Atlanta Commercial Real Estate: Location Is Key Ingredient To Fast Food Restaurant Success

Interested in buying, franchising or starting your own fast food restaurant in Atlanta? If so, then you may want to take a page from the success book of Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits restaurants. Below is a tidbit of information that you may want to include in your own secret recipe for fast food restaurant success.

"The ideal Popeye's restaurant is located on a corner lot of at least 25,000 square feet, with traffic light access. The company prefers locations on the 'going home' side of major commuter routes with an average daily traffic count of at least 20,000 and population counts of at least 25,000 within 2 miles, with median income between $30,000 - $85,000."

Source: CoStar's Retail News Roundup: Mar. 16 to 22, 2008