Teska Associates, Inc. (TAI) and Valerie S. Kretchmer Associates, Inc. (VSKA) prepared a list of potential retailers, restaurants and services that could be candidates for the Peoria Riverfront. The attached list is based on the following criteria:
- Size of available buildings and sites
- Location of stores and restaurants that are considered competitive
- Businesses known to be expanding or possibly expanding in
- Store location criteria (e.g., population within a given distance and incomes of core customers)
- Retail gaps identified in the market study
The list includes some convenience-oriented retailers and restaurants that cater to the downtown employee and resident population, as well as destination retailers and restaurants that will complement the planned
Several caveats are in order when reviewing this list.
- While a given store may indicate that it is looking at sites in
- Few retailers are actually seeking out new locations as of Spring 2009 even if they have indicated in the Retail Tenant Directory that they are looking at sites for expansion.
- Most retailers require spaces to be in rent-ready condition.
- Additional criteria relative to space configuration (store frontage) and traffic (average daily traffic counts on a main road) may also apply.
A summary spreadsheet with the names and sizes of potential tenants by category is attached. Detailed contact information is in a separate Excel file.
We also suggest that the City of
Prepared as a part of the Central Illinois Economic Development Corporation Regional Retail Study by Teska Associates, Inc. and Valerie S. Kretchmer Associates, Inc.
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| Food and Entertainment | |
| A.P.G. Enterprise Inc. | 3,000 |
| | 3,000-8,000 |
| Ale House Restaurants | 7,000 |
| All American Specialty Restaurants, Inc. | 900-3,000 |
| Anna Shay Chocolates & Lounge | 1,900 |
| Antonio's Pizza | |
| Applebee's International, Inc. | 5,300 |
| Argo Tea Café | |
| Asian Concepts, Inc. | 450-5,000 |
| Au Bon Pain | |
| Auntie Anne's, Inc. | |
| Aureflam Corporation | 2,000-4,000 |
| Aurelio's Pizza, Inc. | 2,000-4,000 |
| Avanti's Italian Restaurant | |
| B.R. Guest Inc. | 5,000 |
| BAB, Inc. | 500-2,000 |
| Bacin Restaurant Group | 2,000-5,000 |
| Back Yard Burgers Inc. | 2,900 |
| Baja Fresh Mexican Grill | 2,200-2,500 |
| Barnie's Coffee & Tea Co., Inc. | 1,200-2,000 |
| Bear Creek Coffee | 1,000 |
| Bear Rock Holdings, Inc. | 2,800-3,800 |
| Beard Papa's | 800-1,000 |
| Beef-A-Roo | 2,500-3,500 |
| Bellacino's Corp. | 2,800 |
| Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc. | 150-1,200 |
| Benchmark Enterprises/Salt Creek Grille | 8,000-10,000 |
| Biaggi's Ristorante Italiano | 9,500 |
| Biggby Coffee | 1,200-1,800 |
| Boloco | |
| Bortz Entertainment Group Inc. | 2,000-10,000 |
| Boston Pizza Restaurants, LP | 6,500 |
| Bravo Restaurants, Inc. | 1,500-6,500 |
| Breadeaux Pisa Inc. | 800-2,000 |
| Briad Restaurant Group | 5,400-8,600 |
| Brueggers | |
| Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurants, Inc. | 6,000-8,000 |
| Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. | 5,000-7,000 |
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| Buffalo Wings & Rings, LLC | 800-5,000 |
| Bullets Corporation of | 100-2,000 |
| Burgermaster | 2,500 |
