7-Eleven likely coming back to Seaford

After sewer agreement, project joins Wawa, Amazon facilities

By Glenn Rolfe
Posted 9/27/21

SEAFORD — Sewer service improvement is the linchpin facilitating the anticipated return of 7-Eleven to the city.

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7-Eleven likely coming back to Seaford

After sewer agreement, project joins Wawa, Amazon facilities

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SEAFORD — Sewer service improvement is the linchpin facilitating the anticipated return of 7-Eleven to the city.

Plans are in the works for the convenience store along north Sussex Highway on property that previously housed Dover Pools, which has relocated to Norman Eskridge Highway.

Sewer upgrades are the key to the return of 7-Eleven, which had a brief presence on Stein Highway years ago.

“They are a go. We offered an incentive, sort of shared expense on upgrading the sewer line that is across the street that they have to connect into,” said Seaford Mayor David Genshaw. “That was kind of a key part before they start. Once we came to that agreement, it came through City Council and has been approved. The sewer line is the critical piece.”

Plans include fueling stations at the store, he said.

“This is a big project. These stores are expensive. It’s a million dollars just to get the shell up and then all the other stuff that has to go into it. It is a multimillion-dollar project for sure,” the mayor added.

Final plans will have to come back through City Council.

As 7-Eleven’s proposal weaves through the city for approval, construction of a new Wawa, also with gas pumps, is ongoing a short distance north on Sussex Highway.

“These are nice things to have in your town,” Mayor Genshaw said. “It’s continued investment in your town, and that’s a good thing. That shows that people see there is an opportunity to invest that kind of money.”

Meanwhile, renovations are ongoing at a commercial warehouse property on Dulaney Street for an Amazon facility forecast to bring hundreds of jobs to the region and serve as a product-distribution hub covering the Eastern Shore and beyond. That project was unveiled in March.

In addition, in April, groundbreaking was held for the Western Sussex Business Campus, welcoming KRM Development Corp. as the builder of 44-plus acres of land along Herring Run and Ross Station roads.

The KRM project and Amazon could potentially means hundreds and hundreds of “career opportunity jobs,” Mayor Genshaw said.

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