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Goodwill proposes 20-year lease, donation-only center and 7,000 sq. ft. used bookstore at former Rite Aid in Indian Springs Village
Summary
Goodwill Industries told the council it seeks a 20-year lease with a 40-year option on the former Rite Aid building to operate a staffed donation drop-off and a roughly 7,000-square-foot used bookstore; Goodwill said donations would be picked up daily and the site would not operate as a thrift store, and PAZ Chairman Wayne Jones said a special exception may be required under B-2 zoning.
David Wells, president and chief executive officer of Goodwill Industries, and Doug Prescott, Goodwill’s vice president of operations and territory development, appeared May 20 to present a proposed lease for the former Rite Aid building in Indian Springs Village.
Wells said Goodwill proposes a 20-year lease with a 40-year option to use the site as a donation center. The group plans to remodel approximately 7,000 square feet of the facility as a used bookstore and to use the remainder as a staffed donation drop-off. Goodwill representatives emphasized the site would not function as a thrift store: donations would be attended seven days a week, picked up daily and taken to another distribution center, and there would be no exterior drop-off boxes.
According to the presentation, the operation would employ about 10 people and use a drive-through at the rear of the building for vehicle access. Wayne Jones, chairman of the Planning & Zoning (PAZ) board, told the council that the ISV zoning ordinance does not currently list a thrift-store classification for the B-2 district and that a special exception would be required for the proposed use.
Council members did not vote on the lease during this meeting; the presentation was recorded in the minutes for consideration and indicated zoning review and any required special exception would be next steps.
The proposal drew no recorded dissent in the minutes; the council’s minutes do not list lease terms such as rent, tenant improvements, or start date, and those details remain “not specified” in the record.