| Camille's Sidewalk Cafe | 1,500-2,500 |
| Campero USA Corp. | 2,000-5,000 |
| Caribou Coffee Company, Inc. | 1,600 |
| Champps Entertainment, Inc. | 7,500-13,000 |
| Charley's Grilled Subs | 600-1,700 |
| Cheddar's Casual Cafe | 7,800 |
| Chester Dairy Co. | 1,000-3,000 |
| | 1,200-6,500 |
| Chick-Fil-A | 4,500 |
| Chick-N-Grill | 2,500-3,500 |
| Chili's | |
| | |
| Chinese Gourmet Express | 800-900 |
| Chipati Inc. | 1,100-2,000 |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. | 1,000-2,800 |
| CiCi Enterprises Inc. | 3,600-5,000 |
| City Bites | 2,500 |
| CKE Restaurants, Inc. | 2,000-4,000 |
| Claddagh Irish Pubs | 8,000 |
| CM Franchise Systems | |
| Coborn's, Inc. | 4,000-68,000 |
| Colonial Ice Cream Inc. | 1,000-2,000 |
| Connie's Pizza Inc. | 4,000 |
| Corkys' LLC | 4,000-5,000 |
| Corner Bakery Cafe | 4,500 |
| Cornerstone Management | |
| Cousins Subs Systems, Inc. | 1,400-2,000 |
| Crumbs Corps, LLC | 1,200-1,500 |
| CSC, Inc. | 2,400-3,000 |
| Cuppy's Coffee & More, LLC | 1,000 |
| D & M Dairy Stores, Inc. | 2,500 |
| Damon's International, Inc. | 5,800-6,800 |
| Darden Restaurants Inc. (Olive Garden, Red Lobster, etc.) | 5,500-8,600 |
| Daylight Donut Flour Company LLC | 1,200-1,400 |
| Del Taco Inc. | 2,100-2,800 |
| Diamond Dave's Taco Company, Inc. | 2,000-3,000 |
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| Dickey's Barbecue Pit | 1,400-2,400 |
| Dick's Last Resort | 10,000-12,000 |
| DineEquity, Inc. | 4,020-5,000 |
| Dinner By Design | 1,500-2,000 |
| Dippin' Dots Franchising | 800-1,200 |
| Dolly's Pizza Franchising, Inc. | 1,200-1,600 |
| Doolittles Woodfire Grill | 5,500-6,000 |
| Dos Reales | |
| Double Quick, Inc. | 2,500 |
| Dream Dinners, Inc. | 1,000-2,000 |
| Dunn Bros. Coffee Franchising, Inc. | 1,700 |
| E & G Franchise Systems, Inc. | 1,500 |
| Eateries, Inc. | 4,500-5,000 |
| El Guero Inc. | 18,000 |
| El Pollo Loco, Inc. | 2,000-3,200 |
| El Taco Tote Franchise Systems, Ltd. | |
| Emack and Bolio's Ice Cream | 500-1,000 |
| Epic Burger | 2,500 |
| Espresso Royal Café | |
| Fado Pubs Inc. | |
| Famiglia Debartolo, LLC | |
| Family Sports Concepts, Inc. | 2,800-4,000 |
| Famima Corporation | |
| Fannie May Confections, Inc. | 500-1,200 |
| Fat Sandwich Company | |
| Fatburger | 1,400-2,000 |
| Fazoli's Restaurants | 3,500 |
| Figaro's Italian Pizza, Inc. | 1,000-1,500 |
| Fired Up, Inc. | 5,800 |
| Firehouse Restaurant Group | 1,400-2,000 |
| Firkin Pubs | |
| Five & Diner Franchise Corp. | 3,200 |
| Five Guys | |
| Flying J, Inc. | 2,400 |
| FOCUS Brands, Inc. | 500-3,000 |
| Food, Friends & Company | 5,000-7,000 |
| Fox & Hound Restaurant Group | 6,500-11,500 |
| Fox's Pizza Den, Inc. | 800-1,800 |
| Freshens Quality Brands | |
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| Freshii | 600-1,500 |
| Fuzziwig's Candy Factory, Inc. | 850-1,100 |
| Genghis Grill Franchise Concepts, LP | 3,000-3,500 |
| Gerber Group | 2,000-5,000 |
| Giordano's Enterprises, Inc. | 3,000-4,000 |
| Gloria Jean's Gourmet Coffee Corp. | 750-2,500 |
| Golightly & Long LLC | 3,000-5,000 |
| Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group Inc. | 6,000-8,500 |
| Grace Foods, Inc. | |
| Graham C-Stores | 1,500-2,000 |
| Grandma Gebhard's | |
| Grandy's, Inc. | 2,700-3,500 |
| Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. | 10,000 |
