The McDonald’s located at 4950 South Dakota Avenue NE in North Michigan Park will close on March 1, 2025, in order to be rebuilt with a drive-thru. The last day of service will be February 28. Their goal is to reopen in August 2025 with a grand reopening planned for around Labor Day.

Representatives for McDonald’s attended ANC 5A’s public meeting last night. Instead of waiting to do a recap for the entire meeting, I am sharing a few highlights now.

They said that on March 1, the entire perimeter of the property will be fenced off. It will be about six weeks before the building is demolished.

Construction workers will likely park in the side lot, but the team is still talking to Faith United Church about using the church’s parking lot.

The crosswalk on the southwest side of Delafield and South Dakota will be closed, but it is not clear when that will happen. They said that 72-hour notice will be provided before closing sidewalks. There was mention of jersey barriers being placed on Delafield (the utilities for the restaurant are located on the corner of Delafield) but again unclear when all of that will happen. This might impact parking on Delafield but again unclear. They said the bus stop on South Dakota will not be impacted.

They said there are four phases to the construction, but they did not specify what those phases are.

Since their presentation to North Michigan Park Civic Assocation, they have settled on a number of 22 seats inside the new restaurant, much less seating than the current restaurant. There will be two kiosks for ordering (not three as shown in the image).

I will share more in a meeting recap.

The ANC asked the team to come back to the ANC to provide a more comprehensive construction plan because they could not answer a lot of basic questions. That special meeting is tentatively scheduled for March 13.