O’Charley’s LLC sold its closed Regency area restaurant Jan. 7 to a St. Augustine group.
Nashville, Tennessee-based O’Charley’s sold the property to Sunrise Center Group LLC for $1 million.
Amerasia Bank of Miami financed the deal for $650,000 the same day as the sale. The deed and mortgage were recorded Jan. 21 with the Duval County Clerk of Courts.
O’Charley’s Inc. built the 7,124-square-foot building on 1.77 acres in 2002 at 410 Commerce Center Drive.
It closed in September 2019.
The deed, mortgage and state corporate records list Sunrise Center Group LLC’s address as 159 Palencia Village Drive, Suite 111, in St. Augustine.
That address is for the Pacific Asian Bistro Japanese Chinese Ramen and Thai restaurant.
Yu Chen, who could not be reached at the restaurant the evening of Jan. 21, is the manager of the LLC.
Sunrise Center Group LLC was filed with the state in October.
Late Jan. 21, a man at the restaurant who identified himself as Mas and Chen's partner said he had no information to share about plans for the O'Charley's property.
He declined additional comment. The Pacific Asian Bistro website, pacificasianbistro.com, says restaurateur Mas Liu immigrated from China in 2001 and began his apprenticeship in New York. He and his brother Jason focused on classic Japanese style sushi.
"His family’s move to Florida in 2008 realized their dream of owning their own restaurant thus launching Pacific Asian Bistro," it says.
The site says Pacific Asian Bistro has been awarded numerous "Best of Jax" awards and the Achievement of Excellence Award from the American Culinary Federation.