Hot Property: Raising Cane's restaurant, Shoreview

Type: Retail

Size: 2,890 square feet

Developer: Kimley-Horn & Associates

Architect: CSRS Architects

Details: Raising Cane's, a chicken restaurant chain, has landed development-stage approvals for its third Twin Cities location next to a Target store in Shoreview.

Encouraged by the performance of its locations in Minneapolis and Apple Valley, the Baton Rouge, La.-based purveyor of deep-fried chicken tenderloins received the unanimous backing of the Shoreview City Council last week to build on Lexington Avenue south of Interstate 694.

The site is in a corner of the parking lot of a SuperTarget. The retailer last year received permission to replat its property, creating a separate lot for development. Target approached the restaurant chain about the newly created lot and a deal was struck, Raising Cane's director of property development, Robert Montgomery, told the council.

The 2,890-square-foot restaurant required several variances, including a deviation from the city's sign codes to allow for a mural on an exterior wall, a trademark of Raising Cane's. The murals, hand-painted by a Baton Rouge artist, are a reference to the company's first restaurant near Louisiana State University. Founder Todd Graves uncovered a vintage mural during a renovation and incorporated it into the restaurant.