Panera Bread will return to Campustown next year

CHAMPAIGN – Panera Bread Company will return to Campustown with a new restaurant set to open late next spring at 616 E. Green St., C.

Panera, which operates two other restaurants in Champaign, will take 4,000 square feet at the Technology Plaza building, most of the space formerly occupied by the Mettler Center, according to Jill Guth, director of development for the property owner, JSM Development.

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