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Byron restaurant comes to York bringing 40 new jobs

Byron, the hamburger restaurant group, is opening a new branch in York city centre creating 40 new jobs.

The company has signed a 15 year lease on 11 High Ousegate in York. The deal was brokered by DTZ’s Leeds office which acted on behalf of the landlord, a private pension fund with Shelly Sandzer representing Byron.

Byron is an upmarket burger restaurant, using Scottish meat for American-style burgers in a British setting.

Niall Mackinnon, associate director at DTZ in Leeds commented: “Following recent openings in Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Liverpool and Milton Keynes, this is Byron’s seventh opening outside London and its furthest venture north.

“The deal has set a new improved rental tone on High Ousegate, demonstrating York’s resilience as a frequented tourist destination and signalling a further general improvement in market conditions.”

Founded by Tom Byng in 2007, Byron has 37 restaurants across London, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, Kent and Cambridge. Last year it was sold for £100 million to Hutton Collins which is also an investor in Wagamama.

Tom said: “We’re very happy to be opening in the capital of the north, at the heart of one of the country’s most beautiful and historic cities. I hope that York’s proper hamburger lovers are as excited as we are about our arrival.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Clare Burnett .