Photo: The Star K Gas station at Pleasant Street and Scott Road.
As the residents of Belmont Hill and the Winn Brook neighborhood focus their attention on a proposed Dunkin’ Donuts shop that would occupy a new strip mall at the corner of Brighton and Pleasant streets, they may also want to keep their eyes on the business across Pleasant Street at the corner of Scott Road.
According to the Multiple Listing Service, the Star K Gas station at 368 Pleasant St. is up for sale with an asking price of $3,800,000.
According to a description of the site, the location is “[p]erfect for the entrepreneur or developer, this property/business is ready for your vision. Steps from Route 2 and minutes to Fresh Pond/Cambridge/Boston.”
The business owned by Belmont resident Irakalis Kotzobaldiris consists of a two-story building and the gas station, built in 1975, and is located on a sizable half-acre of prime real estate at the base of Belmont Hill.
After buying the property in 1985, Kotzobaldiris renovated the two-bay service station building in 1998, adding a 700 sq. ft. retail convenience store, a customer waiting area, the second floor office/storage area and other improvements for $320,000.
The property is listed by Century 21 Commonwealth.
As a resident whose lived near this business for the last 35 years it’s time that my fellow neighbors realize that “the times they are a-changin”.
It’s a strange convenience store and gas station… Outside appearance is OK but inside resembles a hoarding situation in the store as well as seeing the stuff in the windows on the second floor. Wonder why they didn’t put a Dunkin donuts there instead. They have lots of parking.