| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Ironwood | Was planned in 2008 but never built | |
| Negaunee | 400 block of E. US-41 | A January 2008 news article reports that this was slated to open in June 2008 but it never came to fruition. Site became Dollar General ca. 2018. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Kimball | 2700 block of Wadhams Rd. (north of Wendy's) |
Proposed 2021; never built |
| Montrose | 11500 Sheridan Rd. (in BP station) |
Restaurant space was built but never tenanted. Later used as an office, now vacant; station now Beacon and Bridge. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Benton Harbor | Fairplain Plaza | Was to have relocated to a standalone location 1979; instead stayed in same location until 1984. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Marshall | 15881 W. Michigan Ave. | Location listed as coming soon in March 1998 help wanted ad, but not listed in December 1998 newspaper ads for the chain. Address was a Subway prior to 1998; has been Cash Store since at least 2002. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Dearborn | 23902 Ford Rd. | Building had coming soon signs in 2011 but signs were removed in 2012. Became Michigan Sports Medicine by 2015. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Fort Gratiot | 3811 24th Ave. | Proposed ca. 1975 in former Robert Hall store but never opened. Building instead became an adult theater and then Deja Vu, now subdivided. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Detroit | SE corner of Jefferson Ave. and Chene St. (Chene Square) |
Listed as a proposed tenant in September 1996 Detroit Free Press articles on the strip mall's construction, but not listed in ads for the chain soon after. |
| Kalamazoo | W. Main St. @ Drake Rd. | Proposed 1997 but never built |
| Portage | Proposed 1997 but no location was finalized |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Grand Rapids | Woodland Mall | Apparently never opened despite being listed in phone books for several years |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Ann Arbor | NW corner of Ashley St. and Huron St. | Proposed 1996 but never built. Site became a high-rise 2008. |
| Farmington | 31806 Grand River Ave. | Proposed 2018 but never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Dearborn | 6901 Greenfield Rd. | Canceled 2019, became Nice Price Retail and Wholesale |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Harper Woods | Eastland Center, ste. #835 | When I was here in September 2003, this space had a "Coming Soon" sign for Charley's Steakery. This space was later A&A Party Store before the mall closed and was torn down in 2021. |
| Livonia | Wonderland Mall | Listed as coming soon on 2000 directory, but not present on 2001 directory, so it most likely never opened. Mall closed 2004 and torn down for Walmart |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Troy | Somerset Collection | Site became P. F. Chang's instead |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Grand Blanc | 8251 Trillium Circle | Proposed ca. 2009; became Buffalo Wild Wings instead |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Traverse City | 3980 US-31 | Would have opened 2019 in former Flap Jack Shack |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Battle Creek | 2580 Capital Ave. SW | Was planned ca. 2005 to replace former Howard Johnson's (later Sizzler) at this address but never came to fruition. Culver's instead built on Beckley Road in 2009. Now Old China Restaurant. |
| Muskegon | 525 W. Norton Ave. | Proposed mid-2008 to replace Bill Knapp's at this address; building instead sat vacant until 2018 when it became a chiropractor's office |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Coopersville | 125 S. 68th St. | Was to have been built ca. 1986 on site of former Stuckey's; site instead became Shell station |
| Flint | Genesee Valley Center (Orange Julius/Karmelkorn combo) |
A 1988 news article lists this as coming soon to the mall. If it opened at all, it was very short-lived and/or had no phone number, as it's not listed in 1989 phone book or 1990 Directory of Major Malls. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Ann Arbor | 530 S. State St. (Michigan Union) |
Proposed 2008 in former Magic Wok but never opened; became Pizza Hut Express instead. Space removed 2013 for Ahmo's |
| East Lansing | Michigan State University (Student Union) |
Was to have opened 2008 in former Villa Pizza; instead became Pizza Hut Express |
