Local

7-Eleven sells Florida stores amid closures

7 Eleven (Robert - stock.adobe.com)

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal.

An investment firm has purchased more than a dozen 7-Eleven locations around Central Florida as the convenience store company has faced declining sales and a bidding war for control.

▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS

California-based Realty Income, operating through several subsidiary entities, bought nine 7-Eleven stores in Orange County between Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, as well as three stores in Osceola, two in Seminole and one in Lake, according to county records.

Read: First 3D Printed Affordable Homes in Central Florida

The purchased stores were corporate-owned, with most ownership going back to the 1980s.

Click here to read the full story on the Orlando Business Journal’s website.

Click here to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And click here to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.


0