ABOVE: A photo from Tuesday evening’s Danville City Council Public Works Committee meeting.
It was mentioned during the Tuesday (Aug 12th) evening Danville City Council Public Works Committee meeting that one of Danville’s coffee locations has vacated the building and closed; although the city has received no formal notice at this point. It’s Scooter’s at 2828 North Vermilion; which many still call the old A&W property.
Community Development Administrator Logan Cronk says despite Scooter’s not making it, the fact remains that Scooter’s dramatically improved the property by building this new structure. And although the space is somewhat limited, he expects there to be interest.
AUDIO: It’s going to have to be a really niche market that can capitalize on just a little shy of a 1,000 square foot building. Hopefully it’s in the market value that that can be affordable. We still are reaping benefits from the construction of this. We lost a couple of jobs, yes; but they still have to pay a property tax bill that was nothing prior to its construction.
Meanwhile, Danville’s Long John Silver’s at 306 South Gilbert is making plans to move just south of there to what Cronk referred to as the old Ruckers Auto Body property, which is real estate the city eventually acquired after a fire at the old business a couple years ago. As they say in sports, “a trade has been made with some throw-in cash.” Danville will allow Long John Silver’s to have that property next door to their South Gilbert location, in order to build a larger restaurant. In return, Long John Silver’s will give the city the property they still own behind Danville Liquors on North Vermilion, which a long time ago was the Long John Silver’s surplus parking lot for their old North Vermilion location. Long John Silver’s will pay Danville $20,000 as part of the deal as well.
Cronk says Danville would have trouble doing something solo with that old parking lot property, but there’s a good chance someone might want it.
AUDIO: No plans up front. It’s a really odd parcel. It’s sandwiched behind Danville Liquors and another larger apartment complex. The adjacent business owners may have interest in it. And the city would entertain that, if they pitched a business idea to us for redevelopment.
Cronk says movement on the Long John Silver’s relocation could happen sometime in later 2026. He says the agreement calls for a new building to be constructed by the end of 2027.
