Chick-fil-A Could Be Landing in Apple Valley Soon

The fast food restaurant, renowned for its chicken and marketing campaign but sometimes reviled for its leader's political positions, wants to set up a drive-thru outlet at Cedar Avenue and 153rd Street.

  Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog It looks like Chick-fil-A could be winging its way to Apple Valley in the near future. At its 7 p.m. Thursday meeting, the Apple Valley City Council will consider a conditional-use permit, as well as a site plan/building permit authorization, to build one of the chain's drive-thru restaurants at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and 153rd Street. Thursday night's vote will be the final city action on the proposed restaurant's construction, which was unanimously approved in January by the city's planning commission. There are already several locations of the Georgia-based restaurant chain—best known for its breaded chicken sandwiches—in Minnesota: at Minneapolis…

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Apple Valley-Rosemount's Top 10 Business Stories of 2012

Here are most-read business stories of the year in Apple Valley and Rosemount, as measured by visitors to our site.

  1. Chick-fil-A Proposes Apple Valley Location 2. Lyndale Tap House to Open New Restaurant in Former Major's Location in Apple Valley 3. Ulta Opens Its Doors in Apple Valley 4. Apple Valley Council Moves Forward on Chick-fil-A, Cub Foods Project 5. Boston's Stream Global Services to Move Headquarters to Apple Valley 6. Menards Looks to Build New Apple Valley Location 7. New Sandwich Shop Coming to Apple Valley's Cobblestone Lake Shopping District 8. 'Black Thursday' Backlash Could Spurs Strikes, Protests 9. Avenue Clothing Store in Apple Valley to Close 10. Popeyes Edges In on KFC—Plans to Take Over Rosemount Location, Others in the Twin Cities

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Apple Valley Council Moves Forward on Chick-fil-A, Cub Foods Project

Developers want to build a Chick-fil-A restaurant and a multi-tenant retail building adjacent to the Cub Foods along Cedar Avenue in Apple Valley.

Concern over parking and pedestrian connections at a recent Apple Valley City Council meeting didn't derail a development project that could bring a Chick-fil-A restaurant to the city's Cedar Avenue business district. The council unanimously approved a subdivision request and authorized a building permit for the development proposal during a council meeting on Oct. 25. Developers want to divide an 11.63-acre property—currently the site of a Cub Foods store—into three separate parcels, build a Chick-fil-A restaurant and construct another 7,000-square-foot, multi-tenant retail building on the site. The property is located at the corner of 153rd Street and Cedar Avenue. In conjunction with the new development, Supervalu, which owns Cub Foods…

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South Metro News Roundup

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In other news from around the region, Walmart opens its doors in Lakeville, Chick-fil-A wants to set up shop in Apple Valley, and Eagan's Nicholas Mrozinski advances on NBC's "The Voice."

  You can't be in front of your computer 24 hours a day, so each weekend, Patch reviews the past several days' top stories, which first appeared on this site or those of our neighbors throughout the region. Here's a look at recent news that may interest or have an impact on you. To read the full stories, click on the headline links.   Chick-fil-A Proposes Apple Valley Location Currently, there are three locations of the Georgia-based restaurant chain—best known for its breaded chicken sandwiches—in Minnesota. River Valley Pastor Pens Self-Help Book Rob Ketterling recently released a book called "Change Before You Have To: Discover a New Life of Abundance, Passion, & Satisfaction." Rosemount Woman Dies from Injuries Sustained in Motorcycle-…

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Apple Valley Planning Commission Takes a Look at Chick-fil-A Sketch Plan

The company wants to start construction of the restaurant—at the southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and 153rd Street—next spring.

Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog The Apple Valley Planning Commission on Wednesday night took its first look at a sketch plan for the Chick-fil-A restaurant proposed at the southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and 153rd Street. The informal plan for the site did not meet several city zoning requirements, including minimum distance from a residential area and a 50-foot setback from Cedar Avenue. But, planning commissioners and a Chick-fil-A representative expressed willingness to work toward making the restaurant become a reality. Chick-fil-A wants to built a 4,585 square-foot restaurant in an outlot planned as part of the Cub Foods renovation. The restaurant would seat 106 customers and would have …

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Jeremy Wilson

7:33 am on Friday, October 19, 2012

Looking forward to it. Thanks Michael.   more ›

Chick-fil-A Proposes Apple Valley Location

A proposal to build a Chick-fil-A restaurant at the southeast corner of Cedar Avenue and 153rd Street is on the agenda for Wednesday’s Apple Valley Planning Commission meeting.

Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog A Chick-fil-A restaurant could be heading to Apple Valley. On Wednesday night, the Apple Valley Planning Commission will learn more about Chick-fil-A’s proposal to build a drive-thru restaurant at the intersection of Cedar Avenue and 153rd Street. Currently, there are three locations of the Georgia-based restaurant chain—best known for its breaded chicken sandwiches—in Minnesota: at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and in student unions at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and Minnesota State University-Mankato. Construction of two other locations, in Maple Grove and Coon Rapids, has been approved. The Chick-fil-A proposed for Apple Valley would …

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Five Restaurants We Hope Will Open in Rosemount In 2011

Rosemount already has a lot of great restaurants. But here are five more we would like to see open a branch in the city.

I love the fact that Rosemount has a wide range of restaurants, from national chains to locally-owned diners. But there are a few restaurants we would love to see open in Rosemount in 2011. While expecting all five to make it here in the next year might be unrealistic, even adding one to the city's landscape would be a great treat for the New Year.

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