| Manistee | Listed as a planned location in 1990 Ludington Daily News article about the Ludington store, but doesn't appear to have opened |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Grand Blanc | S. Saginaw St. south of Bella Vista Dr. | Was proposed 2019 but declined by zoning commission |
| Pinconning | 520 E. Pinconning Rd. (in BP station) |
Was announced in a 2017 press release but never opened. This may be an erroneous reference to the Birch Run BP, which is under the same ownership and was remodeled in 2017 to include Dunkin' Donuts. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Durand | Monroe Rd. | Planned 1990 but never opened |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Southfield | Greenfield Rd. between 9 Mile Rd. and Providence Dr. | Proposed 2005; site became Five Guys ca. 2008 |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Traverse City | Grand Traverse Mall (3200 S. Airport Rd. W., ste. 100) |
Shown on 2003 lease plan but never opened; space was later Garfield's, then Bagger Dave's, now Agave |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Detroit | 3711 Woodward Ave. | Proposed ca. 1970 on site of then-abandoned Orchestra Hall; hall was instead restored and reopened |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Adrian | 1329 S. Main St. | Proposed 2008, canceled 2009; site became Aubree's 2017 |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Dearborn | Fairlane Town Center, former Lord & Taylor wing (Marble Slab Creamery combo) |
Planned ca. 2015 but never opened |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Lansing | 6001 W. Saginaw Hwy. | Address was First Federal Bank in 1981. Store proposed ca. 1982 but never opened; building became Medawar Jewelers by 1987, now RX Optical and other stores |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Battle Creek | Beckley Rd. @ Riverside Drive | Proposed 1984 but never built |
| 619 North Ave. | Was to have opened 1985 in former Burger Chef but instead became Arby's |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| East Lansing | 403 E. Grand River Ave. | Storefront location, planned 2004 but never opened. Became Big 10 Burrito 2005, then Brothers Grill, now No Thai |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Okemos | 2200 W. Grand River Ave. | Proposed mid-1970s but never built; site now occupied by Medawar Jewelers |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Detroit | 14600 Fenkell Ave. | Proposed ca. 1971 but never built; site vacant |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Howell | M-59 at Burkhart Rd. (in Sunoco station with TCBY) |
Proposed 1997 but never built; site most likely became 7-Eleven |
| New Buffalo | La Porte Rd. @ I-94 (northwest corner next to Comfort Inn) |
Proposed ca. 2010? but never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Grand Blanc | Hill Rd. west of Fountain Pointe | Proposed ca. 2008 but never built; sign indicating location removed ca. 2017 |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Okemos | Central Park Dr. (behind Chili's) | Proposed ca. 2002 but never built; site was also previously planned to be Tony Roma's |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Greenville | 1825 W. Washington St. (Taco Bell combo) |
Both of these locations were listed on the Long John Silver's store locator ca. 2006, but I have been unable to prove that either actually opened as a combo store. If they did exist, then they both became just Taco Bell by 2008. |
| Holland | 3471 W. Shore Dr. (Taco Bell combo) |
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| Lansing | 4306 W. Saginaw Hwy. | Location was proposed ca. 1983 to replace a Clark gas station at this address. Station was never closed, and continues to operate as Admiral. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Flint | Genesee Valley Center | Was shown as planned in 2006 on lease plan; space instead became part of University of Phoenix |
| Grand Blanc | Holly Rd. | Shown on 2009 lease plan for never-built Trillium Circle mall; site remains vacant |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Grand Blanc | 8040 Holly Rd. | Shown on 2009 lease plan for never-built Trillium Circle mall; site instead became Security Credit Union |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Ann Arbor | 3310 Washtenaw Ave. | Proposed ca. 1973; site instead became Denny's |
| Manistique | 813 E. Lakeshore Dr. | Would have opened ca. 2009 on site of former Shell station at this address. Site instead became Dollar General. |
