The Juicy Crab is located along E Franklin Blvd, which averages 41,000 vehicles passing by daily. E Franklin Blvd is a major retail east/west traveling thoroughfare serving the city of Gastonia. The Juicy Crab property is located across from Franklin Square III, a 454,000 square foot center which features national/credit tenants including Kohl’s and PetSmart. The property is located less than 2 miles east of Eastridge Mall, a 1,112,000 square foot Belk anchored shopping mall. In addition, The Juicy Crab is in the center of a primary retail corridor with other nearby national/credit tenants including a Walmart Supercenter, Sam’s Club, The Home Depot, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Dick Sporting Goods and more, further increasing consumer traffic to the site. The 5-mile trade area is supported by a population of over 112,000, with an average household income of $82,960. Gastonia is the largest city and county seat of Gaston County and is also the second largest satellite city of the Charlotte area, behind Concord.Carolina. It is part of the Charlotte metropolitan area, officially designated the Charlotte Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). The City’s economy has benefited from its location within a major population center, its proximity to Charlotte, access to major interstate highways, and Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. For many years, the primary industry in the City was textiles. Over the past decade, however, the City’s economy has diversified through a variety of commercial, industrial, trade and tourism sectors. The subject property is located 22 miles west of Charlotte, North Carolina.