The convenience store will have almost 6,000 square feet of space and 12 gas pumps.
The gas station is centrally located between downtown and Old Louisville, and it's just off the Jefferson Community and Technical College campus.
Wawa, a popular convenience store chain, has filed plans to open its first two Kentucky locations.
The location is the former site Red Robin, in the same plaza with Lowe's and Chick-fil-A.
"I'm not really sure how it all went down. It happened real quick. I jumped out and did what I had to do for my friends."
Amazon upended the US brick-and-mortar department store model built by companies like Sears and J.C. Penney. Now, the e-commerce giant reportedly has plans to open physical stores that resemble the concept it's helping to crush.
The RaceTrac gas station would be built just steps away from homes.
The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven is buying the Speedway chain of gas stations from Marathon Petroleum (MPC) for $21 billion.
This is Louisville's 24th murder of 2017.
Officers responded to a report of a burglary just before four a.m. Tuesday and found signs of forced entry.