Newk’s Eatery earlier this week was evicted from its Shops at Metropolis home, at 933 Peachtree St. NE Suite 921, according to an email obtained Tuesday by What Now Atlanta (WNA) that was shared with residents of the Midtown condominiums atop the retail. The quick-service eatery’s furniture and fixtures were placed curbside as part of the legal process.
“Dear residents, we received notice this morning that the retail landlord is in the process of evicting one of their retail tenants, Newk’s,” according to the memo. “For the next few hours, items from the restaurant must be moved to the sidewalk while the process is completed. Everything will be moved back into the restaurant before the end of the workday.”
The space housing Newk’s Eatery earlier this year was listed for lease. Josh Wulz, the Skyline Seven Real Estate leasing associate who holds the listing, told WNA, “We have multiple [Letters of Intent] trading at this time, one of which is very far down the road. We should have a replacement signed soon.”
Newk’s was planning to open back up originally while Wulz and his team searched for a replacement but were “unable to for a variety of reasons,” according to Wulz. “They’ve been cooperating with us throughout this unfortunate process.”
Newk’s has been a longtime tenant in Midtown having opened in the glassy condo tower in 2013. “The retail landlord apologizes for the inconvenience; however, they must complete the eviction process as required by law,” the email states.
[Editor’s note: this article was updated with comments Wednesday from Wulz.]
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Another nail in the coffin of Midtown due to the great Trump Pandemic. It’ll take a long time to recover thanks to Trump’s negligence in his handling of the pandemic. Midtown had made such progress in recent years but it has all been undone in a few months.
Agreed – it’s sad that Trump did not listen to Kemp to open up the state earlier for business. If Trump had not listed to the Doomers like Fauci, WHO and CDC, the entire nation could have been open for business much sooner, likely saving millions of jobs.
The Midtown Newks was on its way out the door way before Covid19. The hours had changed from 7 days per week to Mon-Fri.
Trump had it out for Newks all along.
It was the criminal ring based out of it’s basement that really did Newks in…
Newks, in that location, was barely open before the crisis. They had poor service, shut down well before the posted hours and had horrible service. No loss at all. I knew as soon as they closed that they would never reopen.