HADLEY — Construction on a Pride gas station and convenience store at 25 Russell St., just east of the Coolidge Bridge, resumed this week.
Bounded by Route 9, Bay Road and Old Bay Road, the development of the former site of the Aqua Vitae Restaurant comes more than a year after the Planning Board issued special permits under the town’s site plan and erosion and sediment control bylaws.
The Springfield-based company will build a 7,477-square-foot convenience store, which will have a beer and wine license, and a fuel pumping station.
In 2008, Pride spent more than $3 million to buy the land and buildings between 15 and 29 Russell St., including the longtime restaurant, the former Aqua Vitae Motel, a home formerly owned by Tanya and Robert Thomas, the Frank Balicki estate home and a home previously owned by Aqua Vitae owners Jung Si Jung and Yeong Ja Jung.
The structures were all demolished in late 2015, with the site largely cleared of trees.