Nation’s Leading Dry Cleaner Signs 20 Unit Development Agreement; Looks to Continue Regional Expansion with Business Development Veterans.

GREENBELT, Md. – ZIPS, an aggressively expanding Mid-Atlantic dry cleaning franchise with more than 28 locations along the East Coast, recently announced the continuation of its regional expansion plans with the signing of a 20 unit development deal.

The multi-unit deal was signed with Pilgrimage Development, LLC, a Maryland-based investment and retail development group anchored by lead investor Harvey Rothstein, CEO of DavCo Restaurants, Inc. The partners have more than 100 years of business and real estate development experience with such brands as Wendy’s, KFC and other quick service and fast casual brands.

With the agreement’s first location slated to open in August 2011 in Pasadena, Md., and additional units planned for Greater Baltimore and Glen Burnie, Md., in the second quarter of 2012, Pilgrimage Development, LLC plans to target various markets throughout the Mid-Atlantic for the remainder of the agreement.