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ATLANTA BURGER SCENE

by Harold Shumacher

Burgers-like beauty-are often in the eye of the beholder.  Some people  like them plump and char-grilled others thin and barely warmed. In Atlanta, numerous burger spots have opened over the past few months. The hottest new entry is Yeah Burger from chef Shaun Doty in Atlanta’s trendy midtown west neighborhood. Open slightly less than two weeks, the cleverly designed [...]

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Signs of Guarded Optimism at Shopping Center Convention

by Harold Shumacher

The hugs were longer and the handshakes heartier at this year’s International Council of Shopping Center’s annual convention (RECON) held in Las Vegas in late May. After last year’s event, which was lightly attended and marked by lots of gloom and doom, the mood this year was more upbeat.  Last year, for many attendees, it [...]

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Smart Money & Economic Forecasters Confusion!

by Harold Shumacher

A sage observer once noted that if you laid all the economists in the world end-to-end you still couldn’t reach a conclusion. That same statement may be applicable to real estate professionals.  In the past few weeks I’ve been to a half dozen different seminars, panel presentations, peer meetings, networking events etc. You get the idea. [...]

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Maybe, the glass is more than half full!

by Harold Shumacher

Maybe, the glass is more than half full Hard data about restaurant sales is often hard to come by-most of what we hear is anecdotal (a salesman guesstimating revenues based on the number of cases of tomatoes consumed in a week) or an owner throwing out a number in a casual conversation.. One local source, [...]

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Economy begins to Blossom

by Harold Shumacher

In our backyard, the first signs of springs are appearing. Bright yellow and purple crocuses, slips of daffodils and the first forming buds of the dogwoods, cherry and azaleas. There is a sense of renewal and a new season to look forward to. Several conversations over the past few days-with a variety of professionals-gives me [...]

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Too Poor to Paint; Too Proud to Whitewash

by Harold Shumacher

In the 1890’s, a journalist from Washington D.C. made this observation to describe Charleston’s genteel bourgeoisie. Still reeling from the “war of northern aggression,” as some here still call it.  the city had a tired feel and look.  A century later it’s a changed place-alive with re-developing neighborhoods, a thriving restaurant scene and an economy [...]

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Real Estate Market Highlights

by Harold Shumacher

Rent abatements/lease extensions…Landlords are still willing to work with tenants but are working more from an objective standpoint than one of fear (like a year ago when the world seemed to be ending.) Most landlords will want to see 1-2 years of p&l’s,  documentation of what’s occurring. More importantly-for you I would think-they want to [...]

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Harold Shumacher explores Chicago’s food scene

by Harold Shumacher

The newest installment of the venerable Shumacher Group Newsletter is hot off the press! You won’t want to miss the unique insights from Atlanta’s leading restaurant specialist as he discusses The Windy City from the perspective of the food business. An excerpt: Another feature we anticipate seeing more of is “green leases.” That is, leases [...]

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Shumacher Sells Alpharetta Pisces Restaurant With Real Estate

by Harold Shumacher

The Shumacher Group,Inc. has just sold the Pisces Restaurant at 4120 Old MIlton Parkway in Alpharetta. The restaurant is 7,800 sq/ft. on 1.7 acres. This transaction included the sale of land, building, furniture, fixtures, and equipment.  This sale represents a commitment to the North Fulton market in the midst  of emerging opportunities and may be the [...]

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Shumacher Group Helps Create Hundreds of New Jobs in 2009

by Harold Shumacher

Shumacher Group Helps Create Hundreds of New Jobs in 2009 Amidst all the doom and gloom of high unemployment rates, continued bank failures and Wall Street bail outs it’s easy to lose focus on the bigger picture. The reality remains that 85 to 90% of the American working population still has jobs and businesses continue [...]

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We are the Atlanta Restaurant Specialists

by Harold Shumacher

The Shumacher Group is an Atlanta-based real estate company that specializes in two principal areas: site selection for regional and national restaurant and retail chains and the sale of existing restaurants and businesses. In addition the company lists surplus properties and selected sub-leases. Other services provided are business evaluations, lease re-negotation, expert witness testimony, and consulting. The majority of [...]

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Former Flambeaux, Lithonia Georgia

by Harold Shumacher

#1021 FORMER FLAMBEAUX. Located at 2871 Stonecrest Circle Lithonia, GA 30038. Just listed…Bank Owned property. 7800 sq. ft. building plus mezzanine seating totaling close to 9,000 sq. ft. . Two acres. 125 parking spaces. Visible from I-20. fully equipped. Adjacent to 1 mm plus square foot mall (Stonecrest). Priced at $2,450,000 but very negotiable.

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Highway 78, Stone Mountain Georgia

by Harold Shumacher

#1017 Bank Owned property/motivated Seller. Located at 3991 Highway 78 Stone Mountain, GA. (at intersection of Ga. Hwy. 78 and Killian Hill Road). 9,180 sq. ft. building 2.68 acres with cross easements. $1,299,000. Site is adjacent to highly successful Red Lobster, Longhorn Steakhouse and Chili’s. Click here to download for demos:

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Prime Development Property Acworth Georgia

by Harold Shumacher

#1014 PROPERTY Located at 3339 Cobb Pkwy NW, Acworth, GA. 1.3 acres. Priced at $1,400,000. Ideal site for small development or user. Priced to sell. Click here to download Acworth Land Demos:

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