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    Honestly, not a terrible idea...

    The east lot could be used for the pump canopy, as well as part of the bank drive thru for the OnCue drive through.

    The could slightly expand their offerings and make it their own small version of Buc-ee's.

    They have the working capital to make it happen!

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    I don't know if the land is available, but I've had my eye on the huge open space on the NE corner of Wilshire & Broadway Extension. That's just down the street from where I go to church, so I would love to see one go in there. There's not another location near there. I think either 23rd & I-235 or 36th & May are the nearest locations to that corner.

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    Oklahoma convenience store chains growing

    Three operators building larger stores and more of them

    By: Molly M. Fleming The Journal Record July 10, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Stillwater-based OnCue Express is expanding its store size, with seven larger stores already planned and more on the horizon.

    The company’s existing stores measure 6,650 square feet. The next generation will measure 8,450 square feet.

    “We will have some new features,” said Jim Griffith, CEO. “We just needed a little more space. We’re adding safe rooms so when bad weather hits, our employees will be safe. Our stores have lactation rooms so our nursing mothers have a place to go.”

    He said not all the new stores will have lactation rooms. Women who need the space will be temporarily moved to those stores.

    Griffith said he’s expecting to close on more sites this week, so there will be more than seven stores in the pipeline.

    The store at Interstate 35 and E. 15th Street will open in August. Construction on a store at SW 104th Street and S. Santa Fe Avenue will start in October. It will be one of the new, larger models, Griffith said.

    “We’re very happy with the Oklahoma City market,” he said. “The entire metro’s been good to us. We put out a first-class facility that’s clean and safe. We can’t wait to build a few more.”

    The company could also take its stores outside state lines in the next few years, he said.

    While OnCue is focused on the metro, Oklahoma City-based Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores is filling in sites for its customers in rural Oklahoma.

    Love’s Vice President of Real Estate and Development Rick Shuffield said that the company has noticed a traffic increase in several parts of the state, but there’s another reason for its new stores. While the company had several stores in the state, it needed to expand its network across the country. In the last couple of years, Love’s has filled in gaps between its stores. There was once a 200-mile stretch between some locations, but now it’s down to 100 miles.

    Oklahoma cities in the Love’s pipeline include Randlett, Wynnewood, Okmulgee, and El Reno. Big Cabin is on the list, but it will be another year before the work starts there, Shuffield said.

    Stores have been opened in El Reno, Okmulgee, Valiant, and Union City.

    Shuffield said El Reno is an example of meeting customer demand. While the site isn’t far from the Hinton or Morgan Road stores, the El Reno store will be larger. Love’s smaller footprint is about 4,000 square feet with one restaurant concept. The El Reno store will measure 12,000 square feet with multiple restaurants, showers, and a tire and mechanical shop.

    The company started 2016 by opening a new store in Texhoma, less than a mile from the Texas state line.

    Tulsa-based QuikTrip has Texas-sized plans for two major metropolitan areas, Austin and San Antonio. QT will initially build 100 stores in the two cities.

    Company spokesman Mike Thornbrugh said the company will not have to build a new distribution center to accommodate this expansion because there is a large center in Dallas.

    It takes about four months to build one store, he said.

    “We’re beginning the permitting and application process now,” he said. “We’ll begin construction this winter in both markets. We’ll have at least one store opened by next summer in both markets.”

    The company operates 758 stores, with 77 locations in the Tulsa market. A new store will open in Tulsa next month.

    Oklahoma City-based 7-Eleven declined The Journal Record’s request for an interview but said in an emailed statement that the company has an ongoing effort underway to update the interior and exterior layouts of its stores.

  4. #304

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    Go OnCue!

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    Quote Originally Posted by OKCDrummer77 View Post
    I don't know if the land is available, but I've had my eye on the huge open space on the NE corner of Wilshire & Broadway Extension. That's just down the street from where I go to church, so I would love to see one go in there. There's not another location near there. I think either 23rd & I-235 or 36th & May are the nearest locations to that corner.
    I think that American Fidelity just bought all that land on that corner. But I agree, an OnCue would go great anywhere along BWX, even Hefner.

  6. #306

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    Yes, all that beautiful property on the eastside of Broadway Extension is owned by American Fidelity.

  7. #307

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    That corner is still owned by Wilshire Development, L.L.C. (Aubrey McClendon) unless it is currently under contract, and the sale hasn't been recorded with the clerk.

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    Noticed a retaining type wall has been built on the south side of the location at 15th and I-35 in Edmond. There's enough brick in that wall to build 5 huge houses and it looks like it's the type of thing that will have support problems from the get go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pete View Post
    It's actually 6 acres on the SW corner of NW 178th and Western.
    They've had "coming soon" type signs up for a couple of weeks or more. This store will keep me from having to deal with May Ave traffic going to the NW 150th location.

