Darden is the world's largest casual dining chain, posting $4.02 billion in sales in its fiscal year that ended in May. Darden owns well-known restaurants as Red Lobster and Olive Garden.
In the Denver area, Darden plans a 10,500-sf Bahama Breeze in Lone Tree, just south of the Park Meadows regional mall. The restaurant will seat 300 and is scheduled to open in in mid-October. The other local Bahama Breeze will open in early September in the Flatiron Marketplace near US 36 and 96th Ave. The 8,500-sf restaurant will seat 250.
Each Bahama Breeze boasts an average $6 million in sales annually, about double the sales of an Olive Garden or Red Lobster. Darden has opened 21 of the restaurants across the country so far and plans to open as many as 10 this year.
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free ALM Digital Reader.
Once you are an ALM Digital Member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
*May exclude premium content© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
