Another chicken-sandwich heavyweight could be landing along the fast-growing County Road 210 corridor, with Chick-fil-A filing plans for a new restaurant next to The Fountains of St. Johns. The proposal outlines a roughly 4,713-square-foot building with a drive-thru on an outparcel beside the shopping center.
According to the Jacksonville Business Journal, site plans submitted to the county list the building at about 4,713 square feet and show a drive-thru lane wrapped around the restaurant. The Business Journal first spotted the filing on April 2, 2026, and identified the site as just off The Fountains of St. Johns retail complex.
County documents confirm that The Fountains sits inside a planned-unit development that specifically allows retail and restaurant outparcels, and that the master plan has been updated several times to clear the way for new tenants. The governing ordinance and exhibits for the project are detailed in St. Johns County records.
Traffic Questions Already Lurking
Chick-fil-A projects around the Jacksonville area have a way of stirring up debate long before the first waffle fry hits the oil, and this one is likely to get the same scrutiny. Past proposals have triggered neighborhood worries about long drive-thru lines, traffic stacking and safety, issues county planners will be looking at closely as they review the new filing.
In Oceanway, for example, News4JAX reported that a Chick-fil-A plan drew months of pushback from nearby residents concerned about congestion and student safety around the site.
What Comes Next
The proposed St. Johns location now enters the usual gauntlet of site-plan and permitting reviews before any dirt can be turned, and there is no announced opening date or named owner-operator yet. As the Jacksonville Business Journal notes, this filing is an early procedural step, with county staff and traffic engineers set to examine access points, parking layouts and internal circulation before it can move forward.
If the project clears those hurdles, the restaurant would add both jobs and cars to the already busy CR-210 stretch. Coverage of previous Chick-fil-A openings points out that the chain typically estimates each new locally owned restaurant creates roughly 80–120 jobs. News4JAX cited that figure in its reporting, and county planners will be weighing that potential economic boost against the transportation impacts as they decide whether this latest chicken stop gets a green light.
