Former Rite Aid on West Trenton Avenue Cleared for a Spotless Car Wash
Bucks Co. & Beyond Daily
Bucks Co. & Beyond Daily
Empty retail is getting a second act on West Trenton Avenue. At a conditional use hearing on Monday night, Sept. 28, 2026, Falls Township supervisors approved Flagship Pennsylvania's plan to turn the vacant former Rite Aid at 547 West Trenton Avenue in Fairless Hills into a Spotless Car Wash. The plan reuses the existing building, and construction should take about seven months.
Fairless Hills is a practical place. Big corridors, everyday shopping, and neighborhoods close enough that one reused storefront makes a difference. A building that's sat dark since 2024 is about to have cars and people on the lot again.
Falls Township's Sept. 29 news post and LevittownNow's Sept. 30 report put the 3.15-acre parcel next to the Wawa at West Trenton Avenue and Pine Grove Road, in an HC Highway Commercial district. Spotless plans to reuse the former retail building instead of tearing it down, with an exterior tunnel wash, self-service vacuums and indoor dry-belt service.
Planned hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, with possible early closings in bad weather. Drivers would come through three pay stations with room to stack cars at busy times. The township also required a 6- to 8-foot sound barrier along Pine Grove Road to keep vacuum noise away from neighbors. LevittownNow reported Spotless expects about nine to 10 workers on site.
An empty pharmacy leaves a hole on a busy corridor. Reusing the shell adds jobs and puts a vacant storefront back to work.
Next up is about seven months of construction, site work and the sound barrier. There's no opening date yet, so keep an eye on Falls Township and Spotless for news.
Is a Spotless Car Wash coming to Fairless Hills?
Yes. Falls Supervisors approved a conditional use at their Sept. 28, 2026 hearing for Spotless Car Wash at the former Rite Aid, 547 West Trenton Avenue, according to Falls Township and LevittownNow.
When will the Fairless Hills Spotless Car Wash open?
Not scheduled yet. Spotless told Falls Township construction should take about seven months after approval.
What are the planned hours?
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week, with possible early closings in bad weather, per Falls Township and LevittownNow.
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Putting a vacant Rite Aid back to work is how busy corridors stay healthy. I'm Nick Rau, President of Sales with the Rarity Real Estate Team, ranked in the Top 1% of agents nationally (RealTrends 2025, individual), with more than 135 Google reviews, and I live right here in Bucks County.
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Featured photo: the Delaware Canal towpath in Falls Township, a few miles from the former Rite Aid site in Fairless Hills (file photo; not the car wash site), May 2026. Photo (cropped): Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: LevittownNow, Sept. 30, 2026; Falls Township news, Sept. 29, 2026.
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