The former longtime home of Central Drug Store — a 117-year-old independent pharmacy in the Excelsior located at 4494 Mission St. at Santa Rosa Avenue that permanently closed last July — has been sold.
The new owners, Markopulos Fotiu and Silvi Palloj, have been running a plumbing business called Marco Polo Plumbing for the past 15 years out of the city of San Bruno, providing services to the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Fotiu and Palloj made the purchase in June 2026, according to city records. A July 1 building permit, which has already been approved, shows that Fotiu and Palloj recently changed the address for the storefront from 4494 Mission St. to 10 Santa Rosa Ave. “Owner has indicated new office space will be constructed (Marco Polo Plumbing),” the permit reads…