Thursday, March 7, 2013
The former Harder's Shell service station has transformed into a convenience store under new ownership.
Update: The Architectural Review Commission on Thursday night tabled Amstar's exterior design plans, with the expectation that the gas station will return with revised renderings in the near future. An Amstar gas station opened Friday in the former Harder's Shell service station building. The store is one of the first Amstar locations in the Milwaukee area. Harder's Shell station closed Oct. 1 after 29 years in business at 303 E. Hampton Road. In November, the gas station's new owner Fahim Beg received village approval to operate an Amstar gas station with an expanded convenience store in the place of the old three-bay service garage. Amstar is scheduled to appear in front of the Architectural Review Commission Thursday night for signage …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The former Harder's service station will be transformed into a larger convenience store that features a coffee counter and walk-in coolers.
The former Harder's Shell station is going to be transformed into Milwaukee's first Amstar gas station and convenience store. Harder's Shell station, located at 303 E. Hampton Road, closed on Oct. 1 after 29 years in business at that location, and before that, 22 years at Lydell Avenue and Hampton Road. Fahim Beg, the gas station's new owner, plans to convert the three-bay service center at the west end of the building into a convenience store that will include a coffee counter, walk-in cooler, cash register and a bathroom. The convenience store will not serve liquor or beer. Beg originally wanted to be open 24 hours a day, but the village's standard retail operating hours prohibit businesses from being open past 10 p.m. Beg agreed to …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Whitefish Bay's only gas station has been sold to a new owner after 51 years in business, 29 of which have been in its current location on Hampton Road.
One by one, drivers pulled into the lot of the old Harder's Shell station today expecting to fill up their gas tank, only to realize the gas pumps have disappeared and the store has been closed up. "It just seemed so sudden," said customer Lori Ahrenhoerster. "I always got gas there." The gas station at 303 E Hampton Road had been in business for decades before it closed Monday night. Harder's Amoco first opened in 1961 at Lydell Avenue and Hampton Road, and later switched to a Shell station and moved to its current location in 1983. Gene Harder, who owns the gas station, said his parents sold the property without his knowledge for financial reasons. He said his dad retired in 1997, and he has operated the business ever since. The sale of …
marya
9:32 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
non-union, tax free station? where did u get all this information from, the station is locally owend and independent my friend... the service is very nice and friendly maybe u just gotta give it a try and a chance man don't judge a book by its cover... more ›