Joe Haussler, Executive Vice President of Pendulum, said he had a lot of interest in the location. Pendulum Property Partners, which is the major commercial leaseholder at Liberty Station, in partnership with The Seligman Group, worked with the Champion-Cain receivership to eventually regain possession of the Fireside space and re-rent it. In my opinion, the location wasn’t the issue (for Fireside) - it’s surrounded by fun and exciting businesses with lots of energy and foot traffic.” “When this opportunity presented itself, it was a no brainer for us. “I’ve always admired the community in Liberty Station and after selling The Loma Club, we were sad to leave it,” he said. While the former Fireside restaurant had its financial ups and downs during its tenure at Liberty Station, that did not diminish Hauter’s enthusiasm for the space, he said. Liberty Station is familiar territory for Hauter, who until last year, had operated for five years The Loma Club, a nine-hole golf course and bar and grill. The former Fireside, a sort of elevated backyard BBQ-style eatery, was among about a dozen Champion-Cain dining establishments that were closed less than a month after the Securities and Exchange Commission last year accused her and her investment company of operating a $300 million scheme that the agency says defrauded dozens of investors. Like its predecessor, The Presley will be a largely outdoor venue, a good fit for the current pandemic, when leisure time spent outside feels safer and more healthful. Even as longstanding restaurants struggle to make their post-COVID comeback, new eateries are still moving forward with grand openings, the latest among them, The Presley, which will debut next month in Liberty Station.Ī new concept from prolific restaurateur and nightlife operator Ty Hauter of Good Time Design, The Presley is actually a reinvention of a former Gina Champion-Cain restaurant - Fireside by the Patio - that operated within Liberty Station for about four years before being shut down along with a number of other dining venues operated by the once high-profile businesswoman.
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