There are cases where other income from utilities, laundry, a C-store, a restaurant, or something like that deserves additional evaluation, so make sure not to punt before you understand additional income.

They want a store of value and tax losses anyway. 

Besides groceries, guns, and liquor stores which seem to be the only ones doing well these days

There aren’t as many of the store front with uppers in the community that my business is established in available that I see in my drives around the area.

Usually what will give you more value is adding a room. laminate, tiles, hardwood flooring > Carpet , Stainless appliances > Non Stainless  , Granite Countertop > non granite   .... if you rent to normal working class and middleclass renters they don't know if you bought the laminate flooring for $1/sqf  at your local hardware store or $3.99/sqf imported from italy.  

Their existed stores seemed nice and well decorated with the theme.

They did nothing but got in a dollar general store & then a day care center that has since expanded into another section.

By "convenient" I mean a few minutes closer to work, stores and family/friends.

Ex: re-use stores, good contractors, home improvement loan options. 

@Richard WilkeI realized after finishing my bookkeeping for the year that I spent way more than I expected at one of the chain home improvement stores...