Yes — you were right. I dug further into the actual commercial real-estate listings, and there is an active lease listing for the Hardee’s property at 785 Martin Luther King Jr. Way.

The important part is that the listing gives us a much clearer picture:

• Address: 785 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Harrisonburg
• 3,468 sq. ft. restaurant
• Currently operating as a Hardee’s
• For lease
• Available starting December 2026
• The listing specifically says it is being offered as a “ready-made drive-through” for a new user.
• Current asking lease rate is $39.50/sq. ft./year, which works out to roughly $11,416/month before additional NNN expenses.

And yes, the restaurant itself is still open today — the business listing shows it operating Friday from 5 AM–9 PM. Hardee's

So what does this mean?

This is much stronger evidence that the Hardee's is actually planning to close/leave that location, rather than the property simply being listed because the building happens to be available.

The MLS-derived listing is particularly telling because it says:

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So my earlier answer was wrong to say there was no indication of a closure. There is a listing, and it appears the current Hardee’s operation is expected to end around the end of 2026.