What should replace Rama Thai restaurant in the Gaslamp? “Alex Thao announced earlier this month his decision to close two of his downtown Asian restaurants, Saja Korean Kitchen and Rama, and is completely transferring the management of Lucky Liu’s, a dim-sum eatery he opened in 2013. Rama, a Thai restaurant known for its stone waterfall interior and booths enclosed by…
Avila’s El Ranchito now has 12 restaurants under its banner after opening a Seal Beach location in late August, though it lacks one thing: a headquarters. Each location is individually owned – most by the children of Salvador and Margarita Avila, who moved to Los Angeles in 1958 from Mexico and in 1966 opened the first Avila’s in Huntington Park…
The Flame — a landmark lesbian bar that opened in 1984, and then changed hands 20 years later — was sold this week to a Hillcrest developer. James Nicholas of Clownfish Partners, who bought the vacant property at 3780 Park Blvd. from seller Donny Duenas for $1.9 million, told San Diego Uptown News that he will be turning the single-story…
A fresh bar concept has the opportunity to get in on the ground floor. A gay hotspot for decades until it closed a few years ago, the landmark building at 3780 Park Boulevard that housed The Flame nightclub since the mid-80s has just been sold. Location Matters’ Mike Spilky represented both the seller and the buyer of the property, which…
San Diego, California – October 7, 2015 Location Matters Brokerage Services is proud to announce the recent sale of a single story street retail property in the urban community of University Heights/Hillcrest on Park Boulevard for the price of $1,900,000, which included the real estate, liquor license, and other personal property. The total building area is 7,800 square feet and…
San Diego, California – September 10, 2015 Location Matters Brokerage Services announces that it recently sold a mixed-use property in the urban community of North Park on El Cajon Boulevard for the price of $1,065,000. The total building area, which includes two retail storefronts and a detached duplex, is 3,756 square feet and sits on a 7,118 square foot lot….
San Diego, California – July 20, 2015 Location Matters Brokerage Services announces that it recently sold a single story retail building in the urban community of North Park for $925,000 to buyers, Paul Sloman & Virginia Sloman. The 2,500 square foot building was built in 1947 and sits on a 3,500 square foot lot on 30th Street between University and…
San Diego, California – June 22, 2015 Location Matters Brokerage Services announces that it has facilitated the first San Diego County lease for Ike’s Place at The HUB | Hillcrest Market located at 1030 University Avenue in Hillcrest. Based in San Francisco, Ike’s Place has 13 locations in Northern California, 1 in Los Angeles, and 2 in Arizona. The new…
Location Matters secured ad space in the pre-ICSC April issue of Shopping Centers Today magazine. The ad features the 7,900 square foot “Monumental Restaurant Space” they are leasing at San Diego International Airport’s Rental Car Center, currently under construction and slated to open Q1 2016. What better way to get the word out than to advertise right before RECon, the largest…
