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Who's Opening & Where
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Who's Opening & Where Carvel Corp. (404-255-3250) is planning to open 300 or more Carvel locations nationwide. The company prefers spaces of 1,200 sq.ft. to 1,500 sq.ft. in endcaps or inline spaces in strip centers or outparcels. A drive-thru is preferred. Preferred demographics include a population of 50,000 within three miles. The company currently operates more than 460 franchised and food-service ice cream shops located throughout more than 20 states, primarily in the Northeast, and Puerto Rico. In addition, the company sells ice cream through approximately 6,300 supermarkets.
Tiffany & Co. (212-755-8000) is planning to open Tiffany & Co. stores, with two locations in CA and one in FL, in addition to several stores internationally. The company sells its goods exclusively through 130 Tiffany & Co. stores and boutiques worldwide, its Web site and catalogs. The company’s specialty is fine jewelry, but it also puts its name on timepieces, silver, china, stationery, crystal and other luxury items.
Three Dog Bakery (800-487-3287) is planning to open more locations this year. The company currently operates 24 stores in more than a dozen states, plus outlets in Canada, Japan and South Korea. The stores specialize in fresh-baked food for dogs that resemble fancy pastries for humans.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. (407-245-4000) is planning to open an Olive Garden restaurant at the Coastal Way Shopping Center located at the intersection of State Road 50 and Mariner Boulevard in Brooksville, FL. The site would be situated on a land area of two acres and would be located near Dunkin’ Donuts and Coastal Way Plaza. The company currently operates more than 1,300 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, including 540 Olive Garden restaurants nationwide. The company also trades as Red Lobster with approximately 650 locations. Darden also operates a small chain of tropical-themed Bahama Breeze restaurants that offer Caribbean-inspired food, along with Smokey Bones BBQ, a growing chain of sports-themed barbeque joints.
CiCi Enterprises, Inc. (972-745-4200) is planning to open a CiCi’s Pizza restaurant on Smoketown Road in Potomac, VA. Opening is slated for next month. The company currently operates and franchises more than 500 CiCi’s Pizza restaurants throughout more than 20 states. The buffet-style parlors offer several types of pizza along with salad, desserts and pasta at an all-you-can-eat price. The restaurants are found mainly in malls. Franchisees operate 90% of CiCi’s restaurants.
Lowe’s Cos. (704-758-1000) is planning to open a 116,000 sq.ft. Lowe’s Home Improvement store off Airport Road, adjacent to Interstate 26, in the southern end of Buncombe County, NC. The store also will include a 40,000 sq.ft. garden center. The company currently operates more than 1,050 superstores throughout more than 45 states.
Target Corp. (612-304-6073) is planning to open a 125,000 sq.ft. Target store in TigerTown, a 130-acre mixed-use development located in Opelika, AL. The company currently operates approximately 1,275 Target and SuperTarget stores throughout 47 states.
Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. (513-961-2660) is planning to open a Golden Corral restaurant in Louisville, KY. The company is a franchiser of Big Boy family restaurants with about 90 locations throughout IN, KY and OH. It sub-licenses more than 30 additional Big Boys in those states. While famous for its double-decker hamburgers, Big Boy also offers chicken, roast beef, pasta, beef and seafood dinners, as well as a breakfast bar that converts to a soup and salad bar at lunch. Frisch’s also operates about 25 buffet-style Golden Corral steak houses in the same areas.
Delhaize America, Inc. (704-633-8250) is planning to open 50 supermarkets throughout the U.S., including 11 relocated stores. This year, the company announced that all Kash n’ Karry supermarkets in Naples, Fort Myers, Sarasota and Bradenton will be relaunched under the Sweetbay Supermarket brand. In addition to the remodeling of 181 stores, 12 Food Lion stores will be converted this year into Harvey’s stores. Also, all Victory stores will be converted to the Hannaford banner, bringing the total expected Hannaford stores to 146 at the end of the year. The company currently operates approximately 1,200 Food Lion stores, mainly throughout the Carolinas and VA, but also eight other states along the eastern seaboard.
Nordstrom, Inc. (206-628-2111) is planning to open a store in Jacksonville, FL. Nordstrom sells clothes, shoes and accessories through approximately 90 Nordstrom stores and about 50 outlet Nordstrom Rack outlet stores throughout approximately 25 states. It also operates a clearance store, a freestanding shoe store and about 35 Façonnable boutiques, primarily in Europe.
Wal*Mart Stores, Inc. (479-273-4000) is planning to open a Wal*Mart store in Moundsville, WV. The store would be situated on a land area of 43 acres on West Virginia Route 2. Wal*Mart currently operates 33 stores throughout WV. The company currently operates more than 4,800 stores, including approximately 1,475 Wal*Mart stores, 1,750 Wal-Mart Supercenter locations throughout the U.S. and the U.K. and 540 Sam’s Club stores. Nearly 75% of the company’s stores are in the U.S., but Wal-Mart is expanding internationally; it is the top retailer in Canada and Mexico. It owns nearly 38% of Japanese supermarket chain SEIYU. Wal-Mart also has operations in Asia, Europe and South America.
Consolidated Theaters (704-554-1695) is planning to open a 40,000 sq.ft. movie theater at Beaver Creek Crossing, a 700,000 sq.ft. development located on the north and south sides of U.S. Highway 64, just west of State Highway 55, in Apex, NC. The theater will be located adjacent to Beaver Creek Commons, a 475,000 sq.ft. center anchored by Super Target, Lowe’s Home Improvement, OfficeMax, PetsMart and Linens ‘N Things.
The Home Depot, Inc. (770-433-8211) is planning to open 19 stores throughout Canada and 10 stores throughout Mexico. The company also is planning to open locations throughout China. The company currently operates 1,866 stores throughout 50 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, nine Canadian provinces and Mexico. The company also operates more than 50 EXPO Design Center stores, which have showrooms featuring bath, kitchen and lighting products.
Hooters of America, Inc. (770-951-2040) entered into a franchise agreement with Australian Enterprises, L.P. to open Hooters restaurants throughout major cities in Australia beginning in 2006. The chain has opened 32 restaurants throughout 16 countries, including Argentina, Aruba, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Croatia and Venezuela. The company currently operates and franchises more than 350 Hooters restaurants throughout approximately 40 states. The beach-themed bar-and-grills cater to sports fans and are known for their spicy chicken wings as well as their hostesses. The company operates about 120 locations and franchises the rest. Hooters expects to be operating 450 locations by the end of the year.
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