The Mathis Report: Chick-fil-A continues to renovate area restaurants

Atlanta-based company wants to remodel 2-3 locations a year.


The new brand image for Chick-fil-A is being rolled out in Jacksonville.
The new brand image for Chick-fil-A is being rolled out in Jacksonville.
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With the Tinseltown Chick-fil-A under renovation at 4461 Southside Blvd., three more locations are in review for remodeling.

The Atlanta-based restaurant chain wants to expand its restaurant at 9980 Southside Blvd. near The Avenues mall.

The city issued mobility fee and concurrency reservation certificates for the 371-square-foot addition and renovations to the restaurant on 1.21 acres. The city calculated a mobility fee of $16,328 to mitigate the traffic impact.

Plans previously were filed for renovations to the Chick-fil-A at 9398 Atlantic Blvd. in the Regency area and at 14020 Lunar Drive in River City Marketplace in North Jacksonville.

It’s part of a brand reimage. In addition to drive-thru improvements, the buildings will undergo interior renovations.

A Chick-fil-A spokeswoman said in May the chain plans to remodel two to three Jacksonville-area locations each year for the next five years as part of its long-term reinvestment strategy.

It operates about 15 locations in Northeast Florida. It does not open on Sundays.

Restaurant notes

• McDonald’s Corp. applied for permits to rebuild its Mandarin restaurant at 11682 San Jose Blvd. at a cost of $805,000, which includes a dumpster enclosure.

•  McDonald’s Corp. filed site improvement plans for its Town & Country store at 1001 University Blvd. Among other updates, the project will build a side-by-side drive-thru.

CPH Inc. is the consulting engineer.

•  La Nopalera Bartram Park Inc. took out a business license for its restaurant at 12640 Bartram Park Blvd.

•  A 2,500-square-foot drive-through coffee shop is proposed at 11240 Beach Blvd. at southeast Beach Boulevard and St. Johns Square Drive.
No tenant is identified in a JEA letter to Bowman Consulting Group about power availability to develop the site. The size is near that of Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks.
• The city issued concurrency reservation and expedited mobility fee calculation certificates to allow The Krystal Co. to build a restaurant to replace the location it will demolish at 5707 University Blvd. W.

JEA also issued an availability letter about the power connections.

It will be the first area Krystal to be rebuilt with a new prototype.

• Panera Bread continues updating its Jacksonville presence.  The city issued a permit for The Angelo Group Inc. to make improvements to the 13201 Atlantic Blvd. restaurant, a former Applebee’s that Panera is converting.

The permit shows a $50,000 job cost for new walls, finishes, fixtures and equipment.

• Panera Bread also continues toward construction of a restaurant in the Shoppes at Bartram Park.

The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing a permit application for a restaurant on 1.21 acres along Old St. Augustine Road.

Panera Bread is shown on a Regency Centers site plan as leasing an inline space now.

• Panera Bread proposes to remodel its Roosevelt Square location at a cost of $160,000.

• And in another Panera Bread project, St. Johns County is reviewing an application for Panera at Nocatee Town Center. Panera wants to build a 3,800-square-foot cafe with a drive-thru at the vacant southwest corner of Crosswater Parkway and Village Lake Drive.

• Marco’s Pizza is preparing to build-out at Windsor Commons. The city is reviewing a permit application for Ticon Commercial Inc. to build-out space at 4765 Hodges Blvd. for the restaurant at a cost of $205,000.

• McDonald’s wants to renovate inside the Walmart Supercenter at 8808 Beach Blvd. at a cost of $50,000.

• Tossgreen received Downtown Investment Authority approval for a $33,080 forgivable loan to open a salad restaurant at 501 Riverside Ave.

Tossgreen will lease 1,654 square feet on the ground floor. The loan, forgivable over five years if the owner maintains employment and square footage requirements, will help pay for $294,834 in tenant improvements.

The restaurant owner is Bhalani & Sons – 4 Inc. Tossgreen must maintain at least seven full-time equivalent employees a year.

Tossgreen operates at St. Johns Town Center and Downtown at 76 S. Laura St. The DIA provided a retail enhancement forgivable loan for that project. A third location at Tinseltown is closed for renovations, according to the DIA term sheet.

 

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