Dec. 5, 2019

A new BP gas station, convenience store and retail center are under construction near the northwest Sioux Falls Walmart.

The 1.6-acre site is being developed by Vick Patel at 60th Street North and Annika Avenue on property sold by the Sioux Falls Development Foundation.

“There’s a tremendous need for food as well as beverage in that neighborhood, and we think that should fit the location quite well,” Patel said.

“A lot of the patrons come from the smaller towns – Brandon, Hartford, Crooks, all those places – it’s much easier in-and-out access to just get there quickly, and a lot of people who work in Sioux Falls live within the 20- to 25-mile range of Sioux Falls, so it’s convenient to pick things up on the way to work and on the way home from work.”

There are four spaces available to lease in the rest of the building – one at 1,260 square feet, two at 1,728 square feet each and one at 1,908 square feet that includes a drive-thru.

“I am going with the mentality of build them and they will come,” Patel said.

“The ideal tenant mix would be a sandwich shop that could take a drive-thru, a hair salon would be nice, maybe something like a Verizon store or an urgent care something of that nature.”

The hope is to have the building ready to go in the spring.

“We’re putting in a pretty massive retaining wall, and digging is going on now, so hopefully we’ll finish it in the next couple weeks and start erecting the building,” Patel said.

“The underground tanks are already in place. Now, it’s basically putting the building up and running the utilities to the site, which is also ready to go.”

Patel, who also owns gas stations across from Elmwood Golf Course and in Canton, said he anticipates doing future development near his new strip mall.

“I like that area. I’ve been watching the northwest corner of Sioux Falls grow. In my opinion, the growth rate is equal to anywhere in Sioux Falls. The need is there. I’m going to focus on that part, the northwest corner for a while.”

He credits the Development Foundation for working with him to get the project going. It represents the foundation’s first land sale of its Walmart out-lots.

“We’re excited to see this deal come to fruition,” said vice president Dean Dziedzic. “The northwest side of Sioux Falls continues to grow, and this development should spur more retail activity.”

Here’s a look at the land that is left to sell in the area: