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Unlimited Bottles, 7949 Broad River Road: 2022   1 comment

Posted at 11:15 pm in closing

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I came across the photo of this closed liquor store and couldn't quite recall where I had taken it. A little context and googling shows it was in Friarsgate Plaza, across the parking lot from the old Bi-Lo, and that it was probably called Unlimited Bottles.

If you embiggen the picture, you can still see the face-mask requirement, and the door sign announcing "Something Delicious", the nature of which I can't quite make out.

Here is the Colliers real estate listing for the property.

I find it a bit interesting that the sign announcing that this is Friarsgate Plaza is now gone. I'm not sure if the name remains active or not. The Colliers text doesn't mention it.

Written by ted on April 9th, 2025

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Walgreens, 1537 Charleston Highway: 17 March 2025   7 comments

Posted at 10:58 pm in closing

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I would have guess this Walgreens, next to Piggie Park, was in Cayce but Google claims it is in fact West Columbia. At any rate it looks to be a newer store, built as a Walgreens and not inherited from Eckerds or Rite Aid.

According to commenter Mr. Bill, this place closed on 17 March, and the sign was down and the place basically empty when I drove by on the night of 20 March. Commenter Lavender says the building is to be demolished, which may be the only way to get rid of a Red Box, which still seemed to be plugged in & running.

(Hat tip to commenter Mr. Bill)

Written by ted on April 3rd, 2025

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Dollar General, 1720 Taylor Street: 25 April 2025   1 comment

Posted at 10:58 pm in closing

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This Dollar General at the corner of Taylor & Barnwell streets had actually closed once before, on a temporary basis. In September of 2023, they apparently experienced severe staffing issues, and the store was closed for a number of days. After working through that, they are now caught up in the chain's downsizing as it sheds a number of, largely urban, stores. The Post & Courier has the story.

According to that article, the store will be open until 25 April, but it was already looking pretty picked over when I stopped by on the night of 20 March, more than a month out.

(Hat tip to commenter Larry)

Written by ted on April 1st, 2025

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Big Lots, 9221 Two Notch Road: April 2025(?)   no comments

Posted at 11:20 pm in closing

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This Big Lots has had the closing sale going on since December, so I'm just guessing at the final closing date here, but I did go inside last weeken, and they are pretty much down to the walls. All the merchandise has been moved to the front rows with the back of the store completely empty, and even the restrooms closed down.

Dollar Tree, 4020 West Beltline Boulevard: 28 September 2024   1 comment

Posted at 10:42 pm in closing

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I was driving down Beltline last weekend when I noticed this Dollar Tree boarded up. When I turned around to take a closer look, it was quickly apparent that the place had seen a fire.

In fact it is a bit worse than "a fire". WLTX reports that the place burned on 28 September 2024 and on 17 December 2024.

No cause was given at the time for either blaze, but for the second you kind of have to be very suspicious.

I did not notice any sign of remediation work in progress, so I doubt we see this store re-open, or this building be re-purporsed.

Big Lots, 421 Columbia Avenue: February 2025   no comments

Posted at 10:23 pm in closing

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As I believe we have discussed, Big Lots went Chapter 11 back in October, and will be closing down the whole chain, something now in progress.

This building, which featured here previously as a Bi-Lo is the anchor for this little plaza, which also has another upcoming vacancy. It's unclear exactly when they will close, but at this point I suspect they will not last another month, as they are already down to 40% off.

Written by ted on January 27th, 2025

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Hess Express / Speedway 1714 Broad River Road: 2024   1 comment

Posted at 10:28 pm in closing

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Commenter Gypsie notes that there is some kind of work going on here, which I also see. I wonder if it's to become a Seven-Eleven? If you google the address, that's one of the hits that comes up, though if you actually click on the link it's not available at the Seven-Eleven corporate site. Of course it's also possible it was previously a Seven-Eleven at some time.

UPDATE 16 April 2025 -- Interesting. There was work going on here as you can see in the previous pictures, but now the place is for sale:

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(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

Written by ted on January 7th, 2025

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American Freight,1424 Atlas Road: December 2024   no comments

Posted at 10:33 pm in closing

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The parent company of American Freight, Hilco Consumer-Retail has gone Chapter 11, and all American Freight stores are closing.

I had seen this location on Atlas Road many times over the years, but I never really grasped it was a retail outlet, the name making me think something more industrial. The parking lot is smaller than expected, meaning I couldn't really get back and get the whole store in the frame, but as you can see the Store Closing banners are already up. I guess if you need some furniture for the holidays, now would be the time to go looking...

You can read about the bankruptcy here.

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

Written by ted on November 19th, 2024

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Grand Appliances, 4886 Sunset Boulevard: Summer 2024   no comments

Posted at 10:44 pm in closing

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It's a little hard to say the exact name of this place. Google has it as Grand Appliances•New Sales•Scratch and Dent Sales while their Facebook says Grand Appliances & Mattress•New Sales•Scratch & Dent Sales.

At any rate, their last Facebook post is from May 2024, so I'm going to list the closing date as "Summer 2024". There was some activity in the buildiing when I drove by last Saturday, so perhaps something new is coming.

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

Written by ted on September 18th, 2024

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LL Flooring, 10120 Two Notch Road Suite 5: Late 2024   2 comments

Posted at 10:52 pm in closing

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The chain filed for Chapter 11 in August, but couldn't find a buyer, and is now winding down all stores. Looking at the linked article it appears they should all be gone by the end of the year, taking them down from 400 stores to 0.

This particular store is fairly new, being the follow-on operation in this storefront to HobbyTown USA which moved in 2018.


(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

Written by ted on September 11th, 2024

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