The Shumacher Group is an Atlanta-based restaurant real estate company that specializes in two principal areas: site selection for regional and national restaurant chains and the sale of existing restaurants, retail stores and all businesses . In addition the company lists surplus properties and selected sub-leases. The majority of the company’s work is in the metro Atlanta area but they have worked throughout the Southeastern United States directly or through referrals with other brokerage companies. The Shumacher Group was founded in 1987 and has successfully negotiated several thousand transactions.