Site Criteria
Panda Express is the fastest growing Gourmet Chinese food concept served in a fast casual environment
within the United States. We are aggressively seeking locations in Regional and Super
Regional Shopping Centers; in high visibility power centers; at major street intersections;
on university campuses; in sports arenas; casinos; grocery stores; and other non-traditional food court sites. All restaurants are operated by the corporation and we do not offer franchises. We look forward to establishing relationships with developers, real estate brokers and landlords.
Following are our site parameters. If your site specifics meet our criteria, we
are very interested in talking with you!
Site Standards
(5 - 10 minute drive time)
END CAP/FREESTANDING WITH OR WITHOUT DRIVE THRU
- High Visibility
- Building Size - End Cap: 1,800 - 2,000 square feet
Freestanding: 2,200 - 2,600 square feet with patio
- 30 Parking Spaces
- 50 seats
- Minimum Ceiling Height 14’ – Drive Thru Plus
- Pole/Monument and Building Signage
TRAFFIC GENERATORS
- Heavy retail; daytime employment; shopping centers, entertainment
- Going Home side of traffic
- Strong balance of residential and daytime activity
- Trade Area Residential Population > 65,000
- Trade Area Day Population > 30,000
- Average Daily traffic > 45,000 cars combined main and cross streets
NON TRADITIONAL AND MALL SITES
- Mall Size: > 1,000,000 square feet
- # Anchors: 3+
- University and College Campuses with > 14,000 population
- Casinos
- Major Airports
- Major Entertainment Centers
- Arenas and Stadiums
- Hospitals
- Visibility and Accessibility
BUILDING REQUIREMENTS
- Food Courts: 800 – 1,000 square feet (minimum frontage 24 ft)
- In Line: 1,800 – 2,000 square feet (minimum frontage 35 ft)
- Utilities: Stubbed to space
Submit a Site
Please provide full information regarding rent, percentage rent, CAM, food court
CAM, Merchant Association Dues, Promotional Fees and other costs for review by PRG.
In addition, include a site plan and premise plan with actual dimensions. Our criteria
can be flexible, therefore, submit all sites that you believe may be of interest
to us. To submit your site to the Restaurant Development Group for consideration,
please e-mail to
Stephanie.Verdugo@PandaRG.com.
No franchises are available at this time, however,
we look forward to working with you in the development
of a new Panda Express in your center!