope they do something on Classen; between 23rd & 30th would be perfect.

Pete, your map is missing the OnCue being built at 23rd and Douglas... Where the Golden Goose Flea Market (Was a TG&Y originally) was located.

I had also left off the I-240 and May location.

Updated now.

I would have loved to have one by the Airport Rental Car center on Meridian when I worked there. Would have been perfect.

Oncue is not messing around! This is a perfect location to open a flagship-type store. It's such a busy intersection and the mall is right there.

I would have loved to have one by the Airport Rental Car center on Meridian when I worked there. Would have been perfect.

That would be an awesome location for one.

I love OnCue. I try my best to use them exclusively.

I had also left off the I-240 and May location.

Updated now.

Don't forget about the SW 119th and I-44 location.

This kind of bums me out. That Trevelodge was the cheapest decent motel in the metro. I often had family stay there. Not a high-end hotel but clean, large suites for like $50-80 bucks a night. I had some relatives rent a suite for a week and it was a steal. Had a full kitchen in their room and everything. Surprisingly not shady or dirty for the price point.

This kind of bums me out. That Trevelodge was the cheapest decent motel in the metro. I often had family stay there. Not a high-end hotel but clean, large suites for like $50-80 bucks a night. I had some relatives rent a suite for a week and it was a steal. Had a full kitchen in their room and everything. Surprisingly not shady or dirty for the price point.

you have had better luck than me. My insurance put me up there when we had a house fire 6 years ago ( granted that was a while ago ). I made them move us after two nights due to constant loitering and drug deals outside my door in parking lot. the room was very large but not in good shape. Perhaps they did a good remodel after that and cleaned up a bit but when I saw this story I was like. GOOD knock that place down!

I'm a little bummed too for sentimental reasons.

When I was a kid in the mid-60's, my dad used to take me to the barber that was located in this hotel.

It was set back in the complex; have been trying to remember the name of the hotel back then.

Also, with apologies being "that guy," you have the OnCue in Edmond at 15th and Kelly when it should be one mile south at 33rd/150th.

And the one just to the east should be move to the north/northwest where the top tip of the star should be touching the M in Edmond.

I'm a little bummed too for sentimental reasons.

When I was a kid in the mid-60's, my dad used to take me to the barber that was located in this hotel.

It was set back in the complex; have been trying to remember the name of the hotel back then.

The hotel bar in this place is awesome. I hope somebody is able to buy up the decor. IIRC there was a ton of dark, carved wood and red velvet. Extremely retro.

I photo of this hotel when it first opened as the DeVille (from okcmod.com):

http://okcmod.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/deville-motel-mike-ward-collection1.jpg

The map is also missing the recently approved location in Edmond at I-35 and 15th Street.

http://agenda.edmondok.com:8085/agenda_publish.cfm?id=&mt=ALL&get_month=8&get_year=2016&dsp=agm&seq=8267&rev=0&ag=2087&ln=37717&nseq=&nrev=&pseq=8266&prev=0#ReturnTo37717

This proposed OnCue Express location is ideal for my future trips to fill up right before I head over to Trader Joe's and fill up again.

Think how busy this will be if the guy buying all the houses just east gets a shopping center built

^Who are you talking about?

Couldn't find Pete's original link but here is one talking about it. http://www.okctalk.com/showthread.php?t=41929&highlight=blackwelder

Oh thank you! I live at 42nd and Blackwelder and this news to me.

It seems like a pretty high price tag for a piece of land for a gas station. I wonder what the expected ROI on that site is....i bet it's pretty long. But you know what, i actually like it more if it's long. That's something we lack a lot of these days is companies committed to LONG term ROI instead of this short-term sell it off crap. I wish we had more developers that thought this way.

Since they now have a lot of locations open and raking in money, they are probably in a better position to take a longer payback on new sites.

It also demonstrates how much business their stores are doing.

I stopped by the one in Norman (on Highway 77 north of Robinson) in the middle of a weekday and every single one of the pumps were occupied and almost every parking space taken. All their locations seem quite busy almost any time you go.

And good for them as they do a great job and provide something OKC desperately needed.

OnCue would be a good corporate relocation target for OKC. Thoughts ?

OnCue would be a good corporate relocation target for OKC. Thoughts ?

I doubt they have many corporate employees.

I just know that 7 Eleven is still much larger and their offices are located in a small buidling at 20th & S. MacArthur.

I doubt they have many corporate employees.

I just know that 7 Eleven is still much larger and their offices are located in a small buidling at 20th & S. MacArthur.

Southland Corp in Dallas is the parent of 7/11, or it used to be. 20th and MacArthur is the state HQ owned by the Brown family. I'm thinking more on the lines of QuickTrip that OnCue may possibly be someday. They should have no problem out growing Stillwater.

Southland Corp in Dallas is the parent of 7/11, or it used to be. 20th and MacArthur is the state HQ owned by the Brown family. I'm thinking more on the lines of QuickTrip that OnCue may possibly be someday. They should have no problem out growing Stillwater.

The local 7 Eleven operation is completely separate and autonomous from the rest of 7 Eleven.

They are still much bigger than OnCue by a long shot and house all their corporate employees in that S. MacArthur facility.


I agree it would be nice to have them move down from Stillwater but I don't think they would ever have that many employees in an office.

Loves has a campus, no? Unless I'm forgetting something they're not much more than a convenience store/gas station company are they?

It's certainly isn't going to be a Fortune 500 company anytime soon...but they might be more inclined to increase their corporate sponsorship throughout the city if they were headquartered here.

