Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A Inc. is making more moves to create a larger restaurant at the closed Wild Wing Cafe within the Deerwood Park North commercial center – commonly known as Tinseltown for its movie-theater anchor – along Southside Boulevard.
The St. Johns River Water Management District is reviewing a permit submitted July 5 for the site and the city issued a mobility fee calculation certificate May 3.
In May, JEA service availability requests showed that Chick-fil-A wants to redevelop the 7,081-square-foot Wild Wing Cafe on 1.96 acres at 4555 Southside Blvd.
Plans show construction of a 5,433-square-foot, 78-seat Chick-fil-A restaurant with a drive-thru and outdoor dining area, indicating the Wild Wing Cafe building would be demolished.
Plans show a double drive-thru with 83 parking spaces and a 25-car stack, up to 35 at peak, for the drive-thru lanes.
Seating would comprise 62 seats inside and 16 outside.
Property records show the Wild Wing Cafe restaurant was built in 1998.
Chick-fil-A currently leases a 4,418-square-foot restaurant on 1.04 acres at 4461 Southside Blvd. that was built in 2000. It has a double drive-thru.
Building records show the current Chick-fil-A was renovated in 2018.
Civil engineer Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. of Fort Lauderdale filed the water management district application and requested a JEA service availability determination for redevelopment of a restaurant and drive-thru on the Wild Wing Cafe site.
Michael Antonopoulos signed a letter of authorization May 5 for Bowman Consulting and Chick-fil-A to act as the authorized agent and applicant for Wild Wing property owner 4555 SSB LLC regarding the proposed redevelopment project and Chick-fil-A relocation.
Antonopoulos is the manager of that limited liability company.
He said May 16 he authorized Chick-fil-A to apply for what it needs to use the property for but did not elaborate beyond that.
The city calculated a mobility fee of $25,597 to mitigate the development impact of the project.