renting a sportsbar

Jochen Gipp 4th December 2010, 06:00 clock A chain of the Carlsberg brewery draws with system-catering in vacant premises

Harburg. "This is not a good Christmas present for us," says the restaurateur Harburg Heiko Hornbacher, 47, "I did not get the lease for the private brewery Engelbräu Harburg. It had been my dream to brew beer itself." Perhaps he had in the negotiations with the owner and landlord of the commercial building Lüneburg score 9-13, Horst Sobottka, hesitated too long, or was simply too cautious, that at the risk of such a large food acquisition, perhaps assessed the financial risk too high.

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A sought-after location, "We were almost unanimous," said Horst Sobottka, "but last week, I had to bring myself simply to a new decision, because a prospective tenant had come who wants to meet the required conditions in full. Meanwhile, the contract signed. and is expected in March next year, the door of the former brewery, the name "O'Leary." With another term "Bar & Restaurant Since 1988" emblazoned or "The No. A sports bar. "

That does not Sobottka where tenants could say no to develop understanding. O'Leary lies behind concentrated Scandinavian entrepreneurship: The Danish brewer Carlsberg, which includes in Hamburg Holsten / Astra. O'Leary is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and operates successfully in Scandinavia, 62 sports bars, two sports bars in Spain and two in Singapore. Concept: A cozy atmosphere, good food and drink. And important of any seat with an unobstructed view to a transfer screen sporting events. Before the O'Leary opened in March in Harburg, Germany will present the first O'Learys sports bar in February in Lüneburg, Schrangenstraße1, where previously the restaurant chain gave "October" operation.

As likely as Carlsberg beer supplier uses its own sources of production, the brewery in Harburg is installed on its brewing technique can probably do without. And from the competent for the German market O'Leary franchisees is to hear that further use of the brewing equipment is not the last word has fallen.

Perhaps under the auspices of Carlsberg Engelbräu be tapped again in the future in Harburg. The food Konstantinos Englezos Harburg and his brewmaster Günther Fügert had operated the brewery from 2006 until earlier this year - in the early days with success, finally decreasing so landlords Horst Sobottka his words after "the notice had to say." As a result, tried to take over Heiko Hornbacher, the brewery.

Horst Sobottka added to the rental of its office building built in 1977, he modernized in 2003 and from three to five storeys plus penthouse level could increase, not yet had the full success. On several floors - a total of 7500 square meters of floor space - are still areas that were previously not once rented. Sobottka: "My original plan envisaged a hotel operator to rent, but negotiations with a hotel chain burst just before signing the contract.."

Now he is in the second floor of the Barmer-Gmünder replacement fund and the Arag insurance to rent the fourth floor and in the Württemberg insurance. But as much as he is happy to have found a strong O'Leary tenant for part of the ground floor, he has made on the other side of the ground floor the new vacancy.

The cafe gentleman is extended, the interior is out. And to hear what is, is probably the "Dance Show 1900" will soon leave the house. What says Horst Sobottka? "Oh, I could write a thick book on the tenant and the payment performance. But I would rather save myself."