NY Fold – Pizza like it oughta be
With 10 restaurants in the New York area, our client Bruno DiFabio is coming to London with NY Fold, an exciting new brand designed for the UK. Bruno has vast pizza and food industry experience and legendary celebrity status in the USA.
Lewis Craig acting as retained property advisers, have been given the brief to secure premises suitable for the first restaurant to open ideally in the next 3 to 4 months, with exciting plans to grow the brand during 2015/2016.
Born out of the old school genuine love and art of pizza making , the hallmark feature is the tossing of the tough, with NY Fold being all about theatre, performance and showmanship. Original New York pizza characteristics are a full-bodied crust with a bread-like consistency and extremely flavourful.
Areas under consideration include Spitalfields, Liverpool Street, Shoreditch, London Bridge, Soho, Camden, Clapham, Putney and similar profile locations. The space will ideally comprise 1500/2500 sq ft, although smaller opportunities considered in higher footfall locations.
Please speak to Richard Grossman with any interesting ideas.
Home House Estates London expansion project
Lewis Craig are pleased to have been solely retained by London-based estate agents, Home House Estates to advise on their expansion project.
Home House Estates (HHE) specialise in residential property sales, lettings and investment in the capital’s high end addresses and postcodes. HHE are a British-owned independent company with a head office in Thayer Street, just off Marylebone High Street in London’s West End. During 2013 they opened their Westbourne Grove, Earls Court Road and Thayer Street offices, having previously successfully traded from their first office on Woodstock Street in Mayfair. Other offices within Central London are currently under negotiation.
HHE was established in response to the directors identifying a growing demand from buyers for prime central London property, combined with a different, more bespoke, considered and personalised approach to sales, lettings and property promotion. Their highly experienced senior team also have wider knowledge of the other property micro-markets within the various postcodes that comprise Zone 1 and 2 in inner London.
They have been trading successfully in Central London for the last 3 years and are now looking to expand their presence within Central London; they have also recently opened a new Moscow office.
Please contact Theo Benedyk at Lewis Craig for further information.
Just Falafel continue to falafuel the UK!
With over 40 restaurants trading Globally, our client Just Falafel is right on track in keeping with the trend of more and more people on the move looking for a healthy alternative to fast food.
Just Falafel have exciting plans for the UK, with 2013 alone seeing the opening of their first six UK restaurants. The sixth opened in December 2013 at 7 Fulham Broadway (see below). Comprising approximately 700 sq ft at ground floor with a similar sized basement, in an excellent location adjacent to a shortly to open Wholefoods, and close to Fulham Broadway Station.
The seventh restaurant opened last week at 104/106 South Street, Romford. Several further locations are currently under negotiation, please click here for Just Falafel’s Property Requirements flyer.
Please contact Theo Benedyk at Lewis Craig for further information.
Just Falafel on track with expansion plans
The UK’s 6th Just Falafel will open in December 2013 at 7 Fulham Broadway, London SW6. Located alongside the new Whole Foods store, which is scheduled to open in Spring 2014.
This new Just Falafel restaurant will comprise just over 1,400 sq ft arranged over ground and basement floors. It will feature Just Falafel’s latest designs, in keeping with their Authentic Inspired Eating ethos.
Additional A3 and/or A5 sites from 650-2,000 sq ft are now required in prominent locations, offering strong footfall with an all-day offer, in major cities and university towns in UK and Ireland.
Latest property requirement PDF
Opportunities considered in high density office districts, shopping areas, leisure venues, transport hubs and zones containing complementary food offerings.
Contact Theo Benedyk or Richard Grossman with opportunities or for further information.
Pulia retain Lewis Craig as their London advisers
Pulia offers a wide variety of traditional foods and produce of the highest quality sourced from the region of Puglia. With two stores opening in Milan in Q4 2013, Lewis Craig have been instructed to locate suitable premises in London.
We are urgently seeking to secure A1 premises, offering 750-1250 sq ft, with minimum 500 sq ft ground floor, in locations including South Kensington, Chelsea, Notting Hill Gate, Marylebone, Mayfair and Covent Garden.
Please see a CGI of the Pulia fit out below.
Pulia’s 2013 Property Requirement Brochure
Contact Theo Benedyk or Richard Grossman with opportunities or for further information.
Quality Investment Acquired in Hoxton
We have recently acquired an interesting investment in the centre of Hoxton, London N1 on behalf of Arinpath Ltd as part of the replacement of their Soho holding, which was acquired by Crossrail for the Tottenham Court Road station redevelopment.
