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Twin Peaks plans a large restaurant on a new freestanding outparcel site at Coastland Center mall in Naples. The proposed 10,530-square-foot restaurant will front Golden Gate Parkway just north of the existing parking garage on the north side of the mall and east of the future CMX CinéBistro movie theater. The proposed restaurant will include about 8,650 square feet under air and about 1,880 square feet of outdoor patio area. “We have just started the process of design and are hoping to be open by the end of 2021,” says Austin Hester, chief operating officer and partner for DMD Restaurant Group, which holds the exclusive development rights in southern Florida for the restaurant brand. The Dallas-based entertainment concept, promoted as “the ultimate man cave,” has a mountain sports lodge theme and features a menu of comfort food and 29-degree draft beer. The Fort Myers location for Twin Peaks opened five years ago. The architect for the project learned last week that local government won’t be rubber-stamping Twin Peak’s corporate lodge design and architecture with its dark brown exterior. City staff said the restaurant’s proposed color scheme is not in keeping with the design standards for Coastland Center’s planned development, which calls for colors such as pastels, tan or off-white. The project is expected to be back later this month for a second look.