Westland approves land split at Meijer to allow 7 Brew drive-through; council raises traffic questions

The Westland City Council approved a land division at the Meijer site on Warren Road that will create an approximately 30,000-square-foot parcel with roughly 200 feet of frontage to facilitate a 7 Brew drive-through-only coffee shop.

Director Ayoub summarized the proposal and said the petitioners cleared internal reviews including traffic review; the drive-through will use existing curb cuts and planners said the site’s circulation and curb adjustments are designed to keep most traffic internal to the parcel. "It will be drive through only. The existing curb cuts will not be modified," Ayoub told the council while describing measures to manage on-site circulation and referencing an OHM traffic study and a petitioner traffic study.

Arceletisha, representing Breakpoint Investments (the landowner acquiring the parcel), said the lot split is intended to separate the future 7 Brew parcel from the parent Meijer property and that the operator has progressed through site-plan review. Residents and a public commenter welcomed the investment and the new business; Lori (public commenter) said her family was excited at the prospect of a nearby 7 Brew.

Council members raised traffic and safety concerns at the nearby Newburgh and Warren intersection. Councilwoman Zahn asked whether the drive-through entrance would back up onto Newburgh; Ayoub and the petitioner said curb configuration and internal circulation should contain traffic and that the final site plan, including detailed circulation drawings, will be brought to council for review before permits are issued.

Council approved the land division; the site plan and special land use for the drive-through will return for further review next month.