{"id":5674,"date":"2012-04-26T00:43:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T05:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=5674"},"modified":"2023-10-02T22:59:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T02:59:44","slug":"s-mart-bp-4601-devine-street-early-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=5674","title":{"rendered":"S-Mart BP, 4601 Devine Street: Early April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I would eat at Ruby Tuesday<\/i>, I would occasionally stop at this S-Mart BP<\/i> (which I'm pretty sure started as a Hess<\/i>) on my way home, especially since they tore down the Forest Drive Circle K<\/a>. It was nothing special, though I always thought it was a bit odd that they had the \"under seige\"\/\"cashier in a cage\" setup inside as the area doesn't seem especially bad to me.<\/p>\n

I'm pretty sure that the number of pumps decreased over the last year or so, something I wondered about. It may be that the writing has been on the wall for a while..<\/p>\n

When the ax did fall, they wasted no time getting the remaining pumps out of there, a process that usually takes a little while.<\/p>\n

The side road to this place, Crowson Road is an odd little street that connects Devine with Fort Jackson Boulevard and also has a semi \"back way\" into K-Mart<\/i> with a bridge over Gills Creek. It has always had sort of an unfinished\/1960s vibe to me. I guess this is probably due mostly to the odd cluster of buildings, from the original Egg Roll Station building<\/a> to the old buildings at the intersection with Fort Jackson Boulevard..<\/p>\n

(Hat tip to commenter Badger)<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 14 May 2012<\/b> -- The place has now been boarded up, and they are starting to dig in the parking lot, presumably in advance of getting the tanks out:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 6 June 2012<\/b> -- Well, that's it for this place!<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 14 July 2012<\/b> -- As mentioned in the comments, it's going to be a \"Moe's\" and \"Smash Burger\" as seen in this (shot against the sun) sign:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 23 August 2012<\/b> -- The new building has started going up:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 17 October 2012<\/b> -- It looks as if the building is about done:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 31 October 2012<\/b> -- The put up the \"now hiring\" sign for Moe's<\/i> on 30 October:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 9 January 2013<\/b> -- Both Moe's<\/i> & Smashburger<\/i> are open now:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 2 October 2023<\/b>: Adding map icon, and updating tags.<\/p>\n

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