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    There is a story all over the internet today about an incident at the Oncue at I-35 and Waterloo Road.

    Evidently it involved a homeless man, his dog and some good Samaritans who were trying to help them with heat-related issues.

    Oncue has issued a statement to the effect they are looking into the matter.


    You can see the statement and the related discussion on their Facebook page:

    https://www.facebook.com/OnCueExpress/

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    Sounds like there are two different stories which means the truth is right there in the middle.

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    idk if anyone else has already mentioned this but i've heard of a new oncue gas station coming to the north east quadrant of the i-240 service road and santa fe crossing. are there any permits filed for this or is it just speculation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OKC2017 View Post
    idk if anyone else has already mentioned this but i've heard of a new oncue gas station coming to the north east quadrant of the i-240 service road and santa fe crossing. are there any permits filed for this or is it just speculation?
    Just checked and that property is not owned by OnCue.

    Could be under contract but I haven't heard anything.

    I'll keep my eye on it.

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    Hmmmm...think there's an established but kinda grungy strip mall with a 7-11 there, with an OnCue-like gas station to the south, and a Johnnie's Charcoal Broiler to the immediate east. Where would there be any place on that corner for an OnCue?

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    I believe you're thinking of Walker. NE corner of Santa Fe and 240 is a big emptiness.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stile99 View Post
    I believe you're thinking of Walker. NE corner of Santa Fe and 240 is a big emptiness.
    AHHHH dummy light just went on. You're absolutely right.

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    I35 and 15th is very close to opening

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoonerDave View Post
    OnCue needs to go take a look at *their* next best competition - a currently Texas-only chain called Buc-ees. We were in the DFW area and right at Exit 70 off I-35W is one of their newer locations, and the place is amazing - it's like an OnCue cross-bred with a Hobby Lobby, a State Fair, mixed in with steroids.

    This place had, I think, close to *50* gas pumps, to say nothing of a *packed* parking lot in front of a store that's more along the size of a WalMart Grocery Store than an OnCue. I'd conservatively say you could fit *four* OnCue's into this place. There's a section with nothing but camping/fishing gear, another snack section where it looks like they just called EVERY vendor on earth and said "send one-each of every snack food you make." FOUR Icee-drink machines cranking, hot samples of sausage in the middle, along with fresh stuff of all varieties being cooked up in the back - along with bags of roasted nuts and site-made fudge. And we didn't even go into their *home decor* area where they had tons of knickknacks.

    Yeah, I know, to be that stunned by a convenience store is a little over the top, but man, this place just reset the bar on what a convenience store really is. This place makes 7-11 look like a vending machine in a bad part of town. It really is to OnCue *exactly* what OnCue is to 7-11 in terms of competitor.
    We hit a Buc-ees whilst driving through Texas this summer. I gotta say, it's impressive. The amount of cars they can fuel at the same time is amazing. I tried to count but lost count. For as big and busy as the the store is, they get you in and out. You don't spend much time waiting in line. Their men's rooms were great too. Like the fueling area, it had tons of stalls. Each urinal is separated too, so you're not right up next to another dude. They were clean too.

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    Now open at 15th & I-35 in Edmond.

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    Quote Originally Posted by traxx View Post
    We hit a Buc-ees whilst driving through Texas this summer. I gotta say, it's impressive. The amount of cars they can fuel at the same time is amazing. I tried to count but lost count. For as big and busy as the the store is, they get you in and out. You don't spend much time waiting in line. Their men's rooms were great too. Like the fueling area, it had tons of stalls. Each urinal is separated too, so you're not right up next to another dude. They were clean too.
    Bucees would be almost impossible to replicate in an urban setting due to the space requirements.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rte66man View Post
    Bucees would be almost impossible to replicate in an urban setting due to the space requirements.
    Ummm...okay

    Not sure anyone was advocating for that but...

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    Now that the new OnCue on I-35 & 15th St in Edmond is officially open, I am hoping to see some activity at the proposed NW Expressway & Blackwelder location.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brett View Post
    Now that the new OnCue on I-35 & 15th St in Edmond is officially open, I am hoping to see some activity at the proposed NW Expressway & Blackwelder location.
    They haven't even filed for a building permit, so nothing is going to happen there any time soon.

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    Quote Originally Posted by traxx View Post
    Ummm...okay

    Not sure anyone was advocating for that but...
    Not sure why the entire quote from Sooner Dave that you quoted upthread wasn't included, but yes that was exactly what it sounded like to me.

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    Any word on when construction starts on the OnCue coming to NW178th and Western? (Across from Louie's and Family Video). Sign facing 178th has been up for awhile now, with no movement on the lot.

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