July 16, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
Burger King is coming to Smithville!
The location is 200 East Broad Street at the former site of Kent’s Texaco and later DeKalb Tire & Service at the corner of Highway 70 & 56.
“The Smithville Planning Commission met last Monday, July 8 and unanimously approved a site plan review as required by our zoning ordinance. They have completed and turned in their building permit, but we have not received word yet on when construction will begin,” said City of Smithville Administrator Hunter Hendrixson.
The proposed development by GPS Hometown Hospitality, based in Atlanta Georgia, consists of constructing a new Burger King restaurant with associated drives and utilities. The site lies on the northeast corner of East Broad Street and Congress Boulevard and is bound by Smithville Town Cemetery to the north, Bright Street to the east, East Broad Street to the south, and Congress Boulevard to the west. The parcel was previously developed with an auto repair shop and a house on-site.
The engineer for the project is Integrity Engineering & Development Services, Inc, based in Dacula Georgia.
GPS Hospitality operates more than 400 Burger King restaurants in 13 states, has remodeled nearly 200 and built almost 50 new restaurants over the past 11 years.