There’s something red, orange and green coming to Maricopa’s main drag, and it’s not a stoplight. Or a bag of bell peppers. It’s a 7-Eleven gas station and convenience store proposed on John Wayne Parkway, according to documents obtained in a public records request yesterday.
The Texas-based convenience store giant known for its Big Gulps and Big Bites submitted pre-application paperwork to the city’s planning department last week for a 4,600-square-foot store, gas pumps and an “auto service pad” on the southwest corner of John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue.
In March, Super Star Car Wash expressed interest in building a location on a parcel just south of the proposed 7-Eleven, but the business has not moved forward with construction or paperwork.
The closest 7-Eleven store to Maricopa today is 20 miles north at Kyrene and Warner Roads in Tempe.
