A second Les Schwab Tire Centers location is coming to Redmond, off of south U.S. Highway 97, possibly by the summer of next year.

Sean Cook, principal planner at the city of Redmond, confirmed the new Les Schwab on Friday.

“We are now a 2 Schwab town,” Cook told the Bulletin in an email.

The new store will be in addition to the original Redmond location on the north side of town at 845 NW Sixth St., said Dale Thompson, chief marketing officer for Les Schwab Tire Centers.

Thompson said the new store is expected to be complete by May or June of 2024, and will be a bit smaller than the Les Schwab on the north side of Redmond. He said the new location will be located on the east side of Highway 97 where it intersects with SW Pumice Avenue.

“This will be a nine-bay retail store mainly, so it will not be as big as the store on the north side of Redmond,” Thompson said. “There are two businesses that have already been vacated and those buildings will be taken down in the next few months to put this new store in,” Thompson said.

Thompson said the Central Oregon-based business is eager to continue expanding in the region.

“We are really excited to grow along with the community in Central Oregon,” Thompson said. “We continue to always look at opportunities to expand, especially in markets where we are well known and we have an opportunity to take a customer base and expand with it.”