Myrtle Beach annexes, rezones 2 ‘donut holes.’ What is planned for the land?

Myrtle Beach is home to dozens of donut shops, but these pastry shops aren’t the only places to find “donut holes” within city limits.

“We still have roughly 40 donut holes that are inside the city enclaves,” Mayor Mark Kruea said in a Myrtle Beach City Council meeting. “Those are areas of unincorporated Horry County that are completely surrounded by the city of Myrtle Beach.”

On Tuesday, Council voted on ordinances to fill parts of two of those holes by annexing properties into the city.

“It’s good to close those donut holes when we can, particularly for a commercial property,” Kruea told The Sun News.

Contiguous to Myrtle Beach on three sides, the first parcel is roughly 0.9 acres located off of Professional Drive near Robert M. Grissom Parkway. The annexation rezones the parcel from Horry County Office, Professional, Institutional (OPI) land to Myrtle Beach Medical, Professional (MP) land.

“We’re going to build an office building on it ... this lot was still in the county, so we had to, obviously, annex it into the city for the water and sewer purposes and to get it into the city,” said owner Warren Smith.

The new building will house construction company Traditional Homebuilders and accounting firm Clemmons King and Brown.

The second parcel is just over 1 acre and is part of Broadway at the Beach. Annexing the parcel rezones it from Horry County Amusement Commercial (AC) land to Myrtle Beach Entertainment (E) land, which can be used for dozens of varied residential, commercial and public service uses.

Burroughs and Chapin Senior Vice President of Construction Seth McCoy represented applicant Broadway at the Beach Palace Tract LLC, but The Sun News was unable to obtain comment. The city was also unaware of plans for the newly annexed parcel.

“The property owner may have a future use for it and requested it to be annexed into the city,” said Kruea.

This story was originally published February 12, 2026 at 5:00 AM.