Fuel Station and Food Mart, Deer Park

At $1,175,000 this is a branded fuel station in Deer Park, and the most valuable thing in the deal is not the pumps. It is the supply agreement.

• The site runs on a ten year rack plus one jobber contract with roughly eight years still to run.
• A buyer inherits that agreement rather than negotiating one cold, which in branded fuel is the difference between opening on day one and opening in three months.
• Deer Park is refinery and petrochemical country. The traffic is industrial shift work plus residential, which fills different hours than a highway site does.

Three things I would check before writing an offer

• Whether the supply agreement actually assigns to you. Eight years remaining is only worth something if the jobber consents to the transfer, and consent is never automatic. There is usually a financial test, sometimes a training requirement, and occasionally an image upgrade obligation that lands on the new owner. Get the assignment question answered in writing the week the offer is accepted, not the week before closing.
• The tanks, because twenty years is the age where the conversation changes. Carbon fiber coated tanks at roughly twenty years are not a problem in themselves, but they are past the halfway point. Ask for the installation records, the last tightness test, the cathodic protection readings and the leak detection logs. Also ask what the remaining useful life looks like against the term of your loan, because a lender will.
• What the shift pattern actually is. An industrial catchment means the day has peaks a residential site never sees and dead hours a highway site never has. Staffing against the wrong curve is the most common way a new owner loses money in year one without understanding why. Sit in the car park across two different shift changes before you commit.

Who it fits

• An owner-operator who will be on site, or has family who will be. Fuel retail at this size rewards presence.
• A buyer who already runs one station and wants a second within driving distance, so staff and inventory can flex between them.

Who it does not fit

• A first-time buyer who has not priced an image upgrade. Branded sites carry standards and the brand decides when you meet them.
• Anyone counting on the supply agreement transferring without asking.

Financing

• This size of deal sits well inside SBA 7(a) territory and is routinely funded in Texas.
• The lender will want the environmental review on the tanks and the site, plus the assigned fuel supply agreement.
• Under the rules effective October 1, 2026 the equity injection is at least 10 percent of total project cost, and on a special-purpose asset a 504 lender can look for 15.

Not a commitment to lend. Subject to lender underwriting. Terms vary by borrower.

Next step

Volumes, margins, inside sales, the supply agreement and the tank records are released after a signed NDA is verified.