A Dunkin' Donuts location is planned for 12 Shorter Avenue. (Mike Colombo, RN-T)
TK and Sons Inc. developers’ Tushar Patel has received a permit from the city for construction of a new Dunkin’ Donuts-gas station combination at 12 Shorter Ave., across from the American Legion Post 5.
The plot sits between a BP convenience store and Mathis Builders Hardware. The building permit indicates the value of the 1,415-square-foot project is $539,000.
Charles Campbell Construction of Dalton has been retained as the general contractor for the development. Plans filed with the Rome-Floyd Building Inspection office indicates the shop will have seating for 18 guests and have space for approximately four employees per shift.
Minesh Desai, who operates the BP convenience store on the lot now, will also operate the new Dunkin’ Donut franchise. The convenience store will be demolished.
“Once that building is up, while it’s in the inside furnishing stage, we’ll be taking this existing building off. That’s tentatively the first week of September,” Desai said. “We’ll be operating in a mobile office on the corner of the lot for about 60 days for non-fuel sales, sell some lottery and essential stuff like tobacco.”
Desai, who has operated the convenience store for about seven years, said that if everything moves on schedule the new Dunkin’ Donuts would open about the first of November.
Patel said the new facility will be a state-of-the-art store complete with seven fuel pumps. It will continue to offer BP fuel.
Rome last had a Dunkin’ Donuts at 905 Shorter Ave. in the early 1980s across from West Rome Baptist Church.
Even so, I'll be glad to see one here. Not for the donuts, but for the cheese bagel knots and for their excellent coffee.
Anyone can draw the obvious conclusion. With some of the lowest gas taxes in the US, the people of Floyd County are being robbed blind on gas prices.
Drive in Atlanta during rush hours, THAT is traffic.
Actually Rome does have traffic, and lots of it. The problem is, no one is really going anywhere due to so many circular roads and improperly set redlights. Not to mention the lack of driving skills (like sitting at a greenligt until it turns yellow before actually paying attention). I drive with ATL rush hour traffice every day and it is as expected, very heavy, yet consistent. Yet my daily commute is only frustrating when tryig to get out of Rome, and worse in the evenings when I get back into Rome. Half of the problem could be resolved if people would just pay attention (including not driving 25mph down the inside lanes). Next would be straightening out the main roads through Rome (including actually having the freaking lanes line up at intersections like they do, umm, everywhere else). The last part, which is what is is, is simply due to the number of people on the roads in Rome at any given time.