BOSTON — UFood Restaurant Group Inc. has announced the hiring of Patrick Chiacchia as vice president of real estate. Chiacchia has more than 30 years of real-estate development experience, including several national multiunit rollouts.
Chiacchia has served as director of real estate for Wienerwald GMBH, the largest chain of restaurants in Europe and also the owner of Lum's Restaurants, IHOP and Ranch House in the United States. Chiacchia then served alongside UFood's George Naddaff and Charles Cocotas as Boston Chicken's director of real estate, where he developed 114 company-owned units and approved 118 franchise units. He later became vice president of real estate in the northeast quadrant for Boston Market. He also worked with Cocotas as vice president of development for Best Friends Pet Resorts and Salons, where he led the development team, building 18,000 square feet of Pet Hotels in retail areas.
Over the past eight years, Chiacchia has assisted public companies and start-up companies in developing their real-estate departments and strategies, including Microsoft, Unilever USA, Wingstop, iFLOOR and Rapido Rabbit Car Washes.
