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Thursday, April 19, 2012

S&S Fuels LLC Acquires City Stop Assets

Source: Convenience Store Decisions
By CSD Staff

The c-stores are being rebranded as 7-Eleven stores, while the gas is being rebranded Sinclair.

S&S Fuels LLC (S&S) of Littleton, Colo. has acquired all of the assets of City Stop Inc. and its affiliates in the metropolitan Las Vegas market.

NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC (NRC) served as the exclusive financial advisor to City Stop during the private placement sale.

The City Stop chain, founded in 1997, is the vision of co-founders Bruce Familian and Jon Athey, whose mission was to be the most convenient chain of stores in the Las Vegas valley.

The chain opened its first store in 1998 and has since developed a total of 11 prime convenience stores, which have been strategically placed to cover the entire valley market. All of the locations are situated on high visibility corner lots along high-traffic corridors and cross streets, with close proximity to major highways and thoroughfares. With an average building size of 3,500 square feet situated on an average lot size of approximately 1.25 acres, the chain boasts a larger operational footprint than the national average for convenience store size.

City Stop offers a "one-stop-shopping" concept, providing customers with multiple services such as gasoline, car washes, groceries, gaming and U.S. Postal Service units. Key to this concept is co-branding with national quick service restaurant brands such as Jack-in-the-Box and Domino's Pizza.

The sale of all 11 sites plus all other company assets included the underlying real estate for nine of the stores and leasehold interests for the remaining two. Gas at all stations will be rebranded Sinclair. S&S has also arranged to rebrand the c-stores to 7-Eleven. Bruce and Jon will serve in a consulting capacity to S&S after the sale closes.

Bruce Familian, who serves as City Stop's president, is a successful entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience developing real estate in Nevada and California. "As I exit the c-store business to devote more of my energies into other development opportunities, I'm pleased to place my company in such capable hands," he said. "I appreciate the efforts of NRC in making this deal happen."

Preet Puri, managing member and principal owner of S&S, said he believes the acquisition will be a great addition to his business. "City Stop is a first-class operation in all respects?prime real estate, fantastic stores, solid financials and a skilled and devote

To see a list of convenience stores for sale and gas stations for sale, click here.