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Posted: April 24, 2014
Jones Lang LaSalle leases 4,876 s/f to Chick-Fil-A in Chicopee
Chick-Fil-A opened its first freestanding Mass. location, a project managed by Jones Lang LaSalle's project and development services group. This is the company's first stand-alone restaurant in the state. Additional Chick-Fil-A restaurants exist in food court locations in the North Shore, Burlington and Pheasant Lane Malls.
The new 4,876 s/f Chicopee location was constructed on a 57,271 s/f lot at 501 Memorial Dr.
JLL is working with Chick-Fil-A on a New England expansion which includes the permitting of 12 restaurants, with 4 more starting construction this spring.
The expansion will bring additional Chick-Fil-A locations to Mass., Conn., N.Y., Rhode Island, Vermont and Maine, and is planned to continue through 2020.
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