Raising Cane's is getting ready to pour roughly $100 million into a huge makeover of its new corporate campus in Plano, turning an aging suburban office complex into the fast-growing chain's main Dallas-area support hub.
The project centers on the roughly 400,000-square-foot former Electronic Data Systems campus in Legacy Business Park. The company plans to convert the older space into a consolidated regional headquarters for its restaurant support operations, with construction set to wrap and staff expected to start moving in sometime in 2026.
According to an April 3 report from the Dallas Business Journal, Raising Cane's plans now call for about $100 million in renovations to ready the site. That is a bump from an earlier estimate of roughly $70 million, reported last September by The Dallas Morning News.
Plano officials have been working behind the scenes with the company for months. City documents and local reporting show the City Council signed off on about $6.2 million in economic incentives to help seal the relocation. According to a City of Plano press release, Raising Cane's purchased the 400,000-square-foot campus at 5320 Legacy Drive, plans to remodel the space over the coming year, expects to relocate roughly 480 crewmembers and could create as many as 1,020 full-time-equivalent jobs over time.
A Suburban Campus Gets a Second Life
For West Plano, the deal gives a tired corporate campus a second act at a time when parts of the area are wrestling with higher office vacancies and landlords are scrambling to fill space. Market data from Bradford Real Estate show the Upper Tollway and West Plano submarket was sitting at about 24.4% vacancy as of the first quarter of 2025.
Coverage in Bisnow has tracked the acquisition as a major expansion of Raising Cane's North Texas footprint. The larger campus gives the chicken chain room to pull multiple Dallas-area office leases under one roof instead of juggling several smaller locations around the region.
What Comes Next
Raising Cane's says remodeling work will begin immediately, with staff expected to start moving into the campus sometime in 2026, according to the City of Plano announcement. "The expansion into our new office represents the great success we've achieved over the past 16 years in Plano and is a nod at all the milestones to come," co-CEO AJ Kumaran said in the city's release. Company leaders have framed the investment as part of a broader push to support a target of roughly 1,600 restaurants and $10 billion in sales by 2030.
Local Reaction and Jobs
City leaders have embraced the move, and Mayor John Muns has said the expansion will bolster Plano's corporate base and bring more high-wage jobs to town, according to local reporting. Raising Cane's is already advertising roles tied to the relocation, and the incentive package includes funds to help offset permitted improvement costs, per Community Impact.
