- West Ashley Hardware, a locally owned store affiliated with True Value, closed its doors for good on Aug. 15 due to a rent increase imposed by new property owners.
WEST ASHLEY — Waylon Cain has spent his life dedicated to fixing things, but a rent increase is one problem he can’t solve. Now, his decade-old business has closed down.
On Aug. 15, the locally owned West Ashley Hardware store, affiliated with True Value, shut its doors for good.
Even as the final hours approached, the store at 1119 Wappoo Road was busy with neighborhood customers popping in and out as they chatted with staff and owner Cain…