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Posted: February 24, 2017
DeStefano & Associates completes 6,000 s/f interior fit-up in Portsmouth
Mr. Mac’s Macaroni & Cheese at 2600 Lafayette Road - Portsmouth, NHPortsmouth, NH DeStefano & Associates, Inc. (DAI) completed the design and construction for the interior fit-up of a new 6,000 s/f full-service 90 seat Mr. Mac’s Macaroni & Cheese at 2600 Lafayette Rd. DeStefano Architects of Portsmouth, N.H. was the architect. Mr. Mac’s is ranked by TripAdvisor as “one of the Top 10 Restaurants, out of 336 in Manchester, NH” and “Certificate of Excellence 2016.” New England Cable News’s Phantom Gourmet call Mr. Mac’s “one of the 8 Great Places for Macaroni & Cheese”
The restaurant on Hooksett Rd. in Manchester was founded by Patrick Cain and Valerie Anderson in 2010. A three-store development agreement as signed with franchise partner Harry Cheema in early 2016. Cheema plans to open two locations in Northern Massachusetts. DAI is the appointed construction manager for Cheema’s Massachusetts locations.
In another transaction, DAI completed the 2,984 s/f tenant fit-up of the new Orangetheory Fitness facility at 195 Kennebeck St. in Portland, ME. This facility is owned and managed by Dwayne Dupre. Orangetheory Fitness is a national franchise that continues to accelerate in growth.
“Not only are we proud of the successful and timely completion, but have become members in this amazing fitness concept,” said John DeStefano, president of DeStefano & Associates, Inc.
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