Quiznos moving Denver headquarters

The Quiznos restaurant chain is moving its corporate headquarters to 1001 17th Street in downtown Denver, according to the building's owner.

Quiznos owner QIP Holder LLC's corporate offices currently are located at 1475 Lawrence St., Suite 400, in Denver. The restaurant chain has leased 91,000 square feet of space at 1001 17th for its corporate headquarters, product innovation center and a restaurant, according to landlord Miller Global Properties LLC of Denver.

Quiznos expects to be in its new offices in the fourth quarter. Its restaurant in the headquarters building is scheduled to open in the third quarter.

"Denver has served as Quiznos home since its inception, and has played a key role in supporting our widespread growth," QIP founder Rick Schaden said.

The recently renovated, 650,000-square-foot 1001 17th Street building also has leased 51,000 square feet to Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX) of Houston for a regional office. Newfield, an oil and gas exploration and production company, plans to move into its new space the middle of the year.

The first Quiznos fast-casual restaurant opened in 1981, at 13th and Grant streets in Denver's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Rick Schaden purchased his first Quiznos franchise in Boulder in 1987, and he and his father, Dick Schaden, bought the company in 1997.

QIP now has more than 5,000 franchise restaurants and 900 employees.