WINGSTOP NOW OPEN IN THE REGION

   Plymouth Meeting, PA  — Fameco Real Estate, L.P., the region’s foremost full service retail real estate firm, is pleased to announce the signing of the area’s first two Wingstop restaurants.  

    According to Marc Mandel, the Fameco salesperson who represented Wingstop, “this concept is poised to expand the region, but initially is focused on urban locations. “ The first restaurant recently opened and is located at the intersection of Broad Street and Cecil B. Moore on Temple University’s campus. The second unit, expected to open this summer, is located on Roosevelt Boulevard at Red Lion Road in the northeast section of Philadelphia. Plans for a third restaurant are underway.  Wingstop was founded in 1994 and now has more than 600 restaurants nationally. It was recently ranked number 1 in the chicken-wing category by Entrepreneur Magazine. In 1997, the company began franchising its stores.

    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 over 150 shopping centers and retail properties totaling 17 million square feet, manages more than 11 million square feet of retail space and exclusively represents more than 75 retailers expanding in the tri-state area.   Fameco's Investment Sales Team has completed transactions in excess of $1 billion.  Fameco is the ChainLinks member shareholder in the Delaware Valley. ChainLinks is the nation's largest retail-only real estate provider with 62 regional brokerage firms in the U.S. and Canada.

 March 20, 2009