The former Leffler’s Service Co. at 640 N. 9th St., Lebanon, is set to reopen sometime in 2025 as a gas station, with convenience store expansion plans slated for the future.

Gas station and convenience store operator Satnam Singh, who operates about a dozen sites in Lebanon, Berks, and Schuylkill counties, said his goal is to bring local residents what they want: very competitive gas prices and a nice convenience store, offered by a local operator, not some big corporation like Sheetz or Wawa.

Singh, who also operates the US Gas at 8th and Walnut streets in Lebanon, said he had his eye on the Leffler’s property for a while, but the former owners weren’t ready to sell.

“Last year, it became available and it wasn’t much long after that that we were able to work out the deal,” said Singh.

Leffler’s Service Co. closed its doors on May 10, 2024. The service shop had been in business since 1973. Leonard Leffler spoke to LebTown last year about the business and its history.

Read More: Leffler’s Service Co., on 9th Street, rolls down its garage doors for the final time

In July 2024, the property was purchased for its listing price of $475,000 by Singh’s 1950 Realty LLC.

A former office space at the station will be turned into a small convenience area to start, but Singh has bigger plans for the 0.28-acre property.

By the end of this year, Singh hopes to start construction on turning the former three-bay repair shop into a larger convenience store, with room to place a food or coffee franchise in the store. Think something like Subway, Krispy Krunchy Chicken, or Tim Horton’s. This would be an in-store franchise; the property is not large enough to support a drive-through, Singh noted.

Singh said he wants to make it a very welcoming store and emphasizes the local aspect.

“We would love to let the public know we are going to – not right away – but we are going to redevelop the building and make it into a newer and nicer convenience store inside of it with a food option, and we would love to have people supporting local businesses,” he said.

“We’re not a big chain or anything like that, just a small operator, and it’s operators like that which need the help more than Sheetz or Wawa.”

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