| Great Wraps, Inc. | 1,400-1,800 |
| Grill Concepts, Inc. | 5,000-7,700 |
| Growmark, Inc. | 1,500-2,000 |
| Gumby's Pizza Systems, Inc. | 1,500-3,000 |
| Haagen-Dazs Shoppe Co., Inc. | 300-1,200 |
| Handel's Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt | 1,500-2,000 |
| Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream Parlors, Inc. | 3,500-5,700 |
| HAR Grand Corp. | 40,000-70,000 |
| Harmon Foods, Inc. | 16,000-35,000 |
| Heart of America Restaurants & Inns | 8,000-22,000 |
| Hillstone Restaurant Group | 5,000 |
| Home Run Inn Frozen Foods | 2,000-4,000 |
| Homemade Pizza | |
| Homer Group | 30,000 |
| Hot Breads | 2,200 |
| Huddle House, Inc. | 2,000 |
| Imo's Franchising, Inc. | 1,000-2,400 |
| Innovated Restaurant Group, Inc. | 600 |
| Insomnia Cookies | |
| International Dairy Queen, Inc. | 500-2,100 |
| Interstate Bakeries Corp. | 2,000 |
| J & J Restaurant Group | 200-600 |
| J.B. Sullivan, Inc. | |
| J.D. Streett & Company Inc. | |
| Jamba Juice Company | 1,200-1,500 |
| | 1,500-1,800 |
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| Jimmy John's Franchise, Inc. | 900-1,500 |
| Jo to Go America, Inc. | 500-1,200 |
| Jumpin' Juice & Java | 1,000-1,700 |
| Kahala-Cold Stone Corp. | 250-3,000 |
| Karco, Inc. | |
| Kent Family Inc. | 17,250 |
| KG & MG, LLC | 800-1,400 |
| Kilwin's Chocolates Franchise, Inc. | 1,500-1,800 |
| Know Fat Franchise Co. | 2,500 |
| Kum & Go, L.C. | |
| La Bamba | 1,000-2,000 |
| LaGondola & Spaghetti | 3,500-5,000 |
| Lalo's Hospitality Group, Inc. | 10,000 |
| Le Peep Restaurants LLC | 3,200 |
| Lee's Famous Recipes, Inc. | 2,000-3,000 |
| Leisure Systems, Inc. | |
| Lenny's Sub Shops | 10,000-20,000 |
| Leona's Pizzeria Inc. | 2,500-4,000 |
| Let's Dish | |
| Lindy-Gertie Enterprises, Inc. | 700-2,000 |
| | 7,200 |
| Lollicup USA Inc. | 800-1,000 |
| Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Inc. | 5,800-16,500 |
| Lucky Strike Entertainment | 10,000-18,000 |
| Maid-Rite Corporation | 1,800 |
| Malnati Organization, Inc. | 1,500-3,000 |
| mamma ilardo's Corp. | |
| Manchu Wok, Inc. | |
| Marco's Franchising, LLC | 1,200-2,200 |
| Martin & Bayley, Inc. | |
| Maverick Steak House | 7,000 |
| Max's Restaurants | 1,000-7,000 |
| Mazzio's Corporation | 3,000-4,000 |
| McAlister's Corporation (Deli) | 3,300-4,000 |
| MCL Restaurant & Bakery | 8,500-10,500 |
| Meat Heads Serious | 2,500 |
| Melt Franchising, LLC | 1,000 |
| Merry Anne's Diner | |
| Metromedia Steakhouse Co., L.P. | 6,275-8,500 |
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| Millers Ale House | 8,500+ |
| Mother Hubbard, Inc. | |
| Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip | 500-1,500 |
| Niro's Gyros | |
| Noodles & Company | 2,200 |
| Oberweis Franchise Systems, LLC | 2,500-3,000 |
| O'Charley's, Inc. | 7,000-10,000 |
| OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc. | 5,500-7,500 |
| Paciugo Gelato | 800-1,400 |
| Pal's | 2,000-3,000 |
| Panchero's, Inc. | 2,200-2,400 |
| Panda Express | |
| Panda Restaurant Group, Inc. | 800-6,000 |
| Panera Bread Company | 4,200-5,000 |
| | |
| Papa John's International Inc. | 1,100-1,500 |
| Papa Murphy's International, Inc. | 1,200-1,800 |
| Pass Your Plate | 2,000 |
| Peet's Coffee & Tea | 1,200-2,000 |
| Pepe's, Inc. | 3,000 |
| Perkins & Marie Callender's, Inc. | 4,200-7,100 |
