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Muscle Maker Grill to expand in New Jersey

May 13, 2010

R.J. Brunelli & Co. LLC, the preferred broker for restaurant franchisor Muscle Maker Grill in central and northern New Jersey, has announced signed leases for two new locations.

In the first deal, a Muscle Maker franchisee leased 1,500 square feet at the new 350,000-square-foot Bayonne Crossing, in Bayonne, N.J. The center will be anchored by Walmart, Lowes Home Improvement, New York Sports Club and others, and is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2010.

In the second transaction, another franchisee has leased 1,100 square feet of space in a high exposure strip center located in Long Branch, N.J. Muscle Maker is projected to open in the second quarter of 2010, in an inline space that formerly housed an Asian restaurant.

Muscle Maker Grill typically requires 1,500- to 2,200-square-foot locations, preferably in former restaurant spaces. The original Muscle Maker Grill opened in 1995 in Colonia, N.J. A franchise program was launched just over two years ago, leading to the sale of more than 100 franchises in New Jersey, New York and Florida.

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