Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A continues to seek permits to renovate, relocate or rebuild existing stores or develop new ones, often increasing drive-thru capacity, throughout the area.
It has at least 23 restaurants in Northeast Florida, including licensed locations at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville University and Flagler College.
Among the latest to be updated is the location near Queen’s Harbour Yacht & Country Club.
Chick-fil-A requests a permit to rebuild its Queen’s Harbour area restaurant at 13375 Atlantic Blvd. at a cost of $3.8 million.
W.H. Bass Inc. of Duluth, Georgia, is the contractor for the 5,329-square-foot restaurant on 1.26 acres near Atlantic and Hodges boulevards.
CPH Inc. of Sanford is the architect and the civil engineer. Previous plans show it as 5,772 square feet.
The city also is reviewing a site permit application for Chick-fil-A to demolish the existing 24-year-old location and work on horizontal development at a project cost of $2.36 million.
The site is at northeast Atlantic Boulevard and Joeandy Road.
In December 2022, Chick-fil-A said it anticipated the restaurant would be closed in late 2023 or early 2024, demolished and rebuilt in 2024, “and will include changes to better and more efficiently serve our customers.”
The chicken sandwich and tenders chain said on a 2022 site plan the project is part of its property reinvestment program to improve customer service and restaurant operations.
“Property improvements will include demolition of existing building and associated parking areas and the construction of a new Chick-fil-A restaurant with dual drive-thru, parking lot and infrastructure support,” said a plan filed then with JEA, the city’s utility, in a request for service availability.
The existing site of 1.17 acres along with additional property will create a 1.23-acre site.
The application says Chick-fil-A will demolish the existing 4,268-square-foot building and build a new one with 118 seats.
Joeandy L.C., a Jacksonville investment partnership, bought the property for $970,000 in 1998 from Queen’s Harbour Yacht & Country Club Ltd. and leased the land in 1999 to Chick-fil-A, property records show.