TIFTON — Development is underway on West Seventh Street to bring a new gas station to Tifton.

Residents of Tifton driving past the property at 718 W. Seventh St. across from Bojangles have likely seen construction vehicles hard at work in modifying the site to serve as the location for a new Wawa gas station and convenience store.

Based out of Pennsylvania and operating over a thousand locations across the East Coast, the convenience store chain offers customers a more extensive array of products and services than most minimarts of its kind, including the standard snacks, refreshments, and convenience items, made-to-order sandwiches, blended drinks, and breakfast foods, catering, and personal brand products like iced tea, juice, and milk.

The expansion into Tifton is part of a larger effort by the company to branch out into Georgia that began last year. Sparky Lamb, Tifton community development director, reported that the chain had consulted with the city in 2024 about opening a location in Tifton.

The property undergoing development was formerly the Ole Times Country Buffet, which closed about five years ago and remained abandoned until this project began.

At this time, it is unknown when the convenience store will be completed.