The Wawa building is nearing completion at the corner of Moosic Street and Meadow Avenue, marking Lackawanna County’s first store from the convenience chain as it edges toward opening. The surrounding construction site remains active.
A Scranton city official said the developer had indicated that construction might be completed in December, according to the Scranton Times-Tribune. That timeline is not locked in, and the paper reported it was unable to reach either the developer or a Wawa spokesperson for further comment. The store sits on Moosic Street (Route 307) near Meadow Avenue in the city’s South Side.
A Years-Long Path to a Nearly Finished Store
The project traces back to 2022, when NDA Moosic LLC, a developer based in Vestal, New York, received Scranton zoning approval for the Wawa development. Work on site got underway roughly a year before this month’s update, and has included demolishing a vacant building at 1130 Moosic St. that was once home to Profera’s Pizza and later Electric City Hot Yoga, along with environmental cleanup of contaminated soil, per the Times-Tribune’s earlier reporting. Installation of gasoline tanks began in late May, and construction since then has included excavation for underground tanks, the Wawa building itself, and the canopy over the pumps.
The site, located at 1130-36 Moosic St. and 117 Meadow Ave., has been described as 5 acres in that same report, though a 2024 announcement from contractor Schlouch Incorporated put the site at 4.51 acres — a discrepancy the available reporting does not resolve.
Scranton Leads a Wider County Push
This Moosic Street location is described as the first of five potential Wawa locations in Lackawanna County that other developers have proposed in recent years, the same account states. A February report from citizensvoice.com discussed proposed Wawa projects in Dickson City and Moosic. That report noted that no Wawas had opened yet anywhere in Lackawanna County. An earlier target for the Moosic Street project was completion by summer 2025…