QuikTrip completes Evans land buy

EVANS —QuikTrip Corp. on Oct. 13 bought 10 acres in Evans for $6.9 million from Sun Development LP, Weld County Clerk and Recorder records show.

Tulsa, Oklahoma-QuikTrip owns and operates more than 900 convenience stores and travel centers in 15 states, most also selling gasoline. Locations run 4,100 to 8,000 square feet.

It plans 70 locations in Colorado; about half are underway.

The Evans travel center land is at the northeast corner of U.S. Highway 85 and 31st Street, previously the Stampede Truck Plaza and the Double Clutch café.

A 12-acre parcel adjacent to the north is owned by Rush Truck Centers of Colorado…