LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Creating the only convenience store in Wyndhurst, Va., was not an easy task. Just ask Workman Oil Co. and Apple Market convenience stores co-owner Warner Hall and his business partner, Robert Workman Jr. 

“Wyndhurst has some architectural guidelines,” Hall told The News and Advance. “The architectural elements were sort of dictated to us.”

Prior to building the Apple Market store, Hall and Workman submitted 11 revisions to their site plan to appease the town’s architectural committee -- revisions that cost about $3,000 each.

At the end of the day, the new Apple Market store is a brick structure with large windows and patches of landscaping dotting the property, writes the newspaper, which also features a separate wine room, deli and will soon have a food delivery service. 

“We tried to go above and beyond what a normal store does,” said Hall, adding that they brought a grocery store deli manager on board who “has more of a chef background” and can customize the deli’s offerings for customers.

Hall told the newspaper that every aspect of the Apple Market, “from the trim on the canopy over the gas pumps to the landscaping,” was carefully planned and reviewed by the town’s architectural committee, in accordance with its 80-page book of design guidelines. “If you want to be in Wyndhurst, you have to play by the rules,” he said.

Hall told the newspaper he has “high hopes” for the new Apple Market, noting that the final product “will be worth the time and effort” to finalize the store design.