At Fort Myers’ busiest corner, Raising Cane’s will open its first Southwest Florida restaurant. The location at 13186 S. Cleveland Ave. gets more than 122,000 cars driving by each day.
The chicken restaurant chose a prime one-acre spot where U.S. 41 meets Cypress Lake Drive. For 17 years, Lone Star Steakhouse operated there. Now Blaze Pizza and Cypress Trace shopping center sit on either side.
“The location is unprecedented,” said Jim Shiebler, senior vice president with CBRE, to the Gulf Shore Business. The spot is surrounded by four busy shopping centers, filled with Costco, SuperTarget, Fresh Market, and 115 other stores…