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Rank #65 of 143 Strong ⚠ SUBLEASED 57/100 ⛽ 15 gas within 3 mi

YoungsStore #2665 · Youngs

840 E Main St, Lake City, SC

Annual Base Rent$70,158
Rent $/SF$34.80
Building SF2,016
Land (ac)0.70
Remaining Term2.6 yrs
StatusMid-Term
Pre G&A CFC0.36x

Lease Abstract

Tenant / d/b/aYoungs
GuarantorFas Mart (GPM Investments)
Lease commencementMar 27, 2008
Lease expirationMar 31, 2029
Remaining term2.6 yrs
Lease term (months)
Annual base rent$70,158
Base rent $/SF$34.80
Rent at expiration
Expiration rent $/SF
Renewal options1/2
Notice dateSep 03, 2028
Year built1976
Building SF2,016
Land area (acres)0.70
Pre G&A CFC0.36x (2024)
Lease statusSUBLEASED
Operating tenant840 E Main St

Location Score Breakdown 57/100

AADT Traffic 5/15
Highway Proximity 10/10
Gas Competition 1mi 15/15
3mi Population 2/12
3mi HH Income 7/12
Pop Density 3mi 1/8
County Growth 4/7
County Unemp. 6/7
Dollar Stores 6/6
Daytime Jobs 3mi 2/10
EV Density Pen. 0/0
Thin Market Pen. 0/0

Trade-Area Demographics

Metric1 mi3 mi5 mi
Population04,50611,678
Households01,8584,768
Pop. density (/sq mi)0159149
Avg HH income$59,529$69,503
Poverty rate19.9%19.7%
Bachelor's+ 23.1%20.5%
Median home value$140,323$110,128
Median rent$851$734
Median age4142
Owner-occupied49.9%52.0%

Site & Market Detail

Traffic (AADT at site)6,700
Daytime jobs (3 mi)2,683
Daytime jobs (1 mi)290
Gas competitors (0.5 mi)0
Gas competitors (1 mi)0
Gas competitors (3 mi)15
Gas competitors (5 mi)19
Nearest competing gas (mi)0.05
Nearest grocery/conv. alternative (mi)1.13
Dollar stores (0.5 mi)0
Highway distance (mi)0.01
EV stations (5 mi)2
CountyFlorence County
County pop. growth0.9%
County unemployment4.2%
Walk score7
Bike score35
FEMA flood zoneX

Investment Highlights

  • Zero fuel competition within one mile eliminates direct price-based traffic diversion and supports captive demand from 6,700 daily vehicles.
  • The lease guarantor, ARKO Corp., operates approximately 3,500 locations across 34 states as a publicly traded, SEC-reporting entity, providing transparent and institutional credit backing.
  • FEMA Zone X designation confirms minimal flood risk, removing a meaningful insurance and lender underwriting hurdle common to Southeast assets.

Key Risks

  • Only 2.6 years of remaining lease term with a single renewal option creates near-term capital event risk and likely limits the buyer pool to value-add or operator-oriented investors.
  • The three-mile trade area poverty rate of 19.9% and average household income of $59,529 reflect below-average consumer spending capacity, constraining store-level sales performance and re-tenanting leverage.
  • The one-mile daytime employment base of only 290 jobs and a Walk Score of 7 signal a thin demand generator profile that makes the site heavily dependent on pass-through traffic rather than a stable captive customer base.

Executive Summary

840 E Main St is a 2,016 SF convenience store and gas station operated by Youngs/Fas Mart under the GPM Investments/ARKO Corp. platform in Lake City, South Carolina, a small Florence County market. The site carries a Location Grade of 57/100 (STRONG), supported by zero direct fuel competition within one mile and immediate access to a major road, though constrained by thin surrounding population density and a short remaining lease term of 2.6 years.

Demographics

The immediate one-mile trade area returns negligible resident population, shifting the demand thesis almost entirely to drive-by and daytime employment capture. The three-mile ring holds 4,506 residents at a modest average household income of $59,529 with a 19.9% poverty rate, and the five-mile population of 11,678 at $69,503 average household income provides only moderate depth. These are below-average socioeconomic indicators for a net lease convenience asset and cap long-term organic sales growth expectations.

Market Context

Lake City sits within Florence County, a sub-250K metro with 138,049 residents as of 2024, reflecting modest growth of 0.9% since 2020 and a 4.2% unemployment rate. The county supports 3,240 total establishments and 64,862 employees, providing a functional but not dynamic economic backdrop. With only 290 daytime jobs within one mile, the site relies primarily on arterial traffic rather than a dense employment or retail node.

Location Quality

The site benefits from direct frontage on a major road with only 0.01 miles to the nearest arterial, generating 6,700 AADT, and faces zero competing gas stations within one mile, which is a meaningful supply-side advantage. However, a Walk Score of 7 and a single nearby restaurant and retail establishment within one mile confirm an auto-dependent, low-density environment with limited ecosystem support.

Risk Factors

The property sits in FEMA Flood Zone X, indicating minimal flood hazard and no expected insurance surcharge. State-level crime data was not available for this analysis. No material environmental or EV displacement risk is flagged given only two EV charging stations within five miles.

Investment Positioning

With 2.6 years of term remaining and a September 2028 notice deadline for the sole remaining renewal option, a buyer acquires near-term rollover exposure rather than durable income. Current rent of $70,158 annually ($34.80/SF) is modest, and no escalated rent-at-expiration figure is available to quantify upside. The guarantor, GPM Investments as a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed ARKO Corp., the sixth-largest U.S. convenience operator with roughly 3,500 sites, provides institutional-grade credit support, but that credit quality does not offset the structural urgency of resolving renewal or re-tenanting within a compressed window.

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