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7-11 Eyes Expansion To Umatilla

    For several years, scuttlebutt around Umatilla City Hall has been that the 7-11 convenience store chain was scouting for a Umatilla location.  Now, the long-discussed proposal has been formalized, with the City of Umatilla in the coming weeks set to consider an application that could see a 7-11 constructed at the SR 19 and Golden Gem Drive intersection.
    The Umatilla City Council will consider a request to amend an industrial Planned Unit Development for property consisting of approximately 1.72 acres at the intersection just north of the Florida’s Natural plant site. The council will consider the request during meetings scheduled for July 7 and July 21.
    Formal site plans are unsettled, but early renderings submitted with the application indicate a facility with twelve fuel pumps facing SR 19, with an estimated 4,900 square foot building further back on the property. An estimated 40 parking spaces are envisioned, along with access to the property from both SR 19 and Golden Gem Drive.
    Currently, the site is home to one of three of Umatilla’s remaining packing house structures, left over from the community’s citrus heyday.  The building currently houses an antique and collectibles store.
    Should the store be developed, it will join a growing number of the chain’s stores in the North Lake County area.  In recent years, the chain has built stores in Pine Lake, Eustis and Grand Island, and another store is currently underway in Astor.