{"id":114,"date":"2012-07-23T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.chainstoreguide.com\/2012\/07\/commercial-real-estate-updates\/"},"modified":"2012-07-23T15:48:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T19:48:00","slug":"commercial-real-estate-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/2012\/07\/commercial-real-estate-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial Real Estate Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aritzia\u00a0<\/span><\/b>will open its largest store to date, a 13,000-sq.-ft. flagship on Fifth Avenue in New York City.<\/o:p><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Cabela\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/b>is\u00a0<\/b>opening a new 100,000 sq. ft. store in Rogers, AR.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Dick’s Sporting Goods<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced it opened two new stores on June 13. A store at Bloomfield Town Square, in Bloomfield, MI and a new store at Northborough Crossing, in Northborough, MA.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Hibbett Sports<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced plans to build a wholesaling and logistics facility in Alabaster, AL. Construction on the new 360,000-sq.-ft. center is expected to commence in fall 2012 with the facility expected to be fully operational by fall 2014. When completed, it will replace the existing 180,000-sq.-ft. facility that the company currently leases in Birmingham.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Nordstrom<\/span><\/b>\u00a0said it will open a Nordstrom Rack at The Fountains at Farah, a new power and lifestyle shopping center in El Paso, TX. The store will be approximately 35,000 sq. ft. and is scheduled to open in fall 2013. Nordstrom also announced plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at Northgate Mall in Seattle, WA. The approximately 41,000 sq. ft. store is scheduled to open later this fall.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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Kroger Co.<\/span>‘s<\/b><\/span>\u00a0CFO spoke at the company\u2019s investor conference and stated that the company might actually add to its net square footage with new stores this year after years of decreasing the company\u2019s store size.<\/span><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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ACG Pizza Partners LLC<\/span><\/b>\u00a0(dba\u00a0Stevi B’s Pizza<\/b>) announced the signing of an agreement to develop four Stevi B’s Pizza locations in the greater Columbus, OH, market.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Baristas Coffee Company<\/span><\/b>\u00a0opened its first AZ location.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Bob Evans Farms Inc<\/span><\/b>. plans to remodel 150 restaurants to its \u201cFarm-Fresh Refresh\u201d format in its current fiscal year.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Bojangles\u2019 Famous Chicken \u2019N Biscuits<\/span><\/b>\u00a0expects to add nine new restaurants, including seven in metro Atlanta, by the end of 2012.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Dickey’s Barbecue Pit<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is seeking locations in MT.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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East Coast Wings & Grill<\/span><\/b>\u00a0signed a development agreement for 10 restaurants through NC and SC over the next five years.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced the company\u2019s expansion into the Washington DC\/Baltimore market. Garbanzo is planning to open five to 10 company-owned locations in this area over the next 12-24 months.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ground Round<\/span><\/b>\u00a0has signed deals to open 9 more restaurants and return again to known markets in NJ, WI and MN.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Lime Fresh Mexican Grill<\/span><\/b>\u00a0appointed Comras Co. as its exclusive leasing agent for South FL; the company plans to open approximately 200 new locations throughout the eastern US.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Liquid Nutrition<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is opening six locations this summer in BC, ON, and QC.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Manny and Olga’s Pizza Systems Inc<\/span><\/b>. announced the expansion of four restaurants in College Park and Rockville, MD and Brookland and H Street NE neighborhoods in Washington, DC.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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MooYah Franchise<\/span><\/b>\u00a0plans to open 20 restaurants in 2012 in markets in FL, OK, TX, and VA.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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P.F. Chang\u2019s<\/span><\/b>\u00a0will open its fir<\/p>\n

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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen<\/span><\/b>\u00a0plans to open 11 restaurants over the next 5 years in the Phoenix DMA and is hosting an executive roundtable on July 31st in the market to discuss opportunities with qualified franchisees.\u00a0 To get information about the event, visit Ownapopeyes.com\/phoenix<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Quaker Steak & Lube<\/span><\/b>\u00a0plans to expand its presence in Denver and Colorado Springs, CO, and is seeking qualified franchisees.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The Fuzzy Peach<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced agreements for six new units, all in NC.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Toppers Pizza<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is expanding outside of its WI markets and is seeking growth opportunities in Chicago and Minneapolis.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Uncle Maddio\u2019s<\/span><\/b>\u00a0is targeting the Southeastern states for expansion and is seeking qualified franchisees.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Wingstop<\/span><\/b>\u00a0announced a multi-unit agreement for 12 restaurants throughout OR; the first location will open next year.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Zaxby\u2019s<\/span><\/b>\u00a0signed a multi-unit development agreement for the VA cities of Norfolk, Richmond, and Virginia Beach.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Retail Industry: Aritzia\u00a0will open its largest store to date, a 13,000-sq.-ft. flagship on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Cabela\u2019s\u00a0is\u00a0opening a new 100,000 sq. ft. store in Rogers, AR. Dick’s Sporting Goods\u00a0announced it opened two new stores on June 13. A store at Bloomfield Town Square, in Bloomfield, MI and a new store at Northborough… Continue reading Commercial Real Estate Updates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"post-template-no-sidebar.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[6,11],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commercial-real-estate","tag-csg-old","tag-eupdate","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chainstoreguide.com\/offthechain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}