Two Arby’s fast-food restaurants suddenly closed in South Jersey in the past few weeks and local residents are looking for reasons why.

“We were notified on Friday the restaurant was closing and by Monday everything was packed up and they were taking down the signs,” said Brandon Umba, township administrator in Lumberton.

Umba said the Arby’s was located in the Evergreen Plaza on Route 38. He said the owner of the shopping strip had frequently been cited for deteriorating conditions on his property, such as overgrown weeds and potholes in driveways and parking lots.

Umba said the property owner, Nick Aynilian, had a $391,550.69 tax lien on his 18-acre property for 2018 and 2019. He said Aynilian was not the owner of record for the Arby’s.

Sybra LLC of Georgia held a food license to operate the restaurant. A worker at the company’s office who identified himself only as Zabi, said the restaurant was owned by the Arby’s corporation. A request for comment to a regional Arby’s corporate manager that Zabi provided an email address for was not immediately answered.

A sign taped to the front door of the Arby’s on Route 45 in Woodbury directed customers to nearby stores in Deptford or Washington Township.

“Sorry for the inconvenience [;] We are permanently closed,” the sign said.

A Woodbury official said he did not know why the restaurant had closed and did not know who to contact for more information.

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