Got gas? This chain does, and it’s planning to bring more to Colorado Springs

By Alex Edwards August 26, 2025 | updated 10 months ago

A car drives past a QuikTrip location under construction in Colorado Springs on North Academy Boulevard.
Alexander Edwards, the Gazette

It is all gas and no brakes for one national gas station and convenience store chain, which has submitted plans for yet another location in Colorado Springs.

QuikTrip, a Tulsa, Okla.-based chain of convenience stores and gas stations, hopes to add a location near the Motor City area, south of downtown, with a future address of 18 E. Motor Way. That would be on top of three other locations planned for the Springs.

The Motor City location would be built on about 1.9 acres near Interstate 25, on the northwest side of Nevada Avenue and Motor Way; there is a Maverik gas station on the southeast side. The 6,445- square-foot convenience store would include 16 gas pumps.

“This location will feature our newest Generation 4 prototype, which is slightly larger than our previous sites,” said Aisha Jefferson, QuikTrip’s corporate communications manager. “It’s an attractive site due to its strong highway presence, high traffic volume, and surrounding density.”

The newest location is far from breaking ground, however, because the company has just started moving through the city’s processes, Jefferson said.

First, QuikTrip must purchase the land from the Colorado Department of Transportation, Jackson said. According to the El Paso County Assessor’s office, it has an assessed value of just under $369,000.

QuikTrip already owns land at 4760 Flintridge Drive and 1590 N. Academy, where two other locations are planned. It has yet to purchase land for a planned location at 802 W. Garden of the Gods Road.

The Motor City QuikTrip wouldn’t take up the nearly 3-acre property, and QuikTrip intends to further subdivide it for yet-to-be determined uses, Jefferson said.

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The location would include 49 parking spaces. The company, in its project statement submitted to the city, proposed two entrances to the gas station from Motor Way.

QuikTrip plans to open the Academy Boulevard location, which would be the first in the Springs, this fall. A late 2026 opening is being eyed for the Garden of the Gods location.

The location on Flintridge Drive requires demolition of an existing building, records with the city show. The structure is called the Flintridge Professional Building and used to house medical and psychiatric offices. QuikTrip bought the land last year for $3.5 million, according to records with the El Paso County Assessor.

A construction record, dated July 2, requires corrections, according to the city, and an excavation permit dated July 17, pulled in preparation to demolish the old building, is at risk of expiring. The permit allows a contractor to disconnect the building’s sewer and water lines.

As with the other locations, QuikTrip is working through the required processes.

“This site is currently in the planning and approval phase,” a spokesperson with QuikTrip said. “Due to ongoing coordination and scheduling, we don’t yet have a confirmed start date, but we’re excited about moving forward.”

There are more than 1,100 QuikTrip locations in 20 states, including 21 in Colorado. The only one in the Pikes Peak region currently is west of I-25 on Baptist Road in Monument, which opened in January last year.