Coniston has been trying to buy the restaurant operator for $29 a share, or about $1.4 billion total.
But restaurant operators and others have started looking at the space, he said, though no lease has been signed.
In the busy quest for success, time becomes a valuable commodity among restaurant operators.
It is one of Britain's largest hotel and restaurant operators.
The airport has struggled to maintain a restaurant operator in the past.
The bigger sizes are a better deal for those who need or can use them, like restaurant operators.
Already, six restaurant operators have asked to be notified when it is ready, she said.
The board of directors there has not yet taken an official position but plans to meet with the restaurant operators tomorrow.
He is saved by a local restaurant operator and begins his life in the city as an illegal immigrant worker.
Other major restaurant operators such as Wagamama are rumoured to be taking a place in the new food quarter.