Quiznos closing on Corporate; Smashburger negotiating for BR location

After 14 years in business, Quiznos is closing its restaurant in the shopping center at 7474 Corporate Blvd. Real estate broker Mark Hebert, who handles leasing for the shopping center, says the restaurant will vacate the 1,650-square-foot space at the end of October. It was one of the original tenants in the busy development, which was built in 2000. That leaves just one Quiznos outlet in the Baton Rouge market. A Quiznos at 5565 Essen Lane closed in 2013. Though Hebert has no immediate plans to fill the space on Corporate, he confirms he is negotiating with Smashburger to open elsewhere in the shopping center in a space he says will soon be vacated. Smashburger is a fast casual chain based in Denver and is one of the fastest growing restaurant chains in the U.S. It currently has three restaurants in Louisiana—one in New Orleans and two in the Shreveport-Bossier area. This would be its first Baton Rouge location. —Stephanie Riegel