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Posted: May 21, 2008
National Commercial Brokers to represent Panera Bread in Boston
According to Harmon Lewis and Ed Gerwig from National Commercial Brokers, they are now representing Panera Bread Corp. with their expansion within the greater Boston marketplace.
Panera Bread is a publicly traded company which currently has over 1,000 company and franchise owned bakery cafes throughout the U.S. and Canada. Panera is considered to be one of the top fast casual restaurant concepts in the industry.
Panera Bread typically looks for end cap, free standing and store blocks ranging in size from 3,500 s/f to 4,500 s/f plus an outdoor patio area in urban and suburban markets. They have been very successful throughout New England and are committed to continue its growth within this marketplace.
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