Permits are in review for Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A Inc. to redevelop Tinseltown property at the site of the current Wild Wing Cafe.
The city is reviewing permit applications for site clearing and construction for Chick-fil-A at 4555 Southside Blvd., which is in the Deerwood Park North commercial center that is known as Tinseltown for its movie-theater anchor.
CCR Architecture & Interiors of Birmingham, Alabama, is the architect. Bowman Consulting Group of Fort Lauderdale is the permitting agent. The contractor is to be determined.
Chick-fil-A, a chicken sandwich and tenders chain, proposes to demolish the closed Wild Wing Cafe and build a 5,000-square-foot restaurant with a double drive-thru and canopies that cover the order and pickup points.
Plans show 62 seats inside and 16 outside.
There are 83 parking spaces and the drive-thru lanes are designed with a 25-car stack with the ability for 35 at peak times.
The site-clearing permit application indicates a $750,000 project cost to clear the 1.96-acre site.
The construction permit shows a $1.25 million project cost to build the restaurant.
Property owner 4555 SSB LLC of Ponte Vedra is led by Michael Antonopoulos.
The permit applications follow months of reviews.
The St. Johns River Water Management District reviewed 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 with construction of a 5,433-square-foot, 78-seat Chick-fil-A restaurant with a drive-thru and outdoor dining area.
That indicated the Wild Wing Cafe building would be demolished.
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 also has a double drive-thru.
Building records show the current Chick-fil-A was renovated in 2018.
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.