17949 S Halsted Street

Description

Exceptional opportunity to lease a 1,300 square foot turnkey second-generation restaurant in one of Homewood's most established retail corridors. Located at the highly visible, signalized intersection of Halsted Street (IL Route 1) and Ridge Road, this fully built-out restaurant offers a rare opportunity for a new operator to open quickly while avoiding the significant time, expense, and permitting associated with a traditional restaurant build-out. Positioned within a fully occupied neighborhood shopping center with approximately 35 parking spaces, the property benefits from outstanding visibility, convenient access, and exposure to more than 66,000 combined vehicles per day, making it an ideal location for both local and destination dining. The thoughtfully designed layout includes a welcoming customer dining area with high ceilings, ordering counter, spacious commercial kitchen, dedicated food preparation areas, dry storage, walk-in cooler and freezer, ADA-compliant restroom, and efficient back-of-house workflow that supports dine-in, carryout, delivery, and catering operations. The existing commercial kitchen is already equipped with a large Type I exhaust hood, fire suppression system, stainless steel prep areas, three-compartment sink, hand sink, gas service, HVAC, fire alarm system, grease management infrastructure, and numerous permanent restaurant fixtures, allowing a new tenant to substantially reduce startup costs and accelerate opening timelines. This versatile restaurant space is well suited for a wide variety of food concepts including barbecue, Mexican, tacos, breakfast, brunch, pizza, seafood, chicken, Mediterranean, soul food, Caribbean cuisine, Asian cuisine, cafes, bakeries, sandwich shops, dessert concepts, smoothie bars, meal preparation services, ghost kitchens, and catering operations. The efficient floor plan provides flexibility for both owner-operated businesses and expanding regional or national franchise concepts seeking a move-in-ready location with existing restaurant infrastructure. Surrounded by established residential neighborhoods, national retailers, local businesses, and minutes from Metra commuter rail service, this prime South Suburban location offers excellent demographics, strong daytime population, and consistent consumer traffic throughout the day. Opportunities to lease a fully equipped, move-in-ready restaurant of this quality and location are increasingly rare. Available immediately, subject to landlord approval of the lease assignment.