{"id":289721,"date":"2026-05-30T02:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289721\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:57:08","slug":"raising-canes-issued-permits-in-mandarin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/289721\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Cane\u2019s issued permits in Mandarin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city issued permits May 29 for Raising Cane\u2019s Chicken Fingers to build in Mandarin, which would its fourth identified site in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Three permits cover the building; dual-drive-thru and pickup window canopies; and a dumpster enclosure, totaling project costs of almost $1.73 million.<\/p>\n

Plans show the total building footprint at 3,294 square feet, which includes the patio and other outdoor uses, with a 2,770-square-foot enclosed building.<\/p>\n

The 1.05-acre site at 10989 San Jose Blvd. is at the Mandarin Corners shopping center, which is anchored by Walmart Supercenter, south of Interstate 295.<\/p>\n

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The interior of Northeast Florida’s first Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant, which opened July 15 in the Oakleaf Station shopping center at 8308 Merchants Way.<\/p>\n

Photo by Dan Macdonald<\/p>\n

The city continues to review a site-clearing and horizontal development permit at an estimated project cost of $2 million and a demolition permit for the existing building, a closed Pollo Tropical, at an estimated cost of $50,000.<\/p>\n

Frontier Building Corp. of Miami is the contractor. Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. is the civil engineer. The business owner is Raising Cane\u2019s Restaurants LLC of Plano, Texas.<\/p>\n

The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation Division of Hotels and Restaurants\u2019 approved plan for the location indicates 77 seats with indoor and outdoor seating.<\/p>\n

Raising Cane\u2019s opened its first area location in July 2025 at 8308 Merchants Way in Oakleaf Station at southwest Argyle Forest Boulevard and Merchants Way in Southwest Jacksonville.<\/p>\n

Two more are identified for Town Center and Regency.<\/p>\n

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A Raising Cane’s Chicken Tender’s box combo comes with tenders, crinkle-cut fries, Cane’s sauce, Texas toast and a drink.<\/p>\n

Raising Cane’s<\/p>\n

In Mandarin, Jacksonville-based Retail Strategies LLC owns the site, where the 3,425-square-foot Pollo Tropical was built in 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Retail Strategies leased the property to Raising Cane\u2019s \u00a0on an initial 20-year lease with renewal options, according to the Memorandum of Lease recorded Nov. 17, 2025, with the Duval County Clerk of Court.<\/p>\n

It was the third closed Pollo Tropical identified for Raising Cane\u2019s, although one in River City Marketplace has since been leased to Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken.<\/p>\n

Pollo Tropical closed those locations, its last three in Jacksonville, in February 2025.<\/p>\n

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