High-traffic dessert franchise opportunity located just steps from The Ohio State University in one of Columbus’ most active retail corridors. This fully built former ice cream shop offers a rare chance to step into a professionally designed dessert location without the time, cost, and complexity of starting from scratch.

The space is already configured for efficient, high-volume dessert operations with customer flow, service counter layout, production workspace, refrigeration, and infrastructure in place. A new owner can move quickly from setup to operation, dramatically reducing startup friction and accelerating time to market.

The surrounding area benefits from dense student population, strong foot traffic, and consistent year-round demand for dessert and specialty treat concepts. Locations in this category perform well due to impulse purchasing, repeat customer behavior, and strong evening and weekend traffic patterns.

This opportunity is ideal for a franchise buyer, owner-operator, or group seeking a turnkey foundation with meaningful upside. The layout supports in-store dessert sales, delivery platforms, catering, and seasonal promotions. Additional revenue potential exists through extended hours, campus-driven marketing, and community engagement. A mobile dessert trailer or event-based operation can further expand revenue beyond the storefront by serving campus events, private bookings, and local gatherings.

The business is aligned with an emerging, highly visual, and “Instagrammable” dessert brand that is expanding rapidly across new markets. With strong consumer appeal, modern presentation, and growing brand awareness, this is an ideal time for a new operator to step in and participate in the brand’s expansion momentum while establishing a strong local presence.

The heavy lifting has already been completed — buildout, infrastructure, and layout are in place — allowing the next owner to focus on launching operations, building local presence, and capturing market demand rather than construction and setup.