YPSILANTI TWP., MI — Sheetz, a popular one-stop shop for fuel and food, has final approval to build a new location in Ypsilanti Township.
The 24/7 gas station chain is known for its electric vehicle filling stations and convenience stores. The store at the southeast corner of W. Michigan Avenue and South Hewitt Road will have grocery aisles and made-to-order food options like breakfast, subs, sandwiches, salads, pizza and coffees.
Related: Sheetz is coming to three more locations in Michigan
The township board on Tuesday, April 15, voted unanimously to approve a development agreement with the major mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience chain.
It’s a roughly $10 million project, according to David Bruckelmeyer, an engineer for Sheetz.
The convenience store will hire 35 full-time employees, he said.
Sheetz proposed a 6,139-square-foot store with eight gas pumps for a total of 16 fueling positions and EV charging stations.
Approval comes following the August opening of its first Michigan location at 33380 Wick Road in Romulus. The company has announced plans to open more than a dozen other stores across the state.
These locations are a part of the company’s larger plan to open 50 to 60 locations in the state over the next decade primarily in the Metro Detroit area, officials previously said.
The company was established in 1952 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and now operates over 750 store locations throughout Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
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