A permit has been approved for a 7-Eleven gas station and convenience store at Magnolia Plaza in The Villages.
The new gas station will be built on a 2.03-acre rectangular-shaped parcel near the intersection of State Road 468 and Marsh Bend Trail.
The property owner is VBH Properties LLC, a company headquartered at The Villages’ offices at Brownwood. The company’s registered agent is Brian Hudson, attorney for The Villages.
The 4,500-square-foot convenience store and gas station will also include a car wash.
A 7-Eleven is located at Colony Plaza, in the former home of a Shell station. A 7-Eleven is to be built on the Historic Side of The Villages, but that site has been marred in controversy over the mauling of a historic tree that was to be preserved.