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Nobu, Fig & Olive to open in Houston's Galleria Mall

wo high-end restaurants have confirmed more details about their first Houston locations.

Nobu, a wildly popular sushi restaurant, and New York-based Fig & Olive will open in fall 2017 in the Galleria mall, according to a statement from Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG). Both will be located in the former Saks Fifth Avenue space that is being remodeled after Saks’ new Galleria location opened in April.

A Nobu representative confirmed in June that the restaurant planned to open in the Galleria, but few details were available at the time.

This is Nobu's first location in Houston and second in Texas. It will occupy a second-level, 10,000-square-foot space with private elevator access, according to the release. New York-based RKF brokered the transaction.

Fig & Olive, an upscale French Riviera restaurant, will open its first location in Texas. It plans to occupy a street-level spot in an approximately 7,000-square-foot space.

Nobu has locations in New York, California, Las Vegas, Florida and Hawaii, as well as a Dallas location. It also has several international locations. Fig & Olive has multiple locations in New York and California, as well as one each in Chicago and Washington, D.C.