Pacific Bells, Inc. currently owns and operates over 80 Taco Bell franchises in Oregon, Washington and Ohio. They are one of the 12 largest Taco Bell franchises in the country.
In 2003, they entered the Central Ohio market by purchasing six existing franchises. Many of the restaurants needed upgrades. We worked on all of their properties over the next year making structural repairs and improvements.
In 2006, they decided that the Reynoldsburg restaurant would be completely rebuilt and they contacted us for the work.
Challenges
A Complete ‘Scrape & Rebuild’—Fast
This original building, dating from the 1970s, was constructed as a Zantigo Taco, but was too outdated for effective remodeling. Daily communications for updates with their in-house architect in Vancouver, WA included the following:
Photo progress and 3-D renderings during the course of the work on their new designs
Value Engineering to help speed the work and save costs
“Stand By” service upon opening to help smooth over any issues
Features
A “Flagship” Taco Bell
2,340 square foot new restaurant
All-brick, high-quality exterior — the only one of its kind in the chain
Bold new interior color scheme with high-impact finishes for durability and easy maintenance
Widened driveway for better access from Main Street
Improved parking lot
All new landscaping
New stainless steel kitchen equipment and appliances
Results
Perfect Communications & Design
The mission at Pacific Bells is “to be a family of great people serving great food to people of the world.” They give their guests tremendous value and service.
With strong communications and coordination, we were able to provide Pacific Bells the assurance to begin an 85-day project, 2,500 miles away from their headquarters in Vancouver, in time to reopen for the busy holiday season.
The finished restaurant is a benchmark design and Pacific Bells was very pleased with their new facility.
