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The Urge Remains

For over a year, rumors have flown around Encinitas that an In-N-Out Burger would move onto a site formerly occupied by Burger King and a 76 gas station on Santa Fe Drive. The end of the town’s Double-Double dream occurred last week: A sign has been posted on the fenced-in site notifying the community that the Harwood Group will be building a two-story medical center.

The site is across the street from Scripps Memorial Hospital. In-N-Out officials were aware of the property but would not confirm any past interest in the old building or how the rumor may have started.

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“We want to be in Encinitas, but finding the right property is pretty challenging,” said In-N-Out vice president of development Carl Van Fleet. “We need a minimum of 45,000 square feet, and we select our locations very carefully.”

Doug Harwood, the project’s developer, said he’d love to co-partner with In-N-Out. “The cardiologists on the second floor would love it, but it would be hard to rent to dieticians.”

Also of community interest is the future of the antiquated, rusted-out, 1960s-style freeway sign -- a 40-foot-high monument to the former 76 station’s orange ball logo (now covered up.) To the satisfaction of community leaders, the sign will be coming down.

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For over a year, rumors have flown around Encinitas that an In-N-Out Burger would move onto a site formerly occupied by Burger King and a 76 gas station on Santa Fe Drive. The end of the town’s Double-Double dream occurred last week: A sign has been posted on the fenced-in site notifying the community that the Harwood Group will be building a two-story medical center.

The site is across the street from Scripps Memorial Hospital. In-N-Out officials were aware of the property but would not confirm any past interest in the old building or how the rumor may have started.

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“We want to be in Encinitas, but finding the right property is pretty challenging,” said In-N-Out vice president of development Carl Van Fleet. “We need a minimum of 45,000 square feet, and we select our locations very carefully.”

Doug Harwood, the project’s developer, said he’d love to co-partner with In-N-Out. “The cardiologists on the second floor would love it, but it would be hard to rent to dieticians.”

Also of community interest is the future of the antiquated, rusted-out, 1960s-style freeway sign -- a 40-foot-high monument to the former 76 station’s orange ball logo (now covered up.) To the satisfaction of community leaders, the sign will be coming down.

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