PANERA BREAD OPENS ITS 22ND DELAWARE VALLEY STORE IN DELRAN, N.J.

    DELRAN, N.J.--Panera Bread, the rapidly growing bakery-cafe chain, has opened its 22nd Delaware Valley unit in Millside Plaza, Route 130 and Haines Mill Road, in Delran, N.J., it was announced by Fameco Real Estate, the exclusive tenant representative for Panera Bread in the region.

   The new 4,800 s.f. store in Burlington County will soon be joined by three more Panera Bread units currently under construction in Wynnewood and West Chester, Pa., and Cherry Hill, N.J.  According to Brandon Famous, Fameco's Founder,CEO and broker spearheading the Panera account, a total of 48 Panera Bread locations are planned for this region.

     Based in Plymouth Meeting, Pa., Fameco Real Estate is the Delaware Valley's foremost real estate firm in the retail sector. Fameco specializes in retailer representation, owner representation, investment sales and management services in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and beyond. The firm is the exclusive representative for 80 shopping centers and retail properties totaling 13 million square feet in the tri-state area, manages 7.2 million s.f. of retail space nationwide, and exclusively represents more than 75 retailers expanding in the Delaware Valley. Fameco's Investment Sales Team has completed transactions in excess of $1 billion. Fameco is the ChainLinks member shareholder in the Delaware Valley. The nation's largest retail-only real estate provider, ChainLinks encompasses 62 regional brokerage firms in the U.S. and Canada.

Nov 3, 2006