INDIANAPOLIS — The Metropolitan Development Commission has approved plans to build an $8 million Wawa convenience store in the 7100 block of East Washington Street.
The developer needed to overcome opposition based on the number of gas pumps in the parking lot and the orientation of the store.
”What we’re proposing is an improvement to an existing parking lot out in front of Eastgate Mall,” said Joe Calderone, an attorney for the developer, referring to the defunct consumer mall that was renovated into IMPD’s East District headquarters more than a decade ago…