Photo by Deb Gau Construction continued Thursday at the Kwik Trip location on East College Drive.

MARSHALL — Within a year Marshall’s two new Kwik Trip locations should be open and ready for hundreds of customers.

Construction crews are nearing completion on the East College Drive Kwik Trip site. Marshall Economic Development Authority Director Lauren Deutz said Kwik Trip aims to complete interior work this winter and that it wants to open in February.

“They’re aiming for a Valentine’s Day grand opening,” Deutz said. “It’s coming along really well. People have driven by on East College Drive and are interested in their progress.”

Kwik Trip purchased the two Cattoor Oil stations on East College Drive and West Main Street earlier this year. The West Main Street site won’t be developed until 2024. The process will include the removal of four houses either through moves or demolitions. A grand opening is expected in November.

“Things had to move slower on West Main because of the houses,” Deutz said. “It takes time for the transactions and title work. By next year at this time both sites should be operating.”

Cattoor Oil has been a Marshall fixture for many years. It once comprised three stations, including one near Southwest Minnesota State University on property that’s currently Borch’s Sporting Goods.

The East College Drive and Bruce Street station was established as a Super America in the 1980s. It was most recently a Speedway station. It was the site of Marshall’s Domino’s Pizza, which moved to a new building at East College Drive and Jewett Street.

Prior to Super America, the corner was home to the Lloyd’s Fairway grocery store operated by Lloyd Mikel. Lloyd’s was one of Marshall neighborhood grocery stores in the 1960s. Others included Super Valu on West College Drive currently Western Printing and Red Owl on West Main Street currently the Marshall Independent.

The West Main Street site was home to Toni’s Depot since the early 1990s. The property was previously a cafe, but underwent extensive remodeling to make way for Toni’s Depot.

The restaurant was started by longstanding Marshall restaurant owner Frank Schultz, who operated Toni’s Pizza and Toni’s Ice Cream Parlor on East College Drive in the 1970s and 1980s.

Toni’s Depot moved this year to the Mike’s Cafe location on East College Drive. It was built as a Happy Chef restaurant in the 1970s when Marshall expanded toward Southwest Minnesota State University.

It was home to Mike’s for almost 20 years, starting shortly after a fire destroyed the original Mike’s Cafe building in downtown Marshall in 2002. The building had been the original site of Marshall’s Lyon County Co-Op. It was the location of Mike’s Cafe since 1936.

After the fire, the downtown corner was redeveloped into modern commercial property. It includes the Anytime Fitness fitness center.