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EXTRA!
EXTRA!
Looking Back to ... Spring 1995
What was happening 25 years ago, according to the Spring 1995 edition of Self Serve Car Wash News?
New Self Serves
■ Altona, Ontario
The Sun Valley Co-op in Altona, Ontario, is now in
hosts a self serve car wash. According to a February 16
Pembina Valley Online story, the car wash opened in
January.
General Manager Brad Iverson said in the story, “We
are excited to add this new service and will continue
to offer great car wash options for years to come with
the Co-op name. We are committed to improving and
expanding the services we provide and look forward to
offering increased carwash promotions through our locations.”
The Sun Valley Co-op Car Wash provides three automatic
wash options and six self serve wash bays.
According to its website, The CO-OP® brand is used
by a network of retail co-operative associations across
Western Canada that own and operate Co-op Agro
Centres, food stores, gas bars/convenience stores, home
centres, pharmacies and more.
■ Bee Cave, Texas
Plans are underway for a new self-service car wash
within the Bella Colinas commercial subdivision in Bee
Cave, Texas.
According to an April 30 CommunityImpact.com
story, the 1.58-acre lot will consist of a 4,162-squarefoot
building and include an automated wash-bay, storage
area and a small office space. Proposed hours of operation
for the car wash are from 6 a.m.-10 p.m.
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■ Victorville, California
An abandoned Del Taco is slated for demolition to
make way for a new car wash, an April 15 Daily Press
story said. The one-acre parcel of land will soon be home
to a Quick N Clean Car Wash, which has other locations
in California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado and Texas.
The site, which has been vacant since the Del Taco
closed in 2017, will be razed to make room for a 150-
foot long tunnel, 35 vacuum stations, including 26 that
will be covered; and a 5,400 square-foot office and storage
building.
Progressive Senior VP Paul Galmarini represented the
seller, a Santa Monica-based private investor and Progressive
Senior Retail Specialist Albert Lopez represented
Quick N Clean in the transaction, the story said.
“The Bear Valley Road location was ideal for Quick
N Clean because it features many of the traits they look
for, including high traffic counts, outstanding visibility,
excellent access and close proximity to other service
and food-oriented retail uses,” Lopez said.
He added that the company is actively seeking additional
expansion opportunities throughout Southern
California.
“While the excellent location made the property very
attractive, it was a complex and lengthy transaction in
that there were several adjacent properties with dominant
easement rights over this site that had to be negotiated
and extinguished,” Galmarini said.
■ Milford, Delaware
The Buccaneer Car Wash located across from Milford
High School. Is now open for business, according to a
February 11 Milford Live story.
Karan Gupta said in the story, “We saw potential in
the car wash business since we were already running
them at our gas stations,” Gupta said. “Milford is the
next town emerging on the Delaware map and there
seemed to be a good opportunity to serve the people
of Milford and become a part of this close-knit town.
Milford is the next booming town after Middletown
with the opening of the new hospital and all the other
businesses opening up it gave us confidence to invest in
Milford. We have had a very good and encouraging response
from the people of the community and we hope
to provide them with ongoing excellent service.”
Gupta said he plans to continue upgrading the 24-
hour car wash including offering free vacuums with the
purchase of a car wash. They also hope to add unlimited
monthly wash packages in the future.
“We offer self-serve washes starting at $3 using 100
percent hot water wash with a lot of options that are
not offered at other locations in this area,” Gupta said in
the story. “This includes the tire cleaner, pre-soak, soap
foam brush, high-pressure soap, high pressure wax and
more. The best services are the hot wax and air dryer on
the self-serve options.” Automatic washes start at $8 and
a free towel dry is offered between the hours of 8 a.m.
and 6 p.m. every day.”
Having driven several cars over the years, Gupta said
that he has personally seen the importance of keeping
a vehicle clean.