Panda Express originally filed an application for a new restaurant at Whitney Ranch in Rocklin last September. The plans were recently reviewed by the Rocklin Planning Commission in February. The plan proposes to develop two freestanding restaurants on an approximately 1.6-acre portion of an 11.6-acre parcel on the intersection of Whitney Ranch Parkway and Cheetah Street. One of these restaurants will be a Panda Express with a drive-through option.
According to plans submitted by GWA Architecture, the new 2,400-square-foot Panda Express will feature the latest Panda Home store design featuring traditional Chinese architectural element. The dining room is 755 square-foot with boothes and a communal table with 8 seats. The restaurant will include a double-lane drive-through that merges into a single pick-up window that allows up to 17 cars to be stacked.
Plans indicate a second freestanding restaurant occupying 2,100 square feet will be built on the other side of the parcel across from Panda Express. However, there is no information available at the current moment revealing what business the second site plans to be. The second restaurant will also have a drive-through option that allows up to 14 cars to stack in the single drive-through lane.
