Lemon Tree store is sold

Across the highway and about a block north of the Applebee’s site, the former Lemon Tree Liquor and Gas store at 1212 Highway 33 has also been sold.

According to the county auditor’s office, the property sold for $140,975 to Pru Properties in May 2019. The seller was Brenner-Pollard, Inc.

The Lemon Tree closed in late 2016 and has been vacant ever since.

Pru Properties is a commercial and residential real estate development and consulting business. It declined to comment on plans for the building.