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Oncue store 1008/12/2023 ![]() The station at NW 13 and Western was protested by preservationists over concerns three historic homes on the corner would be destroyed to make way for the station. “We had absolutely no interest in tearing the property down.” “We got a flyer from Mark Inman with CBRE - the building was already torn down,” Griffith said. OnCue purchased the property one year after the demolition. In a 2020 interview with The Oklahoman, Jim Griffth, CEO of OnCue, said the company had no involvement in the demolition. The area is referred to as the Founders district. ![]() The football-shaped structure, built in 1964, was anchored by two 50-foot exterior arches and was a part of an area once home to several of the city’s most notable examples of mid-century architecture, including Founders Tower. The demolition came as a surprise with crews starting tear down the same morning the demolition permit was filed at City Hall. Preservationists protested when a Dallas development group destroyed the former Founders National Bank building at 5613 N May. In the past two years the market has seen 7-Eleven sell to the national 7-Eleven operator, an aggressive expansion of Casey’s General Stores that included new construction and the purchase of Circle K stores, and most recently plans by QuikTrip to open two travel centers at Interstate 35 and Hefner Road and along I-35 in Moore.īoth of the new OnCue sites were once subject to some controversy. The expansion introduced a larger and more expansive convenience store offering to the city at a time when similarly operated QuikTrip did not enter Oklahoma City as part of an agreement with then locally owned 7-Eleven. ![]() OnCue, based in Stillwater, has 75 locations with dozens built in the last 20 years in Oklahoma City. The Western Avenue store, however, will have reduced signage and an earlier closing on the drive-through as part of an agreement with neighbors. Both stores are the same size with OnCue grills and drive-throughs.
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