Penske Truck Leasing is possibly looking to turn the former Donzell's Garden Center on Akron's East Waterloo Road into a $2.5 million truck rental and service center.

Though the Pennsylvania-based company declined to discuss details — and the property is still listed — Penske has asked the city's planning commission to approve its conditional use of the property for such a truck rental and service facility. The commission will hear the request at its March 13 meeting.

Specifically, Penske is asking the city to approve the "operation of a motor vehicle and truck leasing, rental and sales business, including the housing, maintenance … and repairing of motor trucks and trailers."

It also asked the city for approval of a repair shop, vehicle storage facilities and a fueling station for Penske's customers, according to its Feb. 7 application.

Penske's filing says it would build a five-bay truck service center on the nearly 10-acre site, along with a wash bay, nearly 10,000 square feet of office space and a three-lane fueling facility that would offer diesel and gasoline to its customers and fleet.

Penske told the city it would use the facility for used-truck sales, one-way rentals to local commercial customers and consumers, full-service truck leasing with contracted service, and maintenance and repairs for Penske trucks.

The company did not put a timeline on the project.

Penske, as well as the Donzell family that ran the garden center for 66 years, are both represented by SVN Summit Commercial Real Estate Advisors in Fairlawn, said SVN managing director Jerry Fiume. He declined to discuss the transaction before it closes.

SVN has the property, located at 937 E. Waterloo Road, listed at a price of $1.85 million.

Long a stalwart serving Akron-area gardeners, Donzell's closed in June 2019, after the family reportedly said the business never recovered from the recession of 2007 and 2008.