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Roanoke Rapids is just the right spot for locating retail and service business! Prime acreage fronting Interstate 95 with utilities is available for outlet shopping centers and associated uses. Over 35,000 vehicles per day travel through Roanoke Rapids on I-95. These traffic counts remain consistent throughout the year. We are midway between New York and Florida and an easy day's drive from each. The bountiful tourist trade, in addition to the local service area of over 90,000 residents, provides an excellent customer base. Roanoke Rapids offers the first oppertunity in North Carolina for an outlet center on I-95 when traveling south. The nearest outlet centers on I-95 are 2.5 hours north and 1.5 hours south.

Available space is located in several shopping centers near the I-95/US 158 interchange. Square footage ranges from 1,000 to over 40,000. Some of the anchor tenants in these shopping centers include:

  • Belk
  • Walmart
  • Roses
  • K-Mart
  • JC Penny
  • Sears
  • General Dollar
  • Home Bazaar
  • Big Lots

Grocery stores in these centers include:

  • Food Lion
  • Winn Dixie
  • Byrd's
  • Piggly Wiggly

Roanoke Rapids offers a wide variety of eating establishments situated near I-95, including many nationally recognized chains such as:

  • McDonald's
  • Hardee's
  • Burger King
  • Wendy's
  • Cracker Barrel
  • Shoney's
  • Ryan's Family Steak House
  • Taco Bell
  • Bernie's Restaurant at the Holiday Inn
  • Texas Steak House
  • Pizza Hut
  • Domino's Pizza
  • Little Ceasar's Pizza
  • Bojangles
  • Subway
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken
  • Sonic Drive-In
  • Heavenly Ham

In addition, numerous locally owned and operated restaurants feature a wide variety of cuisine choices, including:

  • North Carolina Bar-be-que
  • Italian
  • Chinese
  • Steak and Seafood
  • Many other Southern Specialties

A new I-95 interchange at NC Highway 125 (exit 171) is now "OPEN". This interchange will be providing additional sites with utilities. This area is a prime location for business servicing interstate traffic and tourist lodging overnight in one of the many hotels and motels in the Roanoke Rapids area.


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