Culver’s of Middleburg filed construction plans with the St. Johns River Water Management District for its first Northeast Florida restaurant.
The almost 4,600-square-foot location is planned on 1.2 acres off Blanding Boulevard in Branan Field Walk.
Wisconsin-based Culver’s promotes its signature ButterBurgers and frozen custard.
Wisconsin resident Don Lichte, his wife, Lori, and their daughter, Sophie, intend to buy the Middleburg site, he said in May.
Lichte said he expects to buy the 1.25-acre parcel by the end of November and start construction in December. The Lichtes will own the land, building and equipment.
He expects an investment of more than $3 million.
Sophie Lichte will move to the area and serve as the owner-operator.
Panera Bread is building and remodeling in Jacksonville.
The St. Louis-based company is building a 4,425-square-foot restaurant at 13760 Old St. Augustine Road in the Shoppes at Bartram Park.
Site plans were filed for the project on 1.21 acres. The restaurant leases space within the center now.
It also is remodeling its inline store at Roosevelt Square. The city is reviewing a permit application for a $160,000 renovation of its 4,666-square-foot restaurant at 4495 Roosevelt Blvd.
• A new restaurant for M Hospitality is in review for tenant improvements at 5016 Gate Parkway in Gateway Village at Town Center. North Coast Construction is shown as the contractor for the $600,000 build-out of 4,000 square feet of interior space and 3,000 square feet of unenclosed space. M Hospitality is the group owned by chef Matthew Medure. Plans don’t identify the name of his new concept there.
• Murray’s Taco Bodega is replacing B Street Eats at 1179 Edgewood Ave. S. in the Murray Hill neighborhood. Restaurateurs Scott Moore and Gus Evans filed a fictitious name with the state for Murray’s Taco Bodega. Moore and Evans founded Maple Street Biscuit Co., which operates a restaurant at 1171 Edgewood Ave. S. next door. B Street Eats was a Latin- and South American-inspired restaurant.
• The proposed 52-seat Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in North Jacksonville is in St. Johns River Water Management District review. The 2,265-square-foot restaurant is planned on 1.14 acres at Duval Station Road and Outback Drive.
• Salsas Mexican Restaurant was approved for build-out at 8738 Baymeadows Road E., No. 106, in the Bay95 retail center. Bracey Building Contractor Inc. is the contractor for the $274,000 build-out of the 3,500-square-foot space.
• The proposed Miller’s Ale House at the former Buca di Beppo restaurant near The Avenues mall was issued a St. Johns River Water Management District permit. Miller’s Ale House intends to demolish the Buca di Beppo building and construct a new restaurant.