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Developer Completes First Michigan Project

STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-Bill Chalmers returns to the area from Florida, building a Panera Bread restaurant in a Meijer's store outlot. His Pursuit Development is considering opportunities in Port Huron, Canton Township, Westland, Monroe and Royal Oak.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on March 10, 2005

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STERLING HEIGHTS, MI-Pursuit Development, which recently relocated its office to Shelby Township from Florida, has completed its first project in Michigan. This week, a Panera Bread restaurant opened on Van Dyke, just south of Metro Parkway, in a 10,000-sf outlot development in the parking lot of a Meijer’s store.

The center here also includes a Countrywide Home Loans location and a third store is expected to open soon. Bill Chalmers, who owns Pursuit, says the development is part of a couple of trends. “This is the first Panera in Sterling Heights and among the first anywhere to open using their complete new design, inside and out,” he said over a bowl of piping hot soup at the restaurant. And, he adds, it’s only been in the last few years that Meijer’s has gotten onboard with the idea of developing outlot properties at its stores. In the past, Meijer’s was hesitant to allow outlot development, prefering higher visibility instead.

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