Loves operates 400 locations in 40 states and is adding 20 to 25 a year and are actively pursuing acquisitions all over the country.

OnCue does not operate outside of Central Oklahoma and therefore 7 Eleven is a much better comparison.

Love's has 15,000 employees and they are building new hotels as well.

Love's is the #22 largest private company in the US. Their 2015 had a revenue of ~14.2 Billion...

Loves has a campus, no? Unless I'm forgetting something they're not much more than a convenience store/gas station company are they?

It's certainly isn't going to be a Fortune 500 company anytime soon...but they might be more inclined to increase their corporate sponsorship throughout the city if they were headquartered here.

Loves is a lot bigger than just a convenience store/ gas station. They operate the 400 travel stops plus they own the fuel infrastructure that supplies those 400 travel stops through Gemini and Musket . Over the past 10 years Loves has also gotten into the Tire care business and has recently built retreading facilities and tire distribution facilities so now they are recycling tires. Furthermore, they offer Factoring(credit) services to truck companies.

I image Oncue probably outsources a lot of the administrative services like IT. Loves has a couple hundred people just for IT operations.

I stand corrected :)

I doubt they have many corporate employees.

I just know that 7 Eleven is still much larger and their offices are located in a small buidling at 20th & S. MacArthur.

I believe 7-11 is going to move their offices and operations to behind the Francis Tuttle on Reno and Rockwell, In addition to buying land on the NW corner of Reno and Rockwell for a new store, they bought more property to the north of Francis Tuttle recently.

Coming down today; Oncue does not mess around:

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BTW, someone mentioned this being too big a site for a typical Oncue...

At 1.75 acres it would be about average, with several of their locations being quite larger.

Has anyone seen a traffic study for this? I live in the neighborhood. The intersection at NWEXPY and Blackwelder is terrible. Im also not thrilled about traffic possibly being routed through neighborhood.

Has anyone seen a traffic study for this? I live in the neighborhood. The intersection at NWEXPY and Blackwelder is terrible. Im also not thrilled about traffic possibly being routed through neighborhood.

Welcome to the site!

This property already has commercial zoning so there won't be any approval process or additional requirements for OnCue other than filing for a standard building permit.

What about a traffic study?

What about a traffic study?

As I mentioned above, one is not required as this property already has the proper zoning.

thanks pete! i'll give ed a shout...

thanks pete! i'll give ed a shout...

Yes, that's a good idea.

They have yet to filed their building permit but traffic is not part of that and approval is usually a rubber stamp.

I actually do not think this is going to be a great performing store for them. It's awkwardly located and because of where it sits on the ROW it's not going to be a great "neighborhood" gas station/convenience store.

Why wouldn't it be a great neighborhood store? These are the cleanest, most well lit and most well staffed c-stores in the city.

Why wouldn't it be a great neighborhood store? These are the cleanest, most well lit and most well staffed c-stores in the city.

They are by far the best c-store in the city. I give them as close to 100% of my business as possible. All of their stores seem to be really busy, so I don't really see why this one would be different.

I misread Teo's post as he was referring to how the store will sit. He may be right on that if residents in surrounding hoods can't get there easily.

I misread Teo's post as he was referring to how the store will sit. He may be right on that if residents in surrounding hoods can't get there easily.

Am I missing something? Can't the surrounding neighborhoods just come right up Blackwelder? I'm sure there will be an entrance from Blackwelder since it sits right at the corner with NWX.

Yeah I saw that too, so I'm not sure what the issue is

I think this location will do great. There isn’t another large and convenient store around penn square or belle isle.

There is a red lght at black welder and nw expressway so that is where many will come in and out at. I think this store will do great. Probably will kill it around the holidays when that area is packed. Just my opinion

Yes, there is a light at Blackwelder and it's not a super long trip either.

All OnCue's seem to be jammed so they clearly have a good forumla for picking locations. Or perhaps more importantly, have created a place that people will seek out.

Just last weekend I stopped in the Wilshire and NW Expressway location and it was crazy busy. Driving not even a half mile southeast, the biggest 7/11 at NW Ex & MacArthur -- a better location -- was not nearly as busy. A bit further down, the next OnCue at 63rd & NW Ex was also packed.

To be sure, if someone is going to do it well, I think OnCue could.

I live off 46th and Classen and have probably driven past the site over 2,000 times -- For me it's the proximity and how it sits kind of like it's in the armpit of that off-ramp of I-44 that makes me think its visibility will not quite be there. That off-ramp is also disorienting for anybody who isn't familiar with it - but not quite as disorienting as whatever the heck NW/Expressway and Classen area is supposed to be. Short of one of a 6-8 story sign, the station will be entirely invisible to people at Penn Square and at that Wal-Mart so I really don't think there will be much casual overflow from those two places. It's just a bizarre traffic area in general because of what I-44 does in the area.

That being said, there are definitely positive factors to this location: Tallest office tower in the metro outside of downtown OKC, 2 hotels (though they can't get to this On Cue legally without making a maddening detour because there are Do Not Enter signs on the outlet to the intersection - though I never pay any attention to that), a population that doesn't mind walking in a non-urban environment to get somewhere (plenty of people cross Classen to get to the 7-11 on 46th/Western on a daily basis.

I'll be interested to see what it does. I'd love to see them absolutely crush it here as I think it would help lend some credence to my idea that the NW corner of NW Expressway and Classen would be an incredible place for a Mixed-Use transit station with a street car stop and BRT up and down NWEX.