This past March we shared news that Fuddruckers would be opening ten new mall-based locations nationwide including two in metro Atlanta. The news was met with tremendous enthusiasm with at least one reader requesting "bi-weekly status updates," and even going so far as to volunteer his time to hire permit expediters. The plan then was for the restaurants to open by the end of 2022. ToNeTo Atlanta has now learned that the number of openings - all of which were planned in partnership with property owner Brookfield Properties Retail - has been reduced to a single location...
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Black Titan Franchise Systems, LLC acquired then 92 unit Fuddrucker's from former owner Luby's as part of their bankruptcy liquidation in June 2021. The sales price was estimated to be approximately $18.5 million. Nicholas Perkins, who controls Black Titan, was at the time of the acquisition already a Fuddruckers franchisee operating 13 restaurants.
Perkins said of the original agreement with Brookfield: "We are excited to partner with Brookfield Properties, expanding our geographic footprint across the country and making Fuddruckers accessible to an even greater number of guests."
ToNeTo Atlanta reached out to Dennard Lascar, a Texas-based investor relations firm listed in the 2021 Brookfield release as the contact for Houston-based Fuddruckers, but did not immediately hear back.
Two Fuddruckers remain in business within TA Travel Centers in Georgia: One in Commerce, the other in Richmond Hill, near Savannah.
While Fuddruckers may no longer be opening in Perimeter or Cumberland Malls, the two metro malls do have several restaurants in their immediate pipeline.
At Perimeter, 26 Thai Kitchen, Buffalo Wild Wings, P.F. Chang's and Doc B's, a new to market American eatery, will all in the coming months open new locations at the mall. Cumberland, too, will welcome new restaurants, but to its food court, where both Popeyes and Corndogs by Mr. Chow will be opening soon.
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