July 28, 2020 – West Bend, WI – An large excavator was brought in this week and sits in the parking lot at Fleet Farm, 1637 W. Washington Street, in West Bend.
Contractors from Robinson Brothers Environmental are preparing to demolish the gas station and the building.
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The old Fleet Farm and the site of the former Tri-Par, 1613 W. Washington Street, were sold on May 8, 2020 to Kwik Trip Inc. Corp.
Records show Kwik Trip Inc. Corp. paid $3,100,000 for the former Fleet Farm site on the southeast corner of Highway 33 and 18th Avenue. The parcel was last assessed in 2019 at $2,174,700.
The former Tri-Par parcel just to the east of the large former Fleet building sold for $190,000 to Kwik Trip Inc. Corp. That parcel was last assessed in 2019 at $250,000.
The old Fleet Farm closed Nov. 17, 2019 when the new Fleet opened at 3815 W. Washington Street.
Mike Robinson is vice president of Robinson Brothers Environmental. “The building will come down pretty quickly, in about two to three days, but the concrete below will take a bit more time,” he said.
The building is described as an open-span warehouse. According to Robinson the asbestos in the building was removed last week.
“Metal and concrete will be recycled,” Robinson said. “The gas station will also come down; another company will come in and take care of that.”
Robinson said they are set to start demolition this week. The area will be fenced off Wednesday, July 15 and then the building will come down.
The old Fleet Farm building was constructed in 1968.
Kwik Trip is not expected to start construction on its new store until 2021.
