Construction of the newest Wawa in Ocala seems to be coming to a close.
The new gas station has been under various stages of planning and construction at 8300 SW 100th Street since 2021.
Located at the intersection of SW 100th Street and SW Highway 200, the gas station is across the street from Bank OZK and the Friendship Center Shopping Mall.
In the past five years, Wawa has opened multiple locations within Ocala. This will mark the company’s sixth, including three that opened simultaneously in 2019 at 3601 E Silver Springs Boulevard, 1001 S Pine Avenue, and 3312 W Silver Springs Boulevard.
Just a few weeks after the first three locations opened, Wawa opened a fourth location in Ocala at 4025 SW College Road.
The sixth Wawa in Ocala will open nearly four years after the fifth location opened in February 2020 at 3080 SE Maricamp Road.
The company’s growth has also not been limited to Ocala, with several locations added in nearby Belleview, The Villages, and Leesburg, among other cities across Central Florida.
Wawa joins several other national companies with brands that have seen steady growth in Ocala recently.
There are around eleven Shell gas stations, eight RaceTrac locations, and seven Sunoco locations across the city of Ocala.
Multiple 7-Eleven locations have opened in Ocala recently, including one at 2655 SW 42nd Street in the Grand Oaks Town Center, and another currently under construction along Maricamp Road.