The company has retained Robert K. Futterman & Associates(RKF) to devise a comprehensive real estate strategy for therestaurant company, which currently operates 33 units along theeastern seaboard. The new restaurants will range between 6,500 and8,500 square feet, and be placed in a variety of formats.

"This is not a cookie-cutter operation. Legal Sea Foods goes togreat lengths to fit into very different spaces," Stephen Asch,senior vice president of RKF, tells GSR. "We will be exploring theworld of lifestyle centers, pad sites, and stand-alone locations,and will continue to be interested in malls."

Geographically, RKF will focus on the East Coast, expanding inFlorida and examining Atlanta, among other markets. Nationwideexpansion is not imminent. "Not yet. There's much to do, andmarkets that are untapped," Asch said.

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