The 3,623-square foot Wendy’s restaurant is located on an extremely large oversized 1.68 acre land parcel at the signalized intersection of Clear Creek Road & Janelle Drive. The Killeen Wendy’s restaurant is one of the top performing restaurants in the Temple/Waco/Killeen MSA and was ranked #2 out of 14 restaurants in the Temple/Waco/Killeen MSA with annual sales volumes in the $2,000,000 range. The location is in a fast growing residential community that is close to the “back gate” of Fort Hood in Killeen. The Scott White Baylor Hospital complex and surrounding medical office facilities are also within two blocks their employee’s create a strong lunch business for Wendy’s. Wendy’s is also one block from Robert Schumacher High School & the Killeen Independent School District Offices both of which are good sources of customers for Wendy’s.
A new Super Walmart Center along with several newly developed retail strip centers are also located along Clear Creek Road on both sides of Wendy’s for ½ mile. There are also several large industrial, manufacturing, and distribution facilities in the trade area all of which create a strong daytime population with over 20,000 employees in a 3 mile radius. The Wendy’s is located next door to a newly constructed McDonald’s as well as being in the center of the retail trade area surrounded by numerous fast food national restaurants & retailers in both directions.
There has also been tremendous residential growth with dense residential neighborhoods to the East of Wendy’s with favorable fast food demographics. South Clear Creek Road is also experiencing booming retail & commercial growth which will continue into the future making this a better retail market 5, 10, and 20 years in the future as the retail trade area further matures. Traffic counts along Clear Creek Road are currently 30,000 cars per day and over 55,000 cars per day on Highway 190 at the Clear Creek Road exit.
