Raising Cane’s has withdrawn its request to build a new restaurant in Chesterfield Township.

The national fast food chain will not be moving forward with plans to open a new eatery at Gratiot Avenue and West Vergote Drive, in the existing parking lot in front of Kohl’s. The company decided to move on from the location “due to ongoing challenges they’ve been facing,” said Tom Szafranski, an engineer at Kimley-Horn, in an email to the township.

Szafranski in his email said the decision to withdraw the request had “nothing to do with the township.” The withdrawal was formally brought to the Chesterfield Township Planning Commission on Jan. 7.

Raising Cane’s announced this month it will be opening its first metro Detroit location on Ford Road in Canton Township on Feb. 4. The restaurant, which serves a limited menu of chicken finger meals, is especially popular among the younger crowd. The Louisiana-based company opened its first Michigan location in East Lansing in 2022.