By Kyle Coppola
Panda Express Makes Swift Progress on New Leesburg Location
Construction is moving quickly on a new Panda Express restaurant in Leesburg, where the abandoned Burger King was finally demolished.
The new quick-service restaurant is taking shape at 10849 U.S. Highway 441. Heavy machinery cleared the former Burger King site earlier this summer, and since then, construction crews have made rapid progress on erecting the new building and installing foundational utilities.
(Construction crews continue to work on the new Panda Express location in Leesburg.)
Panda Express is a national chain known for its fast-casual Chinese-American cuisine. The restaurant has not yet announced an official opening date for the Leesburg location. However, based on the current pace of construction, it is possible the restaurant could be serving customers within a month or two.
Panda Express was recently announced as coming to Leesburg along with a Culvers, Wawa, Ring Power and Marshalls location. Leesburg continues to be a spot that businesses are interested in due to the continued growth of the surrounding communities.
(A typical meal at panda express. They have many different main courses and side options to choose from. Photo – TripAdvisor.)
As an opening date is announced, we will update this story.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
