Famed Orlando steakhouse chain to expand to Lakewood Ranch

Charley s Steak House, a popular Florida eatery with three locations, is planning a new restaurant in Lakewood Ranch on a site it purchased about four years ago.The chain s parent company, Talk of the Town, formerly submitted a site plan application to Manatee County Friday.According to a project narrative included in records from a pre-application meeting in late September, plans call for the construction of a 14,000-square-foot restaurant along with ancillary parking, utility and drainage infrastructure. The project also includes a possible 4,000-square-foot bank with associated parking to be built on the site.(Copies of the site plan were not immediately available on the county s planning website Monday.)A conceptual plan drawn up by Kimley-Horn, the engineering and design firm working on the project for Talk of the Town, shows the eatery will be built just southwest of Exchange Place Way and back up to an existing pond.The 5.2-acre property is at 6120 Exchange Way just off of the o