This Year's Best-Designed Single Stores Are...

NATIONAL REPORT — It’s been said, good things come in small packages. The winners of the 2016 Convenience Store News for the Single Store Owner Store Design Contest certainly give credence to this saying.

Now in its sixth year, the awards program honors new and rebuilt independently operated convenience stores whose designs excel in areas such as interior layout, use and effectiveness of signage and logos, and exterior property and landscaping. Construction or remodeling of eligible stores must have taken place between January 2015 and April 2016. Winners were selected based on innovation, creativity, and the positive impact of the design and/or remodel on the overall business. Awards were presented separately to single stores and chains.

This year’s single-store honorees, spanning five categories, are:

BEST ORIGINAL DESIGN

Winner: Morton’s, Hallettsville, Texas
Designer: Paragon Solutions

Honorable Mention: Sunrise Exxon, Bismarck, N.D.
Designer: Westmor Industries

BEST INTERIOR DESIGN

Winner: Gas Land Sunoco, Lagrange, N.Y.
Designer: Nesheiwat Builders Inc.

Honorable Mention: Gas Land Shell, East Fishkill, N.Y. (Routes 376/82)
Designer: Nesheiwat Builders Inc.

BEST LOW-COST REMODEL

Winner: Lou Perrine’s Gas & Groceries, Kenosha, Wis.

BEST SKY’S THE LIMIT REMODEL

Winner: Gas Land Shell, East Fishkill, N.Y. (Route 52)
Designer: Nesheiwat Builders Inc.

BEST INTERNATIONAL DESIGN

Winner: Gas Station Santa Luzia, Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Designer: Gabriela Cervi Architecture

Editor's note: Beginning Monday, Dec. 12, check out CSNews.com daily for a different profile and photo gallery spotlighting each winner.