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Rank #139 of 143 Poor ⚠ SUBLEASED 20/100

FasMartStore #2526 · FasMart

5181 Dickenson Hwy, Clintwood, VA

Annual Base Rent$131,066
Rent $/SF$38.17
Building SF3,434
Land (ac)0.64
Remaining Term1.4 yrs
StatusMid-Term
Pre G&A CFC-0.08x

Lease Abstract

Tenant / d/b/aFasMart
GuarantorFas Mart (GPM Investments)
Lease commencementNov 29, 2007
Lease expirationNov 30, 2027
Remaining term1.4 yrs
Lease term (months)
Annual base rent$131,066
Base rent $/SF$38.17
Rent at expiration
Expiration rent $/SF
Renewal options1/2
Notice dateMar 01, 2027
Year built1989
Building SF3,434
Land area (acres)0.64
Pre G&A CFC-0.08x (2024)
Lease statusSUBLEASED
Operating tenant5181 Dickenson Hwy

Location Score Breakdown 20/100

AADT Traffic 5/15
Highway Proximity 10/10
Gas Competition 1mi 2/15
3mi Population 0/12
3mi HH Income 0/12
Pop Density 3mi 0/8
County Growth 0/7
County Unemp. 6/7
Dollar Stores 6/6
Daytime Jobs 3mi 1/10
EV Density Pen. 0/0
Thin Market Pen. -10/0

Trade-Area Demographics

Metric1 mi3 mi5 mi
Population007,077
Households003,033
Pop. density (/sq mi)0090
Avg HH income$61,022
Poverty rate20.5%
Bachelor's+ 13.0%
Median home value$101,526
Median rent$725
Median age46
Owner-occupied71.5%

Site & Market Detail

Traffic (AADT at site)6,700
Daytime jobs (3 mi)1,632
Daytime jobs (1 mi)1,190
Gas competitors (0.5 mi)6
Gas competitors (1 mi)7
Dollar stores (0.5 mi)0
Highway distance (mi)0.01
EV stations (5 mi)0
CountyDickenson County
County pop. growth-4.7%
County unemployment4.1%
Walk score31
Bike score12
FEMA flood zoneX

Investment Highlights

  • The lease is guaranteed by GPM Investments backed by publicly traded ARKO Corp., a scaled operator with approximately 3,500 locations providing institutional-grade credit support.
  • The site has direct access to the primary corridor with only 0.01 miles to the nearest major road, maximizing capture from the 6,700 daily vehicles.
  • FEMA Zone X designation confirms minimal flood risk, eliminating a common physical hazard concern for fuel-related assets.

Key Risks

  • Lease expires November 2027 with only 1.4 years remaining, creating immediate rollover risk in a market with almost no alternative tenant demand.
  • Dickenson County lost 4.7% of its population between 2020 and 2024 with only 7,077 residents within 5 miles, providing an inadequate demand base to support long-term tenancy.
  • Seven competing gas stations operate within 1 mile, representing extreme local saturation relative to the county's 1,922-employee economic base.

Executive Summary

This FasMart convenience store and gas station at 5181 Dickenson Hwy, Clintwood, VA is a sub-2-year net lease investment in a deeply rural Appalachian market with a scored location grade of 20 out of 100. The asset offers a publicly traded guarantor but carries meaningful near-term lease rollover risk, deteriorating population trends, and structurally weak site-level demand drivers.

Demographics

The trade area is extremely thin, with zero reported population within 1 and 3 miles and only 7,077 residents within 5 miles at a density of 90 people per square mile. Average household income of $61,022 at the 5-mile level is modest, and a 20.5% poverty rate underscores limited consumer spending capacity in this catchment.

Market Context

Dickenson County is a nonmetro rural county with no adjacent metro influence, a shrinking population base that declined 4.7% from 2020 to 2024, and a total employment base of only 1,922 workers across 192 establishments. These structural economic headwinds severely constrain long-term retail demand and make re-tenanting or disposition challenging if the lease does not renew.

Location Quality

The site sits 0.01 miles from the nearest major road with 6,700 vehicles per day, which is low for a viable fuel and convenience operation. Walk Score of 31 and Bike Score of 12 confirm full car dependency, and the presence of 7 competing gas stations within 1 mile creates material market share pressure for this location.

Risk Factors

The property sits in FEMA Flood Zone X, indicating minimal physical flood hazard, which is a neutral positive. No EV charging infrastructure exists within 5 miles, though the rural profile and low EV adoption rates in this market reduce near-term transition risk as a concern.

Investment Positioning

With only 1.4 years of remaining term and a March 2027 renewal notice deadline, a buyer acquires near-immediate rollover exposure. Current rent of $131,066 annually provides no disclosed escalation to expiration, and there is only one remaining renewal option of two, limiting long-term income certainty. GPM Investments, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed ARKO Corp., the sixth-largest U.S. convenience operator with roughly 3,500 sites, provides credible institutional credit, but that guarantor strength cannot fully offset the thin market fundamentals and compressed lease duration. A buyer must underwrite this as a lease-rollover or vacant-repositioning scenario at acquisition.

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