From the Ground Up: Love's Travel Stop & Country Store

Owner: Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc.
General contractor: Harman Construction Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas)
Architect: Pascal Aughtry & Associates PLLC (Oklahoma City)
Engineers: Snyder & Associates Inc. (Ankeny, Iowa), civil, structural and MEP
Size: 10,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $8 million
Lender: Self-financed
Estimated completion date: Nov. 15
Description: Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores Inc. is building its first truck stop in the Springfield area; the next nearest stop is located in Joplin, according to www.loves.com. Valerie Rollins, an interior designer at Pascal Aughtry & Associates, said the truck stop would include a convenience store, showers for rent, a Hardee’s restaurant and a stand-alone tire shop. Pascal Aughtry provides the architecture work for Love’s stops around the country, which maintain a consistent design, but Rollins noted new tiles, vanities and other interior elements will be introduced. Strafford Administrator Tom Vicat said the travel stop plans to open by mid-November.
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