Charlotte, N.C. — Clean Juice®, a USDA-certified organic juice bar franchise, has relocated its flagship store to Birkdale Landing in Huntersville, N.C. The move coincides with the sixth anniversary of the opening of the first Clean Juice store at Birkdale
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Wichita, Kan. — Leading fast-casual restaurant concept Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers has broken ground on a new site set to host the brand’s newest restaurant prototype. Located in Salina, Kan., this prototype marks a new chapter for the brand’s
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Los Angeles — sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, introduces a new brand identity to reimagine fast food and speak to future generations about the importance of what they eat. The goal was to create a
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Las Vegas — Celano Design Studio has two new restaurants opening this summer. Tapped by Resorts World Las Vegas, the city’s highly anticipated resort opening on June 24, Celano is the creative lead behind the design of two of the
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Austin, Texas — Freebirds World Burrito is unveiling new interior and exterior design elements at all locations. The design refresh has begun across all major markets with the remaining locations rolling out this summer. Inside Freebirds, updated murals and colors
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New York City — Macy’s Inc. has unveiled plans to overhaul its flagship Herald Square store at the corner of 34th Street and Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The plan would add a commercial office tower atop the store. The
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Pittsburgh — DICK’S Sporting Goods will expand its nationwide footprint with the grand opening of one DICK’S Sporting Goods location, one Warehouse Sale location and two locations of a new off-price store concept — Going, Going, Gone! — in May. The
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— By Chris Birkinshaw — Limited-service concepts, high-quality food options take pole position for QSR buildouts. The COVID-19 global pandemic changed the landscape of many businesses. As we move forward with vaccines and a stronger understanding of how the
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— By Jayson Hill — Five store redesigns and upgrades retailers will implement in 2021. If 2020 was a year of survival and adaptation for retailers, 2021 will be the year they make sense of the seismic shifts they’ve
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Atlanta — Nearly 40 years ago, On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina was born, and it has since grown into the world’s largest Mexican casual dining brand. Now, On The Border is taking it back to the 1980s with
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Studio City, Calif. — Midwood Investment & Development is nearing completion on The Shops at Sportsmen’s Lodge, a $100 million retail redevelopment of land formerly occupied by a meeting and convention center in Studio City, Calif. A rolling opening for
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Johnson City, Tenn. — FACE Hospitality, subsidiary of FACE Amusement Group, has resumed construction on its highly anticipated Chicken Guy! Restaurant in Nashville, Tenn. Located off Second Avenue and Commerce Street in downtown Nashville, the restaurant was one of several
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Pleasanton, Calif. — Final touches are being made in preparation for the grand opening of Lucky California’s newly remodeled flagship store and innovation lab on May 12 in Pleasanton, Calif. The neighborhood grocery store has been extensively remodeled and rebranded
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Irvine, Calif. — On April 14, 2021, Taco Bell® opened a new Cantina in the heart of Times Square. Built with the energy and on-the-go vibrance of the city in mind, the newest restaurant embraces technology in a whole new
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Irving, Texas — 7-Eleven, Inc. has opened its newest Evolution Store — which features tacos on handmade tortillas, frozen margaritas on tap, a stocked wine cellar and beer cooler, fresh-baked croissants and cookies, customized espresso drinks, artisan craft sodas, premium
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Minnetonka, Minn. — Famous Dave’s, the fast-growing barbeque franchise with 134 restaurants across the country, is bringing its counter and line-serve “Quick ‘Que” prototypes to Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The Las Vegas location — a line-serve model —
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Pittsburgh, Pa. — DICK’S Sporting Goods opened its first-ever DICK’S House of Sport, a new concept store, in Victor, N.Y., on April 9. This month, the retailer will also debut nine newly redesigned Golf Galaxy locations and expanded technology offerings
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North Charleston, S.C. — Jamestown, an Atlanta-based developer and owner of adaptive mixed-use developments around the world, has partnered with Southeast real estate developers William Cogswell and Jay Weaver to redevelop the 45-acre North Charleston Navy Yard. Decommissioned in 1996
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Canton, Mass. — In 2018, Dunkin’s first Next Generation restaurant opened in Quincy, Mass., featuring a new design with a modern atmosphere and innovative features. Now, just 3 years later, Dunkin’ is opening its 1,000th Next Gen restaurant in Woodstock,
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Rockville, Md. — Silver Diner plans to open its first Silver Diner restaurant in Washington, D.C., in 2022. The 8,000-square-foot, two-story space is located next to Nationals Park. This new two-story concept will feature an updated Silver Diner restaurant on
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Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Schlotzsky’s rolls out two new prototypes with plans to build on lessons learned during COVID-19. — By Katie Lee — At Schlotzsky’s, the drive-thru has always been a driving force of its
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Chesterfield, Mo. — NewGround, a St. Louis-based innovative architecture, design and project management firm, has promoted Eric Preuss to director of construction. In his new position, Preuss will be relocating to Hawaii to manage headquarters projects for HFS Federal Credit
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Irving, Texas — Fuzzy’s Taco Shop, a Texas-based Baja-style restaurant group, has launched a new concept, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop Taqueria. The Taqueria encompasses everything fans have come to love about the brand with the same recipes, but will offer a
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— By Matt Calo, P.E. and Huston Dawson, P.E. — Safety should be top priority as businesses turn to outdoor space due to ongoing indoor restrictions. As spring arrives and states across the country continue to revise their restrictions
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Houston — Acclaimed Houston-based Underbelly Hospitality is growing its hometown footprint moments from where the city was first born and just steps from Buffalo Bayou Park. The restaurant group, led by James Beard Award-Winning Chef/Owner Chris Shepherd, has signed a
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Miami — FRONTIER Building, an experience-focused national general construction, construction management and design-build contractor, has completed the construction of the new Burlington in Doral, Fla., near Miami International Mall. The project is part of a redevelopment of a Toys “R”
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Scottsdale, Ariz. — Born and Raised Hospitality, the restaurant group behind popular Phoenix restaurants Clever Koi, Across The Pond and Fellow Osteria, and architecture firm Aline Architecture Concepts have teamed up to design a new fast-casual ramen restaurant, Clever Ramen,
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