Arby’s Restaurants is proud to announce the opening of a new Arby’s location near the Westlake Plaza on Sterling Avenue, next to Interstate 74 and across from Northwoods Mall. The restaurant will be opening its doors early November and will host a Grand Opening on 11/11/11. This new restaurant replaces Arby’s University Street location which closed on October 20, 2011.

Miller Group USA, LLC, based out of Bloomington, Ill., owns and operates the Central Illinois Arby’s franchise, which includes 18 locations throughout the region. Kim Oberbillig is the company’s Director of Human Resources.

“We are very excited about our new restaurant near Westlake Plaza. It will be modern and conveniently located,” said Oberbillig. “While our University Street restaurant has been a part of the Peoria community for many years, we decided to take advantage of this new opportunity which, unfortunately, requires the closing of the University Street restaurant. We thank our loyal customers and hope they will visit our new restaurant on Sterling Rd.”

Arby’s Roast Beef Restaurants, founded in 1964 by Leroy and Forrest Raffel, has over 3,600 restaurants worldwide. Today, Arby’s rich heritage is comprised of several multi-generation franchise owners. In fact, Jim Raffel, founder Leroy’s son, owns and operates three locations in Maine.