First c-store expected to open in 2020.

RaceTrac Petroleum expects to open 30 c-stores with gas in Middle Tennessee by 2023, marking the chain’s first move into a new market in more than 15 years, according to a report by the Tennessean.

The first Middle Tennessee store is expected to open in 2020 on Medical Center Parkway in Murfreesboro. RaceTrac President Billy Milam told the Tennessean additional sites will be selected based on visibility, access and a variety of other factors.

The chain plans to begin hiring employees for the Nashville market in 2019. The Nashville-area c-stores will offer all the usual amenities of a RaceTrac location from its Swirl World frozen treat station to its grab-and-go sandwiches.

RaceTrac operates more than 450 convenience store locations in Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas.