Restaurant

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WATERTOWN, MASS. — The Watertown Planning Board unanimously approved the development of Arsenal Yards, a mixed-use project at the former Arsenal Mall in Watertown. Developers Boylston Properties and The Wilder Cos. plan to add a mixed-use project featuring 350,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space and 500 residences to the existing 100,000 square feet of office space. Construction is slated to begin in six to eight months. The project will feature chef-driven restaurants, a specialty grocery, a wine superstore, a cinema, market-rate and affordable apartments, and a combination of boutiques and national retailers.

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ROWLETT, TEXAS — Bayside Land Partners, a partnership between Kent Donahue and Wilks Development, is developing Bayside, a $1 billion master-planned project encompassing 262 acres and featuring a variety of retail, restaurants, residential units and a resort hotel in the Lake Ray Hubbard area of Rowlett. Designed as a pedestrian-friendly, open-air resort, Bayside will feature more than 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, 3,000 residential units, a 1,000-slip marina and 700 hotel rooms. Lifescapes International will provide landscape design services for the project, including the development of the first-ever Crystal Lagoon in Texas. A Crystal Lagoon is a new technology that creates man-made lagoons with crystal-clear, turquoise waters in order to create a beachfront property. Additionally, Lifescapes will design a 116-acre peninsula, including 25 acres of parks, a variety of retail rooftop gardens and beach zones and the perimeter of the eight-acre Crystal Lagoon. Construction on the lagoon is slated to start this March and the project is scheduled to open by spring 2019.

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HOUSTON — Baker Katz has completed two leases for Snooze, an A.M Eatery, at Town & Country Village and Houston Heights Lowell Street Market in Houston. A 3,185-square-foot eatery is slated to open this summer at Town & Country Village, and a 3,785-square-foot second location is scheduled to open in late summer at Houston Heights Lowell Street Market. Since opening its first restaurant in 2006, the Denver-based eatery has grown to 17 locations across Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas. Snooze delivers a menu creative twists on breakfast dishes, as well as a selection of local craft beers and morning cocktails.

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CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Maverick Commercial Mortage Inc. has arranged a $1.7 million first mortgage loan for a to-be built Portillo’s restaurant in Champaign in central Illinois. The restaurant will be constructed on a 1.4-acre site. The restaurant is expected to open shortly after demolition of the current Home Town Buffet. The six-month loan has two three-month extension options. The fixed-rate, recourse loan is interest only and was funded by a national bridge lender. Jeffrey B. Gurian of BeckerGurian represented the borrower, Berkshire Partners. Bryan Segal of Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum and Nagelberg LLP represented the lender.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Buckhorn Grill has signed a 10-year lease for a restaurant space located at 619 Market St. in San Francisco. The tenant plans to open a 6,571-square-foot restaurant at the space, which was formerly occupied by Boudin Bakery, in May 2017. Andrew Lindsey of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the tenant, while Mary Kate Banchero and Courtney Griffin of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, CPF 33 New LLC, in the transaction. Buckhorn Grill currently operates 10 restaurants in Northern California.

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NEWTON, CONN. — RHYS represented Market Hospitality Group in the signing of a new lease at Village Lexington Gardens, located at 32 Church Hill Road in Newtown. The 3,500-square-foot space will be occupied by 5th Market Place Kitchen & Bar, a New American-style restaurant. The new restaurant is slated to open in July 2017. Ryan Stranko and Tyler Lyman of RHYS represented the tenant, while Doug Rose of Coldwell Banker Scalzo Group represented the landlord, Mesa General Contractors, in the deal.

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TINLEY PARK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 7,368-square-foot property net leased to Texas Roadhouse in Tinley Park, a southern suburb of Chicago. The property is located at 18345 LaGrange Road and was built in 2004. Bruce Bentley III of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Joseph Sigal of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a REIT. Steven Weinstock assisted in closing the transaction. Texas Roadhouse is a steakhouse restaurant.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Roasterie has signed a 1,538-square-foot retail lease at Corrigan Station, a mixed-use project under construction in Kansas City. Copaken Brooks and 3D Development are the project’s co-developers. The Roasterie Café, which offers coffee, tea and pastries, will be located on the first floor. Construction of the café is slated for completion in March 2017. This is the second retail tenant announced for the historic building since construction began on the project. Corvino Supper Club and Tasting Room, a new concept by chef Michael Corvino, was announced earlier this summer and will be the only other tenant occupying the first floor. The Corrigan Station project includes the redevelopment of the historic 10-story, 110,000-square-foot Corrigan Building and approximately 40,000 square feet of new office and retail space with an adjacent parking structure. The mixed-use property is located on 19th Street connecting Walnut and Main streets in the heart of the Crossroads, the city’s art district.

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MONTROSE, TEXAS — Davis Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of a commercial land parcel located at 223 Westheimer in Montrose. Gazebo Management Inc. acquired the 8,250-square-foot site for the development of a dumpling restaurant. Mark Davis of Davis Commercial represented the undisclosed seller, while Charles Kwon of Realm Real Estate Professionals represented the buyer. The acquisition price was not released.

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DALLAS — NAI Robert Lynn has represented two tenants in the leasing of restaurant space at Preston Center in Highland Park in Dallas. Go Fish Poke has inked a deal for 2,574 square feet of restaurant space at 6030 Luther Lane for the city’s first true poke concept restaurant. Poke is a raw fish salad or entrée that is traditionally served in Hawaii. Additionally, Yolk has leased 4,604 square feet of space at 8315 Westchester Drive. This will be the breakfast and lunch restaurant’s third location in Dallas. Kornel Romada of NAI Robert Lynn represented the tenants in both transactions. Ryan Stewart provided in-house representation for the landlord, Rosebriar Properties, in the Go Fish Poke transaction, while the Weitzman Group represented the sub-lease of LYFE Kitchen for the Yolk deal.

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