🍗 Chick-fil-A One Step Closer to Opening in Gig Harbor

If you live in Gig Harbor, here’s a development worth watching — a new Chick-fil-A could be coming soon to town.

📍 Plans Submitted for Olympic Drive

Developers have officially submitted permit applications for a Chick-fil-A location at 5115 Olympic Drive, right across from Harbor Plaza and Metropolitan Market.

That means the project has officially entered the city review phase, where officials will evaluate site design, traffic impact, and code compliance before construction can move forward.

🏗 What Happens Next

It’s still early in the process — so there’s no confirmed opening date yet — but this is the first major step toward making the Gig Harbor Chick-fil-A a reality. Once the plans clear city approval, developers will move into construction permitting and begin site preparation.

Given the popularity of Chick-fil-A’s existing South Sound locations (including those in Tacoma, Lakewood, and Puyallup), excitement is already building among locals who’ve been hoping for one closer to home.

🐔 A Growing Footprint in the South Sound

Chick-fil-A has been expanding steadily throughout Western Washington in recent years, with new restaurants opening from Federal Way to Olympia. Each location typically brings dozens of local jobs and significant traffic during opening week — something the city of Gig Harbor will likely consider as it reviews the proposal.

For now, the plans are in motion, and locals are watching closely as the next phase begins.

📍 Proposed Location: 5115 Olympic Drive, Gig Harbor
📅 Status: Under City Review
🍟 Next Step: Awaiting code and site plan approval

📨 I’m Aaron Thomas, a local realtor sharing community updates, development news, and small business stories from across the South Sound.
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