The last Red Lobster restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina, has been demolished, ending the brand's decades-long run in the city. The former restaurant was located on Sam Rittenberg Boulevard near Interstate 526 and is being redeveloped into a new Medical University of South Carolina emergency department. The site was purchased in October 2024 for $3.75 million by Legacy Parent Inc., a Texas-based company affiliated with Intuitive Health. The proposed facility would include a 12,700-square-foot building with 14 exam rooms and diagnostic services such as CT scans and radiography. This closure marks another chapter in a difficult period for the once-dominant seafood chain, which closed at least 99 restaurants in May 2024 before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later that month.