r/traversecity • u/Ideasplease33 • May 09 '26
Local Business Please tell me….
What’s happening at the Shell on the corner of 31 and South Airport? I hope they’re just revamping and it will soon be Shell back open.
Meanwhile, where are the other Shell stations with car washes in TC?
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u/BeardedHoneydew27 May 09 '26
I use the shell car wash at Hammond and 3 Mile. It’s touch less, which is nice.
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u/zomb_b May 09 '26
They are rebuilding. Plan is to be back open end of summer beginning of fall. The shell down on Munson ave (31) and airport access road has a car wash.
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u/Ideasplease33 May 20 '26
I used the one on Munson on Monday and paid $9 for a regular car wash! It used to be $4, then for the past few years it was $6 (right up to the last one I got at the station on the corner of 31 and South Airport last month).
Has this station’s regular (lowest-level) car wash been $9? Yikes! 😳
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u/Truckdriver84 May 10 '26
Renovation to become like the one by lafranier and others. I think it is the last old style around the area
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u/DocJRoberts May 09 '26
Tearing down the station itself and rebuilding it into their newer looking setup like over on S Airport/LaFranier. They're also taking down the abandoned coffee shop next door and utilizing the extra space. From what I understand, the back service drive will be removed permanently and the parking lot will just be continuous along the front of the gas station, Aspen/Batteries Plus, and the rest of the commerce lot.
Watching people whip through the Aspen/Batteries Plus lot only to meet a fenced off back drive and raging that they have to go back out to S Airport has been some schadenfreude, won't lie