McAlister’s Deli has eye on Metroplex
expansion
Staff Writer
Another
fast-casual restaurant, Mississippi-based McAlister’s Deli, which hopes to hook
the lunch crowd, is being thrown into the Metroplex mix.
McAlister’s
franchise owner, Chandler Buie, has plans to dot North Texas with 20 deli shops
in the next four years. Buie has
exclusive rights in the North Texas market, and he anticipates his second shop
will arrive by spring.
Buie has one
deli in Texarkana and recently opened his second shop at a 20,000-square-foot strip
center at 3432 E. Hebron Pkwy. in Carrollton.
The 3,700-square-foot shop is near the 300-acre International Business
Park and the Shops at Willow Bend, said Calvin Hull, a partner representing The
Billingsley Co. in the transaction.
“It has the
ideal mix of business, retail and home sites.
We are doing a lot of business during the lunch hours so we wanted to be
close to offices,” Buie said.
Glacier
Commercial Realty L.P. is handling the real estate search for Buie, who said
his is looking for 3,500-4,000-square-foot spaces in areas with high-density
residential and commercial space.
Denton, McKinney, Dallas, Plano and Lewisville are among the areas he is
considering.
“What separates
us is our service.” Buie said. “We want
to be the one hour in the day where you don’t have to do anything.”