Popular Asian/Southwest fusion restaurant opening new location in Forest Acres

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Georgia-based restaurant chain Takosushi will soon be opening a second location in the Columbia area. The restaurant will be opening a location in the Forest Park shopping center in Forest Acres, moving into space that formerly housed a Pizza Hut and a Baskin Robbins.

The shopping center, anchored by Lowes Foods, is located at 4711 Forest Drive. Colliers South Carolina’s Rox Pollard, Danny Bonds and John Gressette represented the landlord, Forest Park LLC in the lease of 2,400 square feet in the shopping center to Takosushi, according to a news release.

Takosushi serves eastern Asian and southwestern United States-inspired cuisine. Forest Park will be Takosushi’s eighth location across Georgia and South Carolina and the second location in Columbia.

The other Columbia location of Takosushi is in the historic Arcade building at 1332 Main St. downtown. The restaurant also has locations in Georgia and other South Carolina locations in Aiken and Greenville.

“We are excited to be a part of the Forest Acres community,” said James Williams, co-owner of Takosushi.  Whether you are looking for a light lunch, a place to grab a drink or a hearty dinner, we feel that TakoSushi has something for everyone. Being headquartered here in the Midlands, this location is especially important to us.”

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No opening date for the Forest Acres location has been set. Forest Acres officials confirmed that the restaurant has already sought construction permits from the city.

The 90,000-square-foot center’s tenants include Lowes Foods, Eggs Up Grill, CVS and UPS Store, along with a mix of local and regional boutique retailers and national brands. This center is adjacent to the mixed-use development on the former Cardinal Newman School site, Cardinal Crossing, consisting of 256 apartments, complemented by 42,000 square feet of commercial space including ground-level shops fronting Forest Drive.

"Takosushi will be a welcome addition to Forest Park and all of Forest Acres with its excellent cuisine, top-notch service, outdoor seating and fun atmosphere," Pollard said. "The space, formerly occupied by Baskin Robbins, will be completely renovated which keeps with the landlord’s commitment to keeping Forest Park a highly important amenity to the Forest Acres community."

Pollard is a vice president and director of Retail Services at Colliers specializing in the sale, leasing and development consultation of retail properties across the state. Bonds is a senior brokerage associate specializing in the leasing of neighborhood shopping centers and Gressette is a brokerage associate working with tenants, landlords, sellers and purchasers to lease, purchase and sell retail properties of all sizes.