QuikTrip will close its Midtown Atlanta convenience store without a gas station next month, citing store performance and safety issues.
The move follows the February closure of a RaceTrac in downtown Atlanta that the company attributed to recent violence at and near the store, and the closure of a landmark Walgreens location in downtown this month.
QuikTrip issued a statement saying it evaluates its stores “to ensure they meet performance metrics and expectations around customer and employee safety. After evaluating (the Midtown) store, we decided it was not consistently meeting our expectations.”
The QuikTrip store, which opened on Peachtree Street at 6th Street in 2016 as the chain’s first store without a gas station, will close May 3.
QT said it is still committed to Atlanta and hopes to open a new Atlanta location for a full-service QT to open in the next two to three years. The company also cited investments it has made in the area to address homelessness and other issues.