In-N-Out Burger tied to North Side site

A Double-Double burger and french fries at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Costa Mesa, California A Double-Double burger and french fries at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Costa Mesa, California Photo: Patrick T. Fallon, Bloomberg Photo: Patrick T. Fallon, Bloomberg Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close In-N-Out Burger tied to North Side site 1 / 18 Back to Gallery

It appears In-N-Out Burger finally has selected the site for its first restaurant in San Antonio.

While T.G.I. Friday's currently sits at the corner of Loop 410 and McCullough Avenue, a shell corporation tied to In-N-Out purchased the site across from North Star Mall less than three months ago.

29 NEL LLC — a nod to the location's address at 29 NE Loop 410 — acquired the land on Oct. 28, with a listed mailing address of 13502 Hamburger Lane in Baldwin Park, Calif. That's where In-N-Out houses its real estate department.

In June, 29 NEL LLC filed its certificate of formation with the Texas secretary of state, and Los Angeles-based attorney Dana P. Newman signed the document as its official organizer.

She works for the Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman law firm, which lists about 100 clients on its website, including In-N-Out Burger.

A representative with the popular burger chain was not immediately available for comment, but Carl Van Fleet, vice president of planning and development, told the Express-News in August that the Irvine, Calif.-based company is “very enthusiastic” about opportunities in San Antonio.

“That said, we are in the very early stages of development in both cities,” Van Fleet wrote in an email at the time. “We are currently working on a site in New Braunfels, but nothing is close to finalized there yet so it would be premature to comment on the status or timing of that project.

“As far as San Antonio is concerned, we are looking at a few opportunities there as well but nothing that we can comment on yet,” he added. “It is just too early.”

An employee who answered the phone at the existing T.G.I. Friday's said he was unaware of any plans to close, relocate or demolish the casual dining restaurant.

The national chain currently operates two other locations in San Antonio.

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