Panda Express intends to open March 21 in the Regency area of Jacksonville.
The restaurant is at 9370 Atlantic Blvd. in a former Pollo Tropical space.
An opening celebration is scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. with the first 88 customers receiving a free T-shirt, the company said in a news release March 20.
The restaurant also will present a $1,000 check to the Catholic Charities Bureau.
Previously, The Daily Record reported Candito Construction Corp. of Acworth, Georgia, retrofitted the 3,785-square-foot restaurant at a cost of $1.27 million.
The original building permits called for 68 seats and a drive-thru.
Panda Express has at least 14 locations in Northeast Florida, including at the University of North Florida and at Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport.
Rosemead, California-based Panda Restaurant Group is the parent company of Panda Express, a family-owned Asian dining concept.
Ponte Vedra Beach-based Ferber said it bought the property from Pollo last year.
Duval County Clerk of Courts records show that Ferber, through 2024 Beacon Point Jax LLC, paid $2 million for the property Jan. 24, 2024, in a purchase from Pollo Operations Inc. of Miami. Cogent Bank of Miami financed the deal with a $1.95 million mortgage.
Ferber said that it sought to return Panda Express to the area after Pollo Tropical left the building in fall 2023.
Ferber said Panda Express had been in nearby Regency Square Mall and relocated in 2019 to the Atlantic North shopping center at northwest Atlantic and Kernan boulevards.