COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich.

Papa Romano’s Pizza and Mr. Pita have finalized a lease to open a co-branded location in Boulder, Colo. The new restaurant is slated to open in February 2009 and represents the first of 100 locations the two chains plan to open in Colorado.

The companies signed a lease for a 1,920 square-foot site located at 13th Street in the University Hill district. Area developer Jeff Marcus and partner Jim Odle, both of Brush, Colo., are the franchisees.