Sandella's Signs First Lease In Ill., Will Open In September 2008

(Sunday, June 22, 2008) - JSM Development is pleased to announce the execution of a lease with Sandella's Flatbread Café to be located at Gregory Place East, 700 S Gregory in Urbana. Sandella's, an upscale, fast casual restaurant, will occupy 1,500 square feet on the first floor of the building. Construction will begin on the restaurant immediately and is expected to open by September 15th, 2008.

Daniel Hunt and Christopher Fetters of the Bloomington-Normal area are the franchisees for the central Illinois area and this will be their first of six locations to open in the next few years. The Urbana location will be the company's first location in Illinois.

"Sandella's popularity is growing by leaps and bounds nationwide because of its health conscious menu, friendly atmosphere and reasonable prices,"� said Dan Hunt. "We are looking forward to opening the very first Illinois Sandella's restaurant in Urbana and working with JSM Development."�

Listed in Fast Casual's Top 400 and named the seventh fastest growing concept according to Restaurant Business Magazine, Sandella's Flatbread is a healthy fast casual restaurant concept with over 125 open locations nationwide and 300 more in development. Sandella's incorporates the hottest trends in the fast casual segment, offering consumers fresh, hot and healthy menu items such as grilled paninis, sandwiches, grilled flatbreads and quesadillas""all made with their own delicious flatbread which is kosher and fat free. Already ahead of its time, Sandella's is trans-fat free and listed in the Weight Watchers Points Guide.

"Sandella's is an exciting addition to the Gregory Place development as it provides another dining choice for the east campus area and the Urbana neighborhoods. JSM is looking forward to a long, working relationship with the franchisee as they expand the concept in Central Illinois,"� stated Jill Guth, Director of Development for JSM.

JSM Development owns over 850 student apartments near the University of Illinois campus as well as 285,000 square feet of commercial space in Champaign-Urbana. JSM is also presently developing 507 Green, which will house Urban Outfitters as well as Uptown Crossing in Normal, Illinois and have recently acquired the Illinois Disciples Foundation building at the corner of Springfield and Wright Streets in Champaign, presently being marketed as University Place.

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