New restaurants & retail in Augusta (Atlanta, Macon: landlord, offices, commute to)

[Airforceguy]

Zumeiz opened today
Action sports retailer Zumeiz opens store in Augusta Mall | The Augusta Chronicle

[erictlenox]

Preferred Restaurant List means that our Hotel will only mention your restaurant when asked. We like to have one of each type of delicacy.

I am GM at a hotel over on Riverwatch. I have been doing a managers reception for about 2 years. I would love to team up with some local restaurant in my area. We can do an entire package of showcasing your food, to in room advertisement, discounts left at the front desk, etc.

If you are interested in cross marketing, let me know. Comfort Suites is #3 on the trip advisor, so we have the guests that love to eat out every night.

[Airforceguy]

A new Planet Fitness is coming to Bobby Jones Expressway...

The 20,000 square foot health club will open at 214 Bobby Jones Expressway, which is between Lowe’s and the Urban Outfitters call center.
Skylar Pyles, the club’s manager, said the location will open in mid-July and have a dozen employees. The staff is using the nearby former Stevie B’s pizza store as a temporary sales office.

Planet Fitness is coming to Bobby Jones Expressway | The Augusta Chronicle

[amlovingit]

Menchie’s Opens its First Frozen Yogurt Store in the CSRA

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt is joining other food establishments like Jason’s Deli, Whole Foods, Bonefish Grill and Longhorn Restaurant in the Washington Crossing Shopping Center on Washington Road near 1-20 exit 199.
The owner of Menchie’s was featured a few years ago on the TV show Undercover Boss and talked about a full-scale expansion across the United States. This is the first store in the CSRA.
- See more at: Menchie’s Opens its First Frozen Yogurt Store in the CSRA | Buzz On Biz

[Airforceguy]

More cricket wireless stores coming to the metro.....

A South Carolina company is opening five Cricket Wireless stores in the metro area.
World Wireless in Greenville, S.C., is opening stores for the wireless company in North Augusta, Aiken and Augusta within a month, said Charles Myers, the director of sales operations.
World Wireless is an authorized retailer for Cricket and is opening 11 other stores in the Southeast by next week, he said.
The area stores will be in the Whiskey Road Wal-Mart shopping center in Aiken, in Daniel Village in Augusta and along Knox Avenue in North Augusta.
Myers said two others for the metro area haven’t been identified, but should be in south Augusta and Columbia County.

Company opening five Cricket Wireless stores in metro area | The Augusta Chronicle

[gtownboy86]

Any word on where and when Fazolis will build? It has been speculated that Augusta may be getting it's first Cheeseburger Bobby's.

[Airforceguy]

The owner of TakoSushi plans on opening a bodega at the Surrey Center in August...

Local restaurateur Kevin Goldsmith is working with friend and longtime Atlanta chef Paul Albrecht to open the bodega, a Spanish term commonly associated with a neighborhood grocery store, later this year.
Bodega Ultima will be on the lower level of Surrey Center in the space formerly used by My Friend’s Place, a deli that closed more than a month ago.
Surrey Center also houses Gold*smith’s original TakoSushi location, which he opened 11 years ago. He now has five of the Asian-Southwestern-fused eateries open across the metro area.
The Bodega Ultima menu will pull dishes from Mediterranean countries including Italy, Spain, France, Israel and Turkey, Gold*smith said.
“The restaurant itself is going to be set up as the retail and tapas bar area that will hold 60-ish (diners),” said Goldsmith, who will add couches and tables on an adjacent 4,000-square-foot outdoor patio.
“It’s going to be a place where if you would rather sit on a couch, you can sit on a couch and still order tapas or a light bite and drinks and enjoy the outside and music,” Goldsmith said of the patio.
He expects to open Bodega Ul*tima in August for breakfast. The remaining portions of the establishment will open in the coming months.

TakoSushi owner at work on new bodega | The Augusta Chronicle

[wolfsmane]

Originally Posted by GRU_Minion

My friend's husband is the person at Security Federal who helped them secure the financing (his name is on the sign out front of the site). According to him it's a developer building a small retail strip for lease there. Didn't know if they'd secured any tentants for it yet.

By the looks of the building, you are definitely right about this being a small retail strip. It looks like it will be able to house 3-4 small retail stores, the size like you would find one of those vapors shops, or cell phone fix-it stores.

[wolfsmane]

Originally Posted by Airforceguy

The owner of TakoSushi plans on opening a bodega at the Surrey Center in August...

TakoSushi owner at work on new bodega | The Augusta Chronicle

There are 5 of these Takosushi locations? Where are the other 4?

[PJA]

Originally Posted by wolfsmane

There are 5 of these Takosushi locations? Where are the other 4?

There are actually 3 in the metro area, one being in Evans and the other being in Aiken. The other 2 locations opened outside of the Augusta area and are in Columbia and Greenville.