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Rank #152 of 156 Poor ⚠ SUBLEASED 21/100 ⛽ 11 gas within 3 mi

YoungsStore #2674 · Youngs

8 Broad Street, Hemingway, SC

Annual Base Rent$85,409
Rent $/SF$40.56
Building SF2,106
Land (ac)1.73
Remaining Term1.5 yrs
StatusMid-Term
Pre G&A CFC0.08x

Lease Abstract

Tenant / d/b/aYoungs
GuarantorFas Mart (GPM Investments)
Lease commencementMar 27, 2008
Lease expirationMar 31, 2028
Remaining term1.5 yrs
Lease term (months)—
Annual base rent$85,409
Base rent $/SF$40.56
Rent at expiration—
Expiration rent $/SF—
Renewal options1/2
Notice dateSep 04, 2027
Year built1980
Building SF2,106
Land area (acres)1.73
Pre G&A CFC0.08x (2024)
Lease statusSUBLEASED
Operating tenant—

Location Score Breakdown 21/100

AADT Traffic 0/15
Highway Proximity 10/10
Gas Competition 1mi 2/15
3mi Population 2/12
3mi HH Income 7/12
Pop Density 3mi 1/8
County Growth 0/7
County Unemp. 4/7
Dollar Stores 4/6
Daytime Jobs 3mi 1/10
EV Density Pen. 0/0
Thin Market Pen. -10/0

Trade-Area Demographics

Metric1 mi3 mi5 mi
Population04,1207,747
Households01,7792,880
Pop. density (/sq mi)014699
Avg HH income—$53,263$61,605
Poverty rate—26.5%30.0%
Bachelor's+ —8.9%13.7%
Median home value—$121,500$138,074
Median rent—$1,031$890
Median age—5440
Owner-occupied—69.6%66.3%

Site & Market Detail

Traffic (AADT at site)850
Daytime jobs (3 mi)998
Daytime jobs (1 mi)668
Gas competitors (0.5 mi)5
Gas competitors (1 mi)9
Gas competitors (3 mi)11
Gas competitors (5 mi)18
Nearest competing gas (mi)0.09
Nearest grocery/conv. alternative (mi)0.11
Dollar stores (0.5 mi)1
Highway distance (mi)0.01
EV stations (5 mi)0
CountyWilliamsburg County
County pop. growth-3.4%
County unemployment6.1%
Walk score47
Bike score43
FEMA flood zoneX

Investment Highlights

  • The lease guarantor is GPM Investments, backed by publicly traded ARKO Corp., operating approximately 3,500 sites across 34 states, providing institutional-grade credit for the remaining term.
  • The site sits 0.01 miles from the nearest major road, offering direct arterial access that supports whatever ambient traffic does pass through.
  • Zero EV charging stations exist within five miles, presenting no near-term fuel demand displacement risk in this rural market.

Key Risks

  • Traffic volume of just 850 vehicles per day is critically insufficient by conventional gas station underwriting standards, undermining both fuel and merchandise sales potential.
  • Nine competing gas stations within one mile create severe market saturation relative to a three-mile population of only 4,120 people earning below-median incomes.
  • With 1.5 years remaining and county population declining 3.4 percent since 2020, the probability of GPM exercising its renewal option on a 21-out-of-100 graded site is materially uncertain.

Executive Summary

This Fas Mart-branded convenience store and gas station at 8 Broad Street, Hemingway, SC carries a location grade of 21 out of 100, reflecting materially substandard fundamentals. With 1.5 years of remaining lease term, minimal traffic, severe competition density, and a declining rural county, the asset presents a short-duration income play with meaningful rollover risk.

Demographics

The immediate one-mile trade area reports zero residential population, placing the site in a functionally isolated position. The three-mile ring captures 4,120 residents at a density of just 146 per square mile, with average household income of $53,263 and a poverty rate of 26.5 percent — demand characteristics that constrain fuel volumes and in-store sales productivity.

Market Context

Williamsburg County is classified as nonmetro urban and has shed roughly 3.4 percent of its population from 2020 to 2024, falling to 29,865. Unemployment sits at 6.1 percent against a thin economic base of 473 total establishments and 6,547 employees, offering little structural support for retail tenancy demand or rental rate appreciation at lease rollover.

Location Quality

Daily traffic at the site is a critically low 850 vehicles, an outlier even for rural convenience store standards. Nine competing gas stations exist within one mile, creating a saturated competitive environment that pressures both fuel margin and c-store traffic capture at this location.

Risk Factors

The property carries a FEMA Zone X designation, indicating minimal flood hazard and no material environmental exposure on that front. However, the asset's physical plant dates to 1980, introducing deferred capital and environmental liability considerations that a buyer must underwrite carefully alongside site-level obsolescence risk.

Investment Positioning

The lease expires March 31, 2028, leaving approximately 1.5 years of contracted income at $85,409 annually. No rent escalation at expiration is disclosed, and with only one of two renewal options presumably exercised, the buyer faces near-term rollover risk in a substandard location where re-tenanting at equivalent rent would be challenging. GPM Investments, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed ARKO Corp., the sixth-largest U.S. convenience-store operator, provides a creditworthy guarantor; however, ARKO has been actively rationalizing underperforming sites, making renewal of a poor-graded location uncertain.

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