PITTSBURGH, Sept. 20, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation (Pink Sheets:UPZS), a Delaware Corporation, announces that LKN Investment Partners LLC has signed a new lease for an impressive space at 4455 NC highway 49, South Harrisburg, NC 28075 with a projected opening mid November '07. This location will be the third for LKN Investment Partners and the fourth location in the North Carolina market. David Koran of LKN Investment Partners states, "This is our third lease signing and it should show people how committed LKN is to the expansion of Unique Pizza and Subs across the Carolinas. We are in the process of getting our second location open in Granite Quarry, NC and now with this third lease signed it is an exciting time for us, not only as franchisees and shareholders, but just being a part of the communities, making new friends, and having the chance to give back."
This new location will have a capacity of 85 people with seating for 60 in the dining room and 25 on the outside patio area. It is located in a prime area by the Charlotte Motor Speedway and will not only be a destination for the community but for race fans as well. Besides offering Unique Pizza's extensive menu, the plans are for video games and many plasma TVs to watch all the racing action at the speedway.
Bill Vowler, Executive Vice President and General Manager of UPZS, states, "We are working very closely with our friends at LKN Investment Partners to assist them in any way possible with their planned store openings. They have been working overtime to continue a strong pace of signing leases and opening stores. North Carolina is going to be an exciting market for a long time with the growing number of developments happening throughout that region and we will be there helping franchisees take advantage of that every step of the way."
In addition, the second location of LKN Investment Partners at 215 Salisbury Road, Granite Quarry, NC is planning on opening 4 weeks ahead of it projected late October 2007 date. LKN continues its eagerness of opening stores ahead of schedule. They have again motivated the contractors working on the project to do everything possible to get this location open earlier than expected due to the excitement from the community.
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