FRISCO, TEXAS — Construction is currently under way for the expansion of Bonnie Ruth’s Café Trottoir et Patisserie, a restaurant located within The Shops at Starwood in Frisco. Bonnie Ruth’s will expand into an adjacent 2,137-square-foot vacant space. The expansion will contain additional bar seating, a private dining area for groups, a take-out area and an expanded bakery. Construction is slated for completion in September. The restaurant will add a breakfast menu to its offerings to coincide with the expansion. The Shops at Starwood is a mixed-use center located at the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and Lebanon Road. Phase III of the project is scheduled to break ground in 2009.
HOUSTON — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has brokered the sale of approximately 1.15 acres of land on Yorktown Crossing Parkway in Northwest Houston. CS Copperfield Ventures, LTD, a Buffalo Wild Wings franchise group, purchased the land from Satya, Inc. Matt Keener, Russell Janicek and Mark Raines of CBRE represented the buyer. Josh Jacobs and Chris Pitts of Page Partners represented the seller.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Kevin Boeve of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed California-based seller in the $1.65 million disposition of a 1,800-square-foot single-tenant property, which is located in Santa Ana. The property is currently under an 18.5-year triple-net ground lease to Mangen Group, which operates the property as a Burger King. Richard Longobardo and Charles Shillington of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
NEW JERSEY — Summit Realty has been appointed the exclusive New Jersey broker for Sarku Japan’s new street development program. The national Japanese QSR chain is looking for 1,600- to 2,000-square-foot locations in Northern and Central New Jersey’s top trade areas. Demographic requirements include 35,000 people within 2 miles, and at least 10,000 daytime workers. The restaurant currently serves more than 20 million customers annually at over 200 restaurants nationwide, offering made to order teriyaki and sushi.
SPRING, TEXAS — The J. Beard Real Estate Company has brokered the purchase of a 31,799-square-foot land parcel, located at the intersection of Sawdust and Grogan’s Mill roads in Spring. The buyer, Gera Investments, plans to build a Burger King on the property. Zach Armstrong of J. Beard represented the seller, Woodforest National Bank. The acquisition price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Turin, Italy-based Eataly has leased more than 44,000 square feet of ground floor, lower level and rooftop space at 200 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan for its flagship New York City Marketplace. The new eatery will be located in L&L Holdings’ 850,000-square-foot building Flatiron District Building. L&L is completing a $135 million redevelopment program that includes restoration of the property’s façade and infrastructure. Scheduled to open by next summer, the new store will feature a retail center for Italian wine, a culinary educational center and a boutique eateries. Each retail area will be paired with its own dedicated restaurant that will include a wood-fired pizza and pasta bar, a cheese and salami counter, a steak restaurant, a vegetarian restaurant, a crudo and seafood bar and an Italian bar.
HACKENSACK AND LIVINGSTON, N.J., AND NEW YORK CITY — Livingston-based Jarmel Kizel Architects & Engineers has completed design work for three new restaurants. The first project is a 1,200-square-foot Bocconi Pasta Pronto & More, located at 363 Essex St. in Hackensack. The restaurant opened in June and is a prototype design for three or four more locations that are planned to open in New Jersey. The second project is Carmine’s Livingston, a 7,300-square-foot restaurant located at 405 Eisenhower Pkwy. in Livingston. The completed project consisted of the adaptive reuse of a former stagecoach stop that had later served as a tavern for 40 years until closing 7 years ago. The final project is a 7,300-square-foot T.G.I. Friday’s that will be located at 1780 Gun Hill Rd. in the Bronx, New York City. Completion is scheduled for this summer. Jarmel Kizel is completing the project on behalf of The Briad Group with assistance from Vornado Realty Trust, the owner of the strip center in which the restaurant pad site will be located.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Corpus Christi-based NAI Cravey Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of a 27,000-square-foot outparcel to Jack In The Box. The site is located at 4737 Saratoga Blvd. in Corpus Christi; it is shadow-anchored by a former H-E-B Grocery store that has been recently leased to a charter school. Construction for the restaurant has commenced and completion is expected later this year. NAI’s Lynann Pinkham and Matthew Cravey represented the seller, Saratoga Village Partners, in the land transaction
PEARLAND, LEAGUE CITY AND HOUSTON, TEXAS — The San Francisco office of NAI BT Commercial has completed the sales of three ground leases in the Houston metropolitan area. In the first transaction, a private investor purchased a 2.15-acre ground lease located at 11019 Shadow Creek Pkwy. in Pearland and a 1.84-acre ground lease located at 3140 Gulf Freeway South in League City. The former site contains a Cracker Barrell restaurant and the latter site contains a McDonald’s. The properties traded for a total of approximately $5.94 million. NAI’s Bob Sanner and Rick Sanner represented the same buyer in both transactions, as well as the seller in the first deal. Additionally, NAI’s Andy Bogardus and Chris Sheldon represented both parties in the sale of a 1.5-acre ground lease located in Houston. The property, which traded for $3.5 million, is currently leased to Wachovia. The parties in both transactions were undisclosed.
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. — Groundbreaking has occurred for a new $2.15 sports bar and entertainment venue for The Casino Queen, a casino and resort located at 200 S. Front St. in East St. Louis. Known as SEVENS, the venue will feature 16 high-definition televisions, a retractable projection screen, museum cases that feature St. Louis Cardinals memorabilia and a 360-square-foot performance stage near a dance floor. SEVENS is expected to open this fall. St. Louis-based KAI Design & Build is serving as projects architect with Legacy Building Group serving as general contractor. The Casino Queen recently completed a $2.2 million hotel renovation project.