Panera Bread submits plans to build restaurant at Lakewood Ranch
Panera Bread filed an application with Manatee County Government to build a 4,369-square-foot restaurant in The Green at Lakewood Ranch shopping center.
The new restaurant would be located on an outparcel of the shopping center near the intersection of State Road 70 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.
It would be the first Panera Bread located at Lakewood Ranch and the third located in Manatee County.
Other Panera Bread locations in Manatee County include 1520 Cortez Rd. W., and 2821 University Parkway.
Panera Bread officials did not immediately respond to email and phone requests for comments.
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This story was originally published November 10, 2017 at 2:16 PM with the headline "Panera Bread submits plans to build restaurant at Lakewood Ranch."