Clean-up hitter: Real estate veteran targets car wash industry disruption

With an emphasis on the halcyon days of neon signs, surfing and classic cars, Woodie’s Wash Shack takes car-wash branding to new heights. The owner has big expansion plans.

By Brian Hartz
| 6:00 a.m. April 10, 2020
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Mark Wemple. Don Phillips, managing director of Phillips Development & Realty LLC, aspires to turn his latest venture, Woodieâ€™s Wash Shack, into a national brand.

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Amid a pandemic when people are loath to touch one another and even everyday objects without liberal doses of hand sanitizer, Don Phillips’ decision to open a high-tech chain of automatic car washes that operate using electronic devices similar to a SunPass could be serendipitous.