Burgeri, the Qatar-based burger concept, is to make its debut in the UK after acquiring the Central & Co site from Urban Leisure Group (ULG), M&C has learnt.
The burger concept, which currently operates one site in Doha, is believed to have paid c£1.9m to acquire the lease of the on Great Marlborough Street.
ULG, which is led by Adrian Hartley, will use the funds to aid its expansion in the capital, with plans to open six sites in total this year.
The eight-strong group, which saw like-for-like sales climb 15.8% in December, is due to launch Heist Bank, serving wood-fired pizza, local beer and fresh flowers, in Paddington in late February or early March.
Its most recent opening was Coin Laundry in December, bringing 1970s-inspired cuisine and cocktails to Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell.
It is to open a third venue under the name of The Alice House in Putney East after the success of the first in Queen’s Park and West Hampstead.
It is also planning to open a new site focused on gin in Hackney Wick and also to take the company’s “love affair with the ‘70s to the next level” with the newly acquired wine bar La Brocca in West Hampstead.
Hartley said he would like to open a further two venues in 2017 but there would inevitably be a period of consolidation.
Seb Howard at CBRE and Sammy Weinbaum at CDG are thought to have acted on the Great Marlborough Street deal.
