Industry youngster leads Quiznos New York invasion.New kid on the fast food block--or quick service restaurant, as they prefer to be called--Quiznos has tapped the up-and-coming Branded Concept Development as exclusive broker in Manhattan. The two-year-old company elbowed out Insignia/ESG to land the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. contract that will see the sandwich chain take a massive bite of the Big Apple market. Quiznos Subs Quiznos Sub is a fast-food sandwich franchise that specializes in toasted submarine sandwiches. As of 2005, it is the second-largest submarine sandwich shop chain in North America, passing the older and slower-growing Blimpie, though still a fraction of the size of Subway. plans to open 300 shops in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of area over the next five years with 50 of them in Manhattan alone. BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) The storage of numbers in which each decimal digit is converted into binary and is stored in a single character or byte. For example, a 12-digit number would take 12 bytes. See binary numbers. currently represents Quiznos as exclusive broker in Westchester, Rockland and Bergen Counties and is also serving as development agent for Quiznos, handling design and construction services, in those areas, plus all five boroughs of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Long Island. Sholom and Zuckerbrot Realty realty n. a short form of "real estate." (See: real estate) REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real Property. will continue to handle Long Island deals. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Andrew Moger, principal of BCD, the assignment was a result of the relationship he's built up with Quiznos since taking on the company's design and construction development work two years ago. "We are the exclusive developer for Quiznos and, since we handle brokerage as well, we were able to take on that business. "Part of it, too, was having a seamless development team and having all of our services under one roof." BCD's Alexandra Turboff says the boom in Quiznos business can be attributed to the chain's healthy concept. "The food is made fresh in the restaurants which are also aesthetically pleasing," she said. "That, and there has been an awful lot of buzz from franchisees. People are seeing Quiznos Subs and they end up buying the rights. They want to cash in on a growing concept that's doing very well" Since winning its initial Quiznos contract in 2001, BCD has landed two other national accounts which they're no doubt hoping will be just as successful as the sandwich chain. Camille's Sidewalk Cafe Camille's Sidewalk Cafe is a restaurant franchise headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, specializing in healthful, "fast casual" cuisine. Camille's has approximately 100 locations; the corporation's website reports 900 more in development. , based in Oklahoma, now developing in the north east, and Robeks, a juice bar and healthy eats concept based in LA which is also planning an East Coast invasion. Camille's is currently developing exclusively in Westchester while Robeks hopes to have between six and eight outlets in Manhattan by this time next year. Meanwhile, Quiznos is inviting property owners to email information about their buildings in case they match the company's needs. They're looking primarily at 1,200 to 2,000 s/f spaces in suburban malls, large office complexes and busy New York street corners. |
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