A national car wash chain will have three Rockford-area locations when two new facilities open later this year.
Mister Car Wash broke ground in late 2023 on a 6,500-square-foot car wash at 9733 N. Alpine Road in Machesney Park near Chick-fil-A and Lowes.
“It’s great location for a car wash,” Machesney Park Management Analyst Dylan Moffitt said, referring to the growing Highway 173 corridor. “It’s a really high traffic area, and we’ve seen a lot of development in that area.”
With more than 400 locations nationwide, Arizona-based Mister Car Wash is the largest operating brand in the United States. Each location offers streamlined exterior and interior vehicle cleaning services.
“They’ve been a great partner to work with,” Moffitt said. “And 173 really has become a shopping destination, and not just for people in Machesney Park and Loves Park but for people in Beloit, South Beloit, Roscoe, Rockton. It is where people in the area are coming to get their everyday needs.”
Mister Car Wash also broke ground last year on a similar development at 7422 E. Riverside Blvd., a stretch of Loves Park that continues to see growth Mayor Greg Jury says will continue.