| Pizza Factory, Inc. | 200-5,000 |
| Pizza Fusion | 1,800-2,500 |
| Pizza King, Inc. | 2,000-4,000 |
| Pizza Pro, Inc. | 2,500-3,500 |
| Power Smoothie Cafe | 120-1,800 |
| Pret | |
| Pub II | |
| QDOBA Restaurant Corporation | 2,000-2,400 |
| RAM International Ltd. | 6,500 |
| Red Lion Beef Corporation | 2,500-3,600 |
| Red Stone Grill | 12,000-15,000 |
| Ricobene's | 3,000-4,000 |
| Rita's Water Ice Franchise Corp. | 900-1,400 |
| Ritter's Frozen Custard | 1,200-1,500 |
| River City Food Company | 5,000-6,000 |
| RM Hospitality Group, Inc. | 4,000-9,000 |
| RMD Marketing | 2,000 |
| Robeks Fruit Smoothies & Healthy Eats | 700-1,200 |
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. | 5,000-10,000 |
| Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Inc. | 150-1,000 |
| Rotelli Pizza & Pasta, Inc. | 2,200-2,700 |
| Roti | |
| Ruby Tuesday, Inc. | 4,500-5,000 |
| Russell Stover Candies | 3,000-5,000 |
| S.T. Management | 300-2,500 |
| S.V.T., LLC | 70,000 |
| Salad Creations | 800-1,000 |
| Saxby's Coffee | 3,000 |
| Sbarro, Inc. | 300-5,000 |
| Schlotzsky's Franchise LLC | 2,400-2,800 |
| Schoop's Hamburgers, Inc. | 2,000-3,000 |
| | 1,500-2,000 |
| Silver Mine Subs Franchise, Inc. | 3,500 |
| Smoothie King Franchises, Inc. | 800-1,200 |
| SNC JJ Holdings LLC | |
| Sonic Corp. | 1,200-1,700 |
| South Bend Chocolate Co. | 2,000-3,000 |
| Spicy Pickle Franchise, Inc. | 1,500-2,000 |
| Starbucks Corporation | 100-2,000 |
| Starfruit | 700-2,000 |
| Steak-Out Franchising, Inc. | 1,500 |
| Stockade Companies | 6,000-10,000 |
| Street Corner | |
| Stuart Group, Inc. | 2,200 |
| Subway Real Estate Corp. | 300-1,500 |
| Suparossa Restaurant Group | 6,000-10,000 |
| Super Suppers | |
| SushiSamba | |
| Taco John's International, Inc. | 1,000-2,000 |
| Tasti D-Lite, LLC | 500-1,100 |
| Teavana | 500-1,200 |
| Teriyaki Experience | 1,000-1,500 |
| Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | 6,300-7,100 |
| The Bad Ass Coffee Company of Hawaii, Inc. | 1,000-1,500 |
| The Buona Companies | 4,000-20,000 |
| The Coffee Beanery, Ltd. | 800-1,600 |
| The Counter | |
| Retailer | Preferred Gross Leasable Area |
| | |
| The Elephant & Castle Group, Inc. | |
| The Fudgery, Inc. | |
| The Garlic Press | |
| The Great American Bagel | 2,000 |
| The Melting Pot Restaurants, Inc. | 4,000-6,500 |
| The Original Pancake House | 3,400-4,000 |
| The Pasta House Co. | 2,500-6,000 |
| The Pizza Ranch, Inc. | 4,000-10,000 |
| The Portillo Restaurant Group | 5,000-8,000 |
| The Quizno's Master, LLC | 1,200-1,600 |
| The Spaghetti Warehouse | 7,600-13,000 |
| The Steak Escape | 500-3,000 |
| The Taco Maker, Inc. | 400-2,500 |
| Todai SSB, Inc. | |
| Topper's Pizza | 1,400-1,600 |
| Tumbleweed, Inc. | 5,400 |
| U Food Grill | 1,400-2,300 |
| Uncle Julio's Restaurant Corp. | 7,500-10,000 |
| Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp. | 5,500-6,000 |
| Villa Enterprises Management | |
| Village Coffee | 1,200-1,500 |
| Waffle House Inc. | 4,500-5,000 |
| Wahoo's Fish Taco | 2,500 |
| Weber Grill Restaurants | |
| Western Sizzlin Corp. | 7,500-10,000 |
| Whitey's Ice Cream Manufacturing, Inc. | 1,500-3,000 |
| Wings To Go | 1,200-2,000 |
| Wingstop Restaurants | 1,250-1,800 |
| Za's Italian Café | |
| Zoup! Fresh Soup Company | 900-1,500 |
| zpizza, LP | 1,100-1,500 |
| ZyngUs, LLC | 1,800-2,500 |