It is strange with all the interest in the area how the fomer dime store/Fuel has sat empty for years.
The place is a complete wreck inside. Rain got in an ruined the floors upstairs. All of the HVAC, electric and plumbing and all of the interior walls will have to be replaced. For safety code reasons, the upstairs can only be used for storage without putting in an elevator, larger stairs and a sprinkler system.
Somebody is going to have to put in $400k-$500k to do anything with it. The owner, who lives in Richmond, has been reluctant to sell it, too, but is probably willing to do so now. It
is a fantastic location and a neat looking building.
It was built as a Woolworth's by the grandparents of the current owner and later became a Peterson's 5 & 10. There are a couple of neat, historic pictures in the window of both incarnations.