| Saugatuck | 645 Water St. | Downtown storefront location proposed 1987 in Ida Red's restaurant; location never opened and restaurant continues to operate as Ida Red's |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Belleville | Belleville Rd. | All three listed as proposed locations on Nickerson Farms blog but were never built. |
| Hartland | Hartland Rd. | |
| Pinconning | Pinconning Rd. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Battle Creek | Beckley Rd. near Lakeview Square | Proposed 1984 but never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Canton | 43750 Ford Rd. | Proposed ca. 1978 but never built. Site became Damon's early 1990s, now Ichiban |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Dearborn | 24041 Michigan Ave. | Never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Benton Harbor | 2025 Pipestone Rd. | Former Hardee's. Showed up ca. 2016-17 on hiring site as an upcoming location but never opened. |
| Traverse City | Grand Traverse Mall | Circa-2008 lease plan showed a proposed store in the food court wing next to Lids, but it never opened, and the space is now part of FYE. |
| Garfield Ave. near S. Airport Rd. W. | Planned 2008 but never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Howell | 3832 E. Grand River Ave. | Proposed 2000-2001 but never built; site became Lion's Choice (2003-05), then Caribou Coffee (2007-08), now White Castle |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Detroit | 18300 Grand River Ave. | Proposed ca. 1971 but never built. Site became a dentist's office 1973 |
| Flushing | 227 E. Main St. (in BP station) |
Station built ca. 1997 and was planned to have Taco Bell Express but most likely never did; station now Beacon & Bridge |
| Harper Woods | Eastland Center, ste. 719 | Late 2010 map shows Taco Bell in this slot, but there is no proof that it ever opened. Space later became Burger Works but is now vacant. |
| Mount Morris | 4314 W. Mt. Morris Rd. (in BP station) |
Station formerly had McDonald's Express; owners told me at one point that they were planning a Taco Bell Express to replace it but it never happened. Restaurant space later various other tenants, now vacant. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Fort Gratiot | Birchwood Mall, ste. #187 | Shown on 1990 opening day map of mall; most likely either a canceled location or typo, as this space became Taco Bell by 1991 |
| Taylor | 14400 Pardee Rd. | Proposed 2020 but never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Howell | M-59 at Burkhart Rd. (in Sunoco station with KFC) |
Proposed 1997 but never built; site most likely became 7-Eleven |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Ann Arbor | 3240 Washtenaw Ave. (in Shell station) |
This gas station was to have been torn down ca. 2009 and rebuilt with a Tim Hortons in it. It was instead rebuilt in 2014 without a restaurant. |
| 505 E. Liberty St. (McKinley Towne Centre) |
Was to open 2012 but plans were canceled; space remains open as lab coffeehouse | |
| 175 N. Maple Rd. | Would have opened ca. 2011 on site of former Burger Chef/Hardee's/Golden Chef which burned down; LA Fitness built on site 2019 | |
| Bay City | Bay City Mall (now Bay City Town Center) suite D407 |
Around 2004, a temporary library opened in the mall. One year later, plans were announced to reopen the library as a permanent branch with a Tim Hortons in it, but this never happened. Space was planned to become a dollar store in 2008 but also did not open. Space was later Gift Barn until 2013; now Xtreme Carpet Raceway. |
| Flint | G-3140 Miller Rd. | Site of a former Bill Knapp's restaurant. When Bill Knapp's was torn down, plans were announced to build both a Tim Hortons and a Sonic Drive-In on the lot, but only the Sonic was built. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Battle Creek | Beckley Rd. | Mentioned as a planned location in 1987 Battle Creek Enquirer article but not mentioned at any point afterward. |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Lansing | Lansing Mall, ste. #392 | Construction halted late 2014 due to financial disputes; space became Tequila Cowboy 2015 and closed 2019 |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Okemos | Central Park Dr. (behind Chili's) | Proposed ca. 2002 but never built; site was later given to Logan's Roadhouse who also never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Wyandotte | 3162 Biddle Rd. | Proposed November 2003 but never opened, now Stroh's Ice Cream |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Woodhaven | Allen Rd. @ West Rd. | Was to have replaced Taylor location 2020 but was never built |
| CITY | ADDRESS | NOTES |
| Detroit | 4235 Woodward Ave. | Proposed ca. 1984; site became McDonald's instead |
