Regency area Olive Garden destroyed by fire.

[Overstreet]

I would think Darden Corp. is self insured for this type of thing so they might decide not to rebuild.

It probably depends upon the revenue position of this particular store in relation to the other producers.

[Arlingtondude]

 I spoke to an employee of this restaurant shortly after the fire. She stated that they had just received an award for being the most profitable store in their region.

[coredumped]

That's good news, I'd like to hear what their plans are and I bet their employees would too.
I just can't see them not rebuilding it.

[coredumped]

I heard someone say they were going to rebuild so I tried to look it up. It looks like they're going to rebuild. A lot of people are going to be happy about this:

Call Box has heard from almost a dozen people wanting to know if the popular Italian restaurant is going to rise from the ashes.

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We spoke with Hunter Robinson, communications manager for Olive Garden, and he confirmed that the chain intends to rebuild the restaurant at 9465 Atlantic Blvd. The corporate office in Orlando also has heard from residents eager for its return, Robinson said.

"We're very close to committing to move forward," Robinson said. "We're still working through some of the logistics. We're a couple of months away from being more specific."

As yet, there is no timetable. Since the restaurant was one of the older locations, it will be updated to a more modern version of Olive Garden, he said.

http://members.jacksonville.com/reason/call-box/2014-06-06/story/call-box-residents-miss-regency-olive-garden-destroyed-fire

[I-10east]

^^^Thanks for the update.

[AuditoreEnterprise]

It looked like it was gonna collapse when I saw it yesterday. It was a good draw for the area so I do hope they get it back running.

[Buffaboy]

Hello, I'm from Buffalo and the same exact thing happened at the Hamburg, NY location. I wonder if they will rebuild it.

[Ocklawaha]

Family member has been with Darden for a long, long, time. He said this was absolutely one of the top performing stores in their chain and there are plans to rebuild.

[I-10east]

The Regency Olive Garden will be getting a prototype design that's' smaller and more modern.

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/morning-edition/2014/09/regency-olive-garden-getting-a-new-life.html

[coredumped]

Ribbon cutting ceremony on the 20th:

The Olive Garden restaurant that was destroyed in a fire in January 2014 across from the Regency Square Mall on Atlantic Boulevard is set to re-open this month.

Fire destroys Arlington Olive Garden

A ceremonial ribbon cutting will be held on April 20th at 10:30 AM at the restaurant. 15 employees who worked at the restaurant before it was destroyed by the fire will return.

Olive Garden officials say the new restaurant will employ 150 people and can accommodate more than 240 diners at a time.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/local/arlington%20/2015/04/10/olive-garden-reopen-regency/25571985/

Glad to see they're re-opening, it was a very popular location.

[menace1069]

The Regency Olive Garden will be getting a prototype design that's' smaller and more modern.

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/blog/morning-edition/2014/09/regency-olive-garden-getting-a-new-life.html

Smaller? That location was always packed! They should be going with a larger footprint for the rebuild.

[fsujax]

Nice to see not all businesses fleeing Regency because of a bad perception of the area. I used to go to the Regency area all the time while I lived in Springfield. Never had any issues.