Panera Bread is planning a bakery-cafe in the St. Johns County master-planned Beachwalk community.
It would be the chain’s fifth location in St. Johns County.
The site is along County Road 210 east of Interstate 95.
St. Johns County is reviewing civil engineering plans for the restaurant filed June 6 by civil engineering firm Prosser Inc.
BDG Architects is the architect.
Beachwalk Center LLC of Boca Raton is the property owner.
Build-out for a 3,220-square-foot store with a drive-through will require a separate permit. The estimated project cost is $1.2 million.
Site plans show 40 parking spaces.
The bakery-cafe will join other recently opened Beachwalk-area restaurant chains including, Zaxby’s, Culver’s, Dunkin’ and Jacksonville-based Grumpy’s.
Panera has been opening stand-alone restaurants with drive-thrus as it leaves its in-line locations in strip shopping centers.
There are at least 17 Panera Bread locations in Northeast Florida.