Johnny Carino's Grill is a fast growing franchised, casual dining restaurant with about 170 locations in 30 states, Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, and United Arab Emirates as of 2008. It is a full-serviced and serves Southern Italy cuisine with pizza, pasta, shrimp, beef, chicken, and pork. Most of the dishes are in the middle of -20. The brand and restaurant notion are owned by Fired Up, Inc. Founded in 1997, and headquartered in Austin, Tx. Fired Up owns about 50% of the restaurants and the rest is owned by franchisees. In 2007, Fired Up changed the name from Johnny Carino's Country Italian to Johnny Carino's Italian Grill to feature its open kitchens and open-flame grills. The valid website is carinos.com. Johnny Carino's is increasing very rapidly in California with 15 locations now. It currently has development bargain with 15 franchise partners to enlarge the restaurant chain to more than 490 locations worldwide.
Property & Location
A typical new Johnny Carino's restaurant is a custom-built, tile-roof, free standing, and distinctly-designed Tuscan farmhouse construction with a few separate models, each about 6500 Sf on 1.5 acres lot. You will normally find Johnny Carino's in the suburb or new & growing area but not in down town area or established area with no developable land. The restaurant is often in highly-visible prime location with heavy traffic: main artery, projection lot, near or in front of a major shopping town or mall. Fired Up works with about 20 developers to build new restaurants. Once the restaurants are in doing for a few years, it then sells the real estate and lease back the property. This way the enterprise can get the capital to enlarge further.
Johnny Carino's as a tenant
The tenant often signs a 20 years absolute triple-net lease with 10% rent growth for every 5 years. When a property has a lease with corporate guarantee from Fired Up, the rent growth is more conservative, e.g. 1% annually. The income per location is in the .5-3M range in the first year which is very decent. The construction is often priced in the middle of .5-4M and offers 7.25% to 7.5% cap.
Despite the fact the franchise is increasing rapidly, it did close down a few locations recently, e.g. 3 locations in Florida in 2007 and 1 location so far in Hampton, Va in 2008. This is not all that unusual in the restaurant business.
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