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Jonathan Robertson, MD
MARQUETTE — The Ojibwa Express Convenience Center in Marquette Township has closed just three years after opening.
The gas station and convenience store, located at 3475 U.S. 41, shut its doors Tuesday.
A Facebook notice posted at 2:50 p.m. Monday noted a closing sale at the store, with beer and cigarettes on sale and half-off prices on other items.
The post also read: “We are all very sad to see the store go and even more so to say goodbye to all our awesome customers, it was a pleasure to serve you all!”
The convenience center opened in 2015.
Andrew Chosa, treasurer of the economic development board of Aanikoosing Inc. which ran the station for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, confirmed the closing.
“The changes in the local retail/fuel industry have made the economics of it difficult to sustain as a single entity,” Chosa said.
He noted the “entrance of large competitors in the market” put the store’s sustainability out of reach.
“We just don’t have the scale,” Chosa said.
What will happen with the building hasn’t yet been settled, although it has been placed on the market, he said. A buyer would lease from KBIC since it owns the property.
“I got a lot of compliments over the years regarding the cleanliness of the store, the friendliness of the staff,” Chosa said.