VALPARAISO – Guy Olympidis, president and CEO of Family Express Inc., has announced plans to build three new convenience stores in Lake County.

Olympidis founded Family Express 40 years. Today, his company has 57 outlets across Northwest and central Indiana. Seven of those stores are in Lake County.

Family Express has invested $8 million in acquiring property for the three stores, one of which will be in Griffith. The locations of the other two stores have not been announced.