The Burger King restaurant at 4057 Holcomb Bridge Road in Norcross has closed. The restaurant, located at the corner of Spalding Drive and Holcomb Bridge Road, had been in business more than 30 years before abruptly closing this past Saturday. Signs posted to the shuttered restaurant's doors directed would-be patrons to the Burger King at 3215 Peachtree Corners Circle, about two miles away.
Both locations are owned by Atlanta-based GPS Hospitality, a large franchisee of both Burger King and Popeyes restaurant chains. Burger King and Popeyes are themselves both owned by Restaurant Brands International (RBI)
The closure of the Norcross Burger King comes just over a year after GPS closed their Dunwoody restaurant, about five miles away, at 5468 Chamblee Dunwoody Road. The Dunwoody location, and the nearby Dunwoody area alternative to which it directed patrons [4537 Chamblee Dunwoody Road] were also owned by GPS. Despite interest in the Dunwoody restaurant space, the former Burger King remains vacant at present.
There are reportedly no immediate plans for the shuttered Norcross restaurant. Gwinnett County property records indicate the roughly 3,100 square foot restaurant was built in 194 and sits on .75 acres. Gwinnett County values the land at $457,400 and the building at $337,700 for a total of $795,100.
Metro Atlanta is littered with former Burger King restaurants, most of which have found new life as other restaurants. Those include:
3625 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth (now Bojangles')
4111 Stone Mountain Highway in Lilburn (now J. Buffalo Wings)
2839 North Druid Hills Road at Toco Hills (demolished and rebuilt as Steak 'n Shake)
1841 Piedmont Avenue in Piedmont Heights (now Dunkin' Donuts)
10350 Alpharetta Street in Roswell (vacant)
2425 Peachtree Road in south Buckhead (demolished and awaiting residential development)
The now former Burger King in Norcross, with its location at the corner of Spalding Drive and Holcomb Bridge Road, should make it appealing not only for other restaurants but perhaps banks, too.
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