The site under construction on Nutwood Avenue next to the Cantina Lounge will contain both a Habit Burger Grill and The Flame Broiler. Hoping to appeal to hungry students at Cal State Fullerton the location is set to open its doors in early 2010.

The University Plaza Complex will house four tenant businesses, including a Flame Broiler and Habit Burger Grill. Photo by Shruti Patel/Daily TItan Photo Editor

“We like to locate next to schools and colleges if possible because that is where the future is,” said Young Lee, president of The Flame Broiler.

The Flame Broiler will be among the four tenants of the University Plaza complex.

Lee has signed a lease for a 1,200-square-foot-space in the area next to the Cantina Lounge.

The Flame Broiler serves healthy Korean style fast food, according to its Web site. Lee, a UCLA graduate, opened the first location in Fullerton at Chapman and Raymond Avenues.

“I chose Fullerton because I was living there, and liked the quality of the neighborhood,” Lee told the OC Register.

Also in the University Plaza Complex will be the Habit Burger Grill, which specializes in various types of charburgers and sandwiches.

The Irvine based Habit Burger Grill was unavailable for comment, but this location will be the 29th in its chain, but the second in Orange County; the first is in Santa Ana.

The first Habit Burger stand was opened over 30 years ago in Santa Barbara, according to their Web site.

Russ Khouri, vice president of Investment concepts Inc., the company that owns the property, said that he is still looking for the two additional tenants to fill out the complex.

Khouri said that the property has been under the ownership of Investment Concepts Inc. since before he came to the company and it has been used for a variety of purposes since its acquisition.

When the building was first built it was a Denny’s, said Khouri. Its most recent purpose was that of an Indian restaurant that burned down several years ago.

In opening the new complex Khouri said that he hopes CSUF students will patronize the restaurants.

Some students are excited about the prospect of the new eatery.

“I think it’s kind of cool,” said 23-year-old business major Lisa Osowski.  “It’s nice to have more options than just the TSU.”

Osowski said that she looks forward to the Habit Burger Grill. “I really like the concept of that because it’s really hard to find a good burger,” she said.

When it comes to the Flame Broiler Osowski said that she would probably be a patron but “the only thing is their prices because they’re not the cheapest thing around for college students.”

Andrele King, 23-year-old political science major, wondered whether the university was getting a piece of the profits.

“There has to be something the university gets out of it,” said King. “It’s a good idea giving people an option … However, I think that there should be a way to recycle that money back into the campus life somehow.”