— Given Outback’s average unit volume of $3.3 million, a 2-percent increase is about $60,000, Weichmann said. — “That’s about a seven-year pay-back,” he said.

A decade after Outback Steakhouse closed its Buffalo Grove location, the empty property at 720 W. Lake-Cook Road could receive new life as Epicure Dining, a restaurant and banquet facility.