June 10, 2004

Lo Fat Know Fat to open new restaurant in West Cummings Park

Woburn, MA - Lo Fat Know Fat - Low Carb, High Protein Grille & Café leased 5,000 square feet in West Cummings Park, Woburn, to open its third restaurant. Created by Tim Kurtz, an entrepreneur with food and fitness industry experience, Lo Fat Know Fat is a healthy, fast-casual restaurant with a retail area that sells healthy nutritional food products.

Kurtz and his partners, wife Joliana, Michael Gervais, Chris Pappas and Tom Mackey, have capitalized on a growing demand for food that both tastes great and is healthy for the consumer. Healthy eating has become a lifestyle decision for millions of Americans who are now searching for healthy food options that fit into their busy lives. Lo Fat Know Fat has developed a diverse menu that includes detailed nutritional information that allows guests to choose from items that best fit with their dietary goals and needs.

The flagship Lo Fat Know Fat store opened in Watertown in 1999 and the second location opened in Shrewsbury in 2002. The Woburn store is slated to open later this spring. Lo Fat Know Fat recently received a 2003 Innovation Award from the Smaller Business Association of New England and has won several "Best of Boston" awards.

Lo Fat Know Fat is currently embarking on a major expansion plan. The management team is negotiating an agreement with a nationally known figure in the franchising business to launch the concept throughout the United States.

Harmon Lewis, a principal at National Commercial Brokers, assisted Kurtz in selecting 300 West Cummings Park as the restaurant site. Set in the heart of the thriving Cummings Park complex, 300 West Cummings Park is undergoing a comprehensive renovation to accommodate Lo Fat Know Fat and is the latest in a series of buildings being upgraded in one of the region's largest office parks. The enhancements include a new façade, new windows and expanded landscaping.

John Wiseman, leasing vice president, and Rob Yacobian, leasing director, represented Cummings Properties in the site selection and lease negotiations. "We worked with Tim for nearly two years before 300 West Cummings Park was selected. Lo Fat Know Fat has wonderful food and we are extremely excited about its opening." said Yacobian.

Cummings Properties is a Woburn-based real estate development company that leases and manages more than eight million square feet of first class commercial space in 10 communities north and west of Boston.