Mayfair Shopping Center

[Pete]

Construction is set to start on the Panda Express at the end of March.

Will be located in the first lot south of Michael's; there are two more available lots to the south.

[Pete]

Domino has its glass in, the canopy up and a hiring sign out front.

[MagzOK]

Lookin' good! Thanks for the pics.

[Pete]

[bombermwc]

Its so weird having the gas station facing sideways from the pumps.

[Pete]

Its so weird having the gas station facing sideways from the pumps.

There is an entrance facing the pumps on the west side of the building.

[Brett]

Definitely a Shell gas station. Makes me wonder where the next closest Shell gas station is located in OKC?

[gjl]

Its so weird having the gas station facing sideways from the pumps.

And no canopy from the pumps to the store. Oncue wins again.

[MagzOK]

And no canopy from the pumps to the store. Oncue wins again.

^^ Totally agree.

[bombermwc]

There is an entrance facing the pumps on the west side of the building.

Who knows maybe this will work better with the store traffic not competing with the pump traffic. It is always a big of a slow area at OnCue where people "fight" for space there.

As for the covering, it's a pretty long walk for that here. Some would say all the more reason for one. A lot of people pay at the pump, but even those folks sometimes want to use the ATM or get ice, or whatever. But in Oklahoma, that wind is a major factor. An awning like that would act like a wing. It would really have to be pretty heavily engineered to stand up in that exposed space. Seems like gas station awnings are always the first things to go in storms. They're juts hats on posts, precariously perched.

So one of questions i would pose from all of that is, why did they design the pump space the way they did instead of offering 3 or 4 deep on each row? Make it deeper and you get closer to the store. There appears to be plenty of room to do that. But I'm also seeing that this driving path is also an exit path for the other parking lot. That's going to create a lot more car traffic across that path than a normal station. Those pedestrians are going to need to be very careful. Hopefully, the place puts in something like the yellow flashers in the drive path, or signs or something super visible.

[Pete]

So one of questions i would pose from all of that is, why did they design the pump space the way they did instead of offering 3 or 4 deep on each row? Make it deeper and you get closer to the store. There appears to be plenty of room to do that. But I'm also seeing that this driving path is also an exit path for the other parking lot. That's going to create a lot more car traffic across that path than a normal station. Those pedestrians are going to need to be very careful. Hopefully, the place puts in something like the yellow flashers in the drive path, or signs or something super visible.

There are wide easements along 50th and May and two more than run north/south.

They basically have to keep clear the access behind the shopping center and the drive in the parking lot.

[MagzOK]

It looks like a long way to walk (longer than the regular station) from the pumps to inside the store if you wanted to get something. Maybe it's just the angle of the picture.

[Pete]

^

It's not any longer than OnCue.

[PaddyShack]

^

It's not any longer than OnCue.

Though OnCue has you covered for that walk, which is a nice pampering during rain and extreme heat/sun!

[soonergolfer]

Though OnCue has you covered for that walk, which is a nice pampering during rain and extreme heat/sun!

Wow, It is like a 25' walk. If 10 seconds of "extreme" sun is a major issue, I am guessing you can pay for your gas at the pump or if it is that big an issue, drive to the front door.

[PaddyShack]

Wow, It is like a 25' walk. If 10 seconds of "extreme" sun is a major issue, I am guessing you can pay for your gas at the pump or if it is that big an issue, drive to the front door.

Oh, I should have noted my sarcasm! Its not like walking around a Bucee's!!

[bombermwc]

I'm going to stretch and say that we're all of the ability to make this walk just fine, and are just complaining a bit. But I do want to keep the less-mobile in mind. Pay at the pump is 99% of what I do. How about the elderly? If you're 85 years old and maybe need a walker, when that pay at the pump goes bad, it's not an easy task to get back and forth. Driving up and then back is a major undertaking.

That's an outlier, I'll freely admit that. But there are people out there that bypass certain stations because of the possible walk. For me, when i see pay at the pump not working, i go to the next pump or even the next entire gas station. So I'm not a good person to judge here because I won't be going inside.

I have a feeling this is one of those 80/20 things. 80 percent of the people probably dont care 90% of the time. But those 20% create lot of "what ifs"....maybe its just a rabbit hole we need to walk away from.

[gjl]

I'm not someone that has to go in and buy convenience store crap every time I pass by one or buy gas. But since Oncue came to town that is the only place I buy gas. There can be a station across the street 10 cents less per gallon and I will still go to Oncue. And if I do need to go inside and use a restroom, I know the ones at Oncue will be clean and stocked with soap and paper towels and touchless faucets. I use the Oncue rewards card to accumulate points. And if I do ever buy anything there it is their 1/2 price donuts after 4:00 and I always have enough points where they don't cost me anything.

[Pete]

After a complete renovation to Mayfair Village that has seen the addition of Summer Moon Coffee, Empire Slice Shop, soon-to-open Domino C-Store, and OKC's first Rockler, plans have been filed to fill out the empty spots at that busy intersection.

To the south of Michael's and currently a vacant lot, Panda Express will be starting construction very soon. At the far south end of the property, there will be a small shopping center that has some of the same retro design elements as the original building across the street that holds Empire. Between the two is another food operator that we should be able to announce soon.

On the southeast corner of NW 50th and May, a new Domino C-Store and carwash is finishing work and should open in about a month. On the west side of May, Rockler is well under construction on the first Oklahoma location for the woodworking superstore.

On the northwest corner, where Central Presbyterian church once stood, Taco Casa will be building a new location at the north end and another retail building will go to the south. There will be one more lot to the south of that – on the hard corner – put no announcement quite yet.

Just to the north, OnCue Express is under construction on the west side of May north of Northwest Expressway, and on the east side of May at NW 58th, Dutch Brothers is nearing completion.

[Brett]

I'm so excited for Taco Casa coming to Mayfair.

[Pete]

I'm so excited for Taco Casa coming to Mayfair.

There are no locations anywhere close to this site, apart from Memorial & Rockwell which hasn't started construction.

[Achilleslastand]

There are no locations anywhere close to this site, apart from Memorial & Rockwell which hasn't started construction.

Just to clarify, there are ~plans~ for Taco Casa @ Mayfair/NW Corner as well as N. Penn/Qual Springs?

[Pete]

Just to clarify, there are ~plans~ for Taco Casa @ Mayfair/NW Corner as well as N. Penn/Qual Springs?

Plans for NW corner of NW 50th & May and southwest corner of Rockwell and Memorial just south of the new Chick-fil-A.

[Achilleslastand]

Plans for NW corner of NW 50th & May and southwest corner of Rockwell and Memorial just south of the new Chick-fil-A.

In the Taco Casa thread it shows there is one listed as coming to N Penn. Is this not official yet?

[Pete]

In the Taco Casa thread it shows there is one listed as coming to N Penn. Is this not official yet?

No, not official as no permits have been filed.

I just posted what I found on the developer's website. However, I'm pretty sure it is going to happen.