Wawa is continuing its aggressive expansion across Marion County, with plans underway for its tenth location since entering the local marketplace in 2019.
The Marion County Development Review Committee is scheduled to look over the latest off-site and major site plan revisions for the proposed gas station during its regular meeting on Monday, July 13.
The new location is slated for a site in south Marion County, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 441 and SE 147th Place. The new address will be 14700 S. U.S. Highway 441 in Summerfield.
According to county records, the application for the project was originally submitted by Amprop Enterprises Summerfield LLC, with Native Engineering, PLLC handling the engineering plans.
The proposed development features a standard, 5,915-square-foot Wawa convenience store along with a gas station canopy. The site will also feature a private sanitary sewer lift station.
County submittal logs show that while initial site plans received an approval push late last year, a new plan review revision was submitted on June 25 of this year to address final outstanding departmental checks before the project moves into its construction phase.
The upcoming Summerfield location marks the tenth total Wawa store planned within Marion County borders.
Wawa officially made its grand entry into the local market in April 2019, simultaneously opening its first three Ocala gas stations at 3601 E. Silver Springs Blvd., 1001 S. Pine Ave., and 3312 W. Silver Springs Blvd.
Just one month later, the chain opened a fourth location at 4025 SW College Road.
The company followed those openings with a fifth store on Maricamp Road in 2020, a sixth along State Road 200 in February 2024, and a seventh location at 2277 SW Highway 484 in September 2024. Last spring, the property housing the Wawa at 2277 SW Highway 484 was sold for $4,240,000.
Wawa opened its eighth Ocala location, and ninth overall store in Marion County, at 5200 S. Pine Avenue in September 2025.
In addition to the new store openings, the real estate beneath the locations has continuously commanded premium prices among commercial investors.
For instance, the land under the original East Silver Springs Boulevard store was sold to an Orlando-based investment group for $5 million in April. of this year
Similarly, the property housing the South Pine Avenue store fetched $4.846 million in a transaction that closed shortly after its opening.
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