The owner of Akron’s Spaghetti Warehouse said he will have to close or relocate following the announcement that the architecture and engineering firm GPD Group intends to buy the South Main Street building where the restaurant is located.
Michael Kim, the restaurant’s owner, said his lease goes through 2027. But following a conversation with the building’s likely new owners, Kim said GPD told him if he wanted to leave earlier than that, they wouldn’t mind.
GPD Group intends to use the building for their own purposes — to house engineers, Kim said — and has no intention of allowing Spaghetti Warehouse to remain open. A representative from GPD, John Kessler, said in an email that the company was not giving interviews about its plans…