Long-vacant Extreme Pizza Storefront On Broad Lands New Tenant

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The space at the corner of Shafer and West Broad has sat vacant for over five years. (Mike Platania photo)

After sitting idle for nearly six years, the former Extreme Pizza storefront near VCU has been snapped up. 

Wingstop, a chain of chicken wing restaurants, is planning to open a location at 941 W. Broad St., according to planning documents recently filed with the city. 

Several building permits were filed in recent weeks to finish out the space for Wingstop. The listed architect on the permits is Wilkus Architects, a Minnesota-based firm that's designed hundreds of Wingstops around the country. 

It'd be the sixth Wingstop location in the Richmond area and its first in the city. All of the Texas-based chain's existing local locations are in Chesterfield or Henrico. 

The Broad Street space is located on the ground floor of the Ramz Apartments building. Other commercial tenants there include Five Guys, Qdoda and Cold Stone Creamery. The mixed-use building is owned by American Campus Communities, a major developer of student housing based in Austin. American Campus Communities also did not respond to requests for comment. 

Another long-vacant spot a block down was snapped up last year when new taqueria El Taco Guapo opened in the former Asado space at 727 W. Broad St. That space had been vacant since the pandemic hit in 2020. 

As a frequent love of Extreme when it opened is the polygon wrong or is the space being split. It goes front to back with a rear seating area, restrooms, nice exit directly into the rear parking spaces.