The attraction of this investment is that it is a restaurant in the heart of fashionable Shoreditch – a fantastic lunch and evening destination with a strong night club provision. The surrounding area being a mixture of residential and commercial, known for housing fashionable residential, advertising and media companies with nearby Old Street fast becoming the epicentre of the UK’s internet-related industry.
The property comprises a 5 storey building, with the restaurant element being on ground and lower ground floors, and the upper three floors comprising three residential apartments.
The restaurant has recently undergone substantial refurbishment and now trades under the Rossopomodoro brand, a successful chain of international Italian restaurants with over 80 locations around the world, 6 of which are in London.
The price paid reflects a net initial yield of circa 6.5%.
Lewis Craig have been acting on behalf of Arinpath Ltd for over 25 years and will be managing this quality investment. We are actively seeking to acquire similar opportunities. For further information on our investment client requirements, please speak with Jeffrey Craig.
Just Falafel rolls into London
A great start to 2013 for our client Just Falafel, with five sites now completed, three are now trading, in Covent Garden’s Monmouth Street, Baker Street and at The Broadway Centre in Hammersmith.
The next Just Falafel locations are Charing Cross Road and Croydon, currently under fit-out, will be opening shortly. We continue to seek further A3 or A5 opportunities in key Central London thoroughfares and locations close to underground and mainline stations, as well as starting to looking further afield to major cities.
Just Falafel, the vegetarian fast-food restaurant, launched in the UAE in 2007, has franchised across Qatar, Lebanon, Oman, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The Covent Garden site was the first Just Falafel to open in Europe.
Fadi Malas, the CEO, who has been crowned by Gulf Capital SME Awards as the “Arab Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2012, commented that the business aims to establish 200 more branches in the UK over the next five years.
Richard Grossman comments – “in our line of work we see a lot of new food operations, but few excite us as much as Just Falafel which we feel will be a great addition to the UK restaurant landscape, with an innovative offering, superb branding and significant franchisee interest”.
As retained advisers to Just Falafel, we are looking for A3 or A5 sites offering from 750 sq ft to 1,500 sq ft in high footfall locations throughout London and major UK cities. We are particularly keen to secure sites within or alongside transport terminals.
Please contact Theo Benedyk or Richard Grossman with opportunities.
Greenwich’s New High Street Parade
Lewis Craig and Kingsbury Consultants are jointly working on VFUND’s latest project.
The Creek Road development in Greenwich will provide exciting retail, restaurant and community use space within a newly developed landmark scheme in the heart of Royal Greenwich Town Centre opposite Cutty Sark DLR station.
The ground floor of the development will provide up to 1,538 sq m (16,563 sq ft) of flexible A1, A2, A3, D1 & D2 space with direct frontage onto Creek Road, arranged within 2 separate blocks, with the flexibility to sub-divide to suit occupier requirements. Servicing is provided via Bardsley Lane to the rear.
Greenwich is home to world famous landmarks, all within close proximity to the development, including Cutty Sark, The National Maritime Museum, The Royal Observatory and the Old Royal Naval College. It is situated within the heart of the Town Centre, on the A200 Creek Road, close to the junction with Greenwich Church Street and opposite Cutty Sark DLR station.
A diverse shopping and eating experience is already on offer, ranging from quirky shops, cafes and street markets through to established national retail and restaurant brands.
Being within the established leisure and restaurant circuit, plus within close proximity to numerous high profile residential developments, the scheme is likely to appeal to a range of national restaurant and retail operators, along with other specialist occupiers such as gyms.
The space will be finished to a shell and core state, and is expected to be ready for tenant fit out in the Autumn of 2014.
Just Falafel open their 2nd & 3rd restaurants in the UK!
Following the success of Just Falafel’s first UK restaurant in Covent Garden, we are proud to announce that our client has now opened their second and third restaurants in London, in Baker Street and Hammersmith Broadway Shopping Centre.
Both Charing Cross Road and Croydon are well underway, with openings due shortly!
Just Falafel is a superb operation launched in the UAE in 2007, with over 35 restaurants trading globally, and is keeping with the trend of more and more people on the move looking for a healthy alternative to fast food!
Many more locations are now required within high footfall locations, and busy hubs of Central London.
A3 or A5 required, with a minimum 750 sq ft at ground floor preferred.
Please get in touch with Theo Benedyk or Richard Grossman at Lewis Craig with any ideas!