Some c-store operators expand by building up—adding a second floor to an existing structure. Others expand out—building an addition or buying adjacent property.
Tucker Friedman’s expansion vision was unorthodox: Building his Henderson, Louisiana, c-store “out”—into the swamp, to become what the owners believe to be the first-ever “floating” c-store and restaurant.
As early as 2014, Friedman, the owner of Henderson’s Atchafalaya Basin Landing and Turtles Bar & Grill, imagined his c-store transitioning from dry land to the adjacent Louisiana swamp…