Commercial Construction & Renovation

Sweetgreen will open a new location today in Tower 3 at New York City’s World Trade Center, which will feature a mobile pickup station where customers can pick up digital orders indoors or outside. FastCasual

Los Angeles-based Amped Kitchen has turned a former Zenith television factory in Chicago into its third facility, with 64 commercial kitchen spaces. While some of the tenants are restaurants looking to grow off-premises sales, most of the space will be …

Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Michael Mina and Mina Group President Patric Yumul will open Mother Tongue, a 5,000-square-foot Los Angeles restaurant that will focus on plant-forward options and dishes made with few processed ingredients. Los Angeles Times

Chicago-style hot dog chain Portillo’s raised just above $405 million in its initial public stock offering Thursday, which gave the company a valuation of nearly $1.9 billion. Portillo’s plans to grow from 67 restaurants to 600 over the next 25 …

Shaquille O’Neal and partners JRS Hospitality and Authentic Brands have mapped an aggressive growth plan for Shaq’s Big Chicken, a concept created by the basketball star in 2018. The chain has started a new franchising program and plans to grow …

Multibrand operator 50 Eggs Hospitality Group will team with Michelin-starred chef Tetsuya Wakuda to launch Wakuda, a new concept that will open locations in both Las Vegas and Singapore in 2022. The Las Vegas location will fill a 12,000-square-foot space …

Fast-casual chains saw traffic return during the summer after declines that started with the pandemic last year, according to NPD Group, which credits increased off-premises efforts for the rebound. Fast-casual traffic grew 8% in August from the same month last …

TGI Fridays has teamed with ghost kitchen operator Reef Technology on a plan to create delivery-only locations for the casual dining brand in as many as 300 global locations, starting with Reef’s hometown of Miami. Reef has been in expansion …

Traditional franchise openings underpin Tropical Smoothie Cafe‘s plans to open 150 units in 2022, up from its goal of 130 units this year. QSR