A growing Lexington area is getting a new location of this national store
A well-known convenience store chain is prepping a new location along a busy roadway in Lexington.
Circle K, which has stores across the region and U.S., is bringing a location to the northeast corner of Augusta Highway and Wise Ferry Road. That’s about a mile east of Lexington High School, across the intersection from a CubeSmart Self-Storage facility.
Plans for the Circle K went through Lexington County’s planning commission late last year, and there is a sign at the property that a new location is “coming soon.” An opening date hasn’t been publicly announced, but construction was active and ongoing when a reporter went by on Thursday morning.
The area where the new Circle K is going is a high-traffic, growing spot. Numerous new subdivisions, including Murray Village and Hendrix Farms, are nearby, and a host of businesses, including Lowes Foods, McDonald’s, Arby’s, Sonic and more are located just to the west on Augusta Highway. There also is a Target store under development along Augusta Highway.
About 24,00 cars per day travel down the Augusta Highway near where the Circle K is being built, per SC Department of Transportation data.
Circle K has actively grown its footprint in the Midlands, and specifically in Lexington County. For instance, the company opened a new store at 1512 North Lake Drive in Lexington in January, and is prepping a location at 5904 Platt Springs Road in the Red Bank area.
The company has nearly 7,000 convenience stores across the U.S., according to data site ScrapeHero. Circle K started in 1951 in Texas and has grown through the years, and now has locations across the world, including in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
