A Los Angeles fast-food chain that specializes in Nashville-style fried chicken is planning to spice up Bailey’s Crossroads.
Dave’s Hot Chicken is coming to the Crossroads Place shopping center, situated at the intersection of Leesburg Pike and South Jefferson Street, property manager Levin Management, a New Jersey-based realty management company, announced last week.
Neither Levin nor Dave’s Hot Chicken has confirmed an opening date, only stating that the chain has secured a lease for a 2,300-square-foot space in the shopping center.
“Crossroads Place offers a great location in a high-demand market and proved to be an ideal fit for this popular chain’s continued growth,” Rappaport Executive Director of Brokerage Melissa Webb, who serves as a local representative for Levin, said in a press release. “Dave’s Hot Chicken diversifies the center’s dining options.”
Founded in 2017, Dave’s Hot Chicken offers a menu centered on Nashville hot chicken, including tenders and sliders that are available in seven spice levels, from “no spice” to “Reaper.” The menu also features house-made kale slaw, mac and cheese, french fries, and milkshakes.
The new establishment at Crossroads Place will be the fifth Dave’s Hot Chicken location in the D.C. area. It opened its first Virginia location last August in Tysons.
Upon its opening, the restaurant will face some stiff competition. Within a half-mile radius, there are at least five other chicken-focused eateries, including Buffalo Wild Wings, the Peruvian-style The Chicken Place, Edy’s Chicken & Steak, Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken and Wings and Wingstop.
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Crossroads Place, which also features Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, Chipotle, Einstein Bagels, Quickway Japanese Hibachi and Starbucks, draws 3.7 million visitors per year, according to real-time traffic data from Placer.ai. Anchored by a Giant food store and Burlington, the property’s tenant mix also includes HomeGoods, T.J.Maxx, Cost Plus World Market, KC Beauty and Mattress Warehouse, along with neighborhood conveniences such as a nail salon and optometrist.
The center serves a growing residential population of more than 579,000 people within a five-mile radius, and the marketplace boasts an average household income of more than $186,000. Crossroads Place also benefits from a daily traffic count of 30,000 vehicles on Leesburg Pike. One 12,500-square-foot space remains available at Crossroads Place.
For seven decades, LMC has served as a trusted single-source commercial real estate services provider for institutional and private owners. Its diversified, retail-focused leasing and management portfolio includes 125 properties totaling more than 16 million square feet in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
