The owners of Cafe Zola in downtown Ann Arbor are opening a new restaurant on Washtenaw Avenue this year.
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Cafe Zola owners Hediye Batu and Alan Zakalik signed a lease for space in Arbor Hills Crossing, the under-construction shopping center at 3000 Washtenaw Avenue.
Although they don’t have an official name for the new restaurant, Zakalik told Concentrate Media that it will be similar to Cafe Zola — which opened downtown in March 1996. Cafe Zola’s menu is influenced by French, Italian and Mediterranean cuisine, according to its website. It’s open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The Arbor Hills Crossing project broke ground in June and construction on the four-building, 100,000-square-foot development has been moving quickly. Max Reiswerg of Illinois-based North Shore Properties Group, the company handling leasing at Arbor Hills, said the project is scheduled to open on Aug. 22. He said the buildings are almost fully leased, including several restaurants, retail stores and about 10,000 square feet of second-floor office space.
The only other tenant that has been announced so far is Hot Mama, an upscale nationally recognized boutique.
Lizzy Alfs is a business reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at 734-623-2584 or email her at lizzyalfs@annarbor.com. Follow her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/lizzyalfs.