Handy Andy’s biggest business is the standard fare for those on the go: snacks, beer, cigarettes. It’s also what two other nearby stores — Oscar’s Market and a Chevron mini mart — offer as their bread and butter. That’s why the stores’ local owners — and many residents — in the St. Johns and West Minnehaha neighborhoods were confused when they heard about plans for a fourth convenience store in…
7-Eleven, More Coming to East Vancouver
A $5 million construction project will add a 7-Eleven convenience store and gas pumps to the corner of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard and 164th Avenue, one of Vancouver’s busiest intersections. The project includes a separate building for an urgent care clinic and another national retailer that has not yet been announced, said Mike Jenkins, the project’s Vancouver developer. Jenkins also is planning a makeover of the former Ruby Tuesday restaurant…
Occupy Group Says 1,600 People Opposed to New 7-Eleven Slated for St. Johns
Activists with a group calling itself Occupy St. Johns and the owner of St. Johns Deli say they’ve collected more than 1,600 signatures from people who oppose a new 7-Eleven slated for the 8100 block of North Lombard. The 3,000-square-foot store would join two others in the area. One is as close as nine blocks away. According to NeighborhoodNotes.org, the store received wide-scale criticism at a Dec. 14 meeting of…
7-Eleven Finds a Convenient Site to Build
National convenience store chain 7-Eleven expects to break ground next month on a retail complex at the former Cosmic Coffee site at Northeast 112th Avenue off state Highway 500. The area’s high-volume traffic and dense residential neighborhoods created attractive business conditions for the Dallas-based quick-store chain, said Mike Jenkins, of MAJ Development Corp. in Vancouver. The store, which will be corporately owned instead of franchised, will be part of a…
Accomplished and Under 40
Michael A. Jenkins, 39 Co-owner Coldwell Banker Commercial Jenkins-Bernhardt Assoc. Nominated by: Elena C. Hopper, Coldwell Banker Commercial Jenkins-Bernhardt Assoc. Mike Jenkins is known as an egalitarian whose work in real estate has broad economic impacts. With Coldwell Banker Commercial, he was a global top-five producer for two years and a No. 1 producer at state and regional levels for four years. Jenkins oversaw development and leasing of several local…
Exercising in the Palms – Orchards 24 Hour Fitness to Move
Exercise club chain 24 Hour Fitness will build a swanky new facility to replace its oldest location on Fourth Plain Road, a move designed to retain and increase membership. “24 Hour Fitness has signed a lease to relocate … for our loyal members, as well as prospective new members,” said Peter Berkowitz, the company’s vice president of real estate and strategy. The new 45,000-square-foot club will be in the $18…