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A commercially and residentially underserved area of Centreville will soon include a new apartment development and a retail development featuring a self-serve laundry facility.
What will ultimately be a 54-unit apartment complex on the west end of town is situated on the south side of M-86.
Though much further delayed in development, a different and unrelated project has cleared hurdles that will eventually yield a gas station and convenience center, which will also house the laundry facility. It, too, will be on the south side of the highway, on the property where Finnerman’s Farm & Garden Services was once located.
Village Villas is on a 12-acre property. Four, single-story buildings are included in the first phase. Developer Justin Rarick said the next phase is to be developed west of the current buildings and features five additional buildings.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Akram, who recently purchased the Marathon station in Colon, has developed the recently opened gas station/service center in White Pigeon on the south side of U.S. 12, just east of U.S. 131.
Centreville Village Clerk Michelle Thibideau said Akram’s impending development will be 4,000-square-feet, a bit smaller than the White Pigeon site but similar in concept.
