The popular convenience store giant Buc-ee’s is seeking to open a store at the northeast corner of Louisiana Avenue and Interstate 10, documents show.
The development will cover nearly 500,000 square feet at the site that was years ago was pitched as a site for a Super 1 grocery store and an adjoining shopping center. Now Buc’ee’s wants to acquire most of the lot for the development with a 74,000-square-foot store, gas pumps and nearly 700 parking spaces.
Kimley-Horn, which has done construction work for other Buc-ee’s sites around the country, has requested a variance with the Lafayette Consolidated Government’s Board of Zoning Adjustment for the project for landscaping, required parking spaces and other details.
The news comes months after reports initially reported by KADN about Buc-ee’s seeking a space at that intersection, but indications were the company was targeting property south of the exit next to Aldi.
Brookshire Grocery Co. is listed as the owner on the documents. The company bought a 42-acre lot along Louisiana Avenue in 2015 for $1.65 million but has never built on it.
The remainder of the property, which includes 33 acres and stretches back to Shadow Bluff Drive, is owned by Castille Development Roadway Project LLC, which is registered to Charles A. Castille Jr.
This story will be updated.