Boarded-up former KFC on Patterson Ave. purchased by car wash owner

Facebook 0

X (Twitter)

LinkedIn

The site of a boarded-up fast-food building in Henrico’s west end is set to get cleaned up with a new use.

The former KFC and Long John Silver’s combo restaurant property at 8810 Patterson Ave. recently sold and is being eyed for redevelopment as a car wash, county documents show.

The 3,500-square-foot building and its 1-acre plot, just south of Regency mall near Patterson’s intersection with Parham Road, have sat dormant for several years since the restaurant’s closure.

In early September the property sold for $2 million to an entity tied to Mark O’Neil, a partner in the local franchise group for Tommy’s Express Car Wash, the Michigan-based chain with four locations throughout the region. The property was most recently assessed by the county a