Introduced in the mid-1980s in Arlington, Virginia in the Washington DC area, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is a chain of quick service restaurants featuring its fresh, made-to-order, hand-formed burgers cooked on a seasoned grill along with fresh-cut fries cooked in pure peanut oil. In 2003, the company started a franchise program and in 2010, the brand’s first international location opened in Alberta. Presently Five Guys Burgers operates almost 2000 restaurants worldwide and over 70 are coast-to-coast in Canada. Utah-based quick casual restaurant company Cypress Five Star presently operates over 60 Five Guys Burgers locations from Ontario to British Columbia and is now in the search for new Ontario locations. Brandon Gorman and Matthew Marshall at Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate Services have been retained to conduct the Ontario search, targeting opportunities in Brantford, Cambridge, Barrie, Kitchener/Waterloo, Richmond Hill, Peterborough, St. Catharines, Sarnia, and Oakville. The quick casual chain chooses units in the 2100 to 2500 square foot range, with end cap locations and patios preferred, though not mandatory. All high-traffic retail nodes and food-oriented developments are considered.
Jones Lang LaSalle Real Estate Services, 22 Adelaide St West, 26th Floor, East Tower, Toronto, Ontario M5H 4E3 (Brandon Gorman -416/855-0907 brandon.gorman@jll.com) & (Matthew Marshall – 416/238-9925 matthew.marshall@jll.com)
Cypress Five Star Inc., 10421 S Jordan Gateway, #210, South Jordan, Utah 84095 (801/576-2700 www.cypressfivestar.com)