Cooper’s Hawk wine bar suing developer over ‘prime’ location in Chesterfield

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Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant, the chain that operates a popular spot in Short Pump, wants to open its first location in Chesterfield. And it wants a particular parcel so badly it’s willing to sue over it.

The Illinois-based company last month file d a lawsuit against the developers of Midlothian Depot, which is under construction at 11703 Midlothian Turnpike and will be anchored by the county’s first Whole Foods store .

Cooper’s Hawk alleges that it signed a lease at the development, but that SJC Ventures, the Atlanta-based firm that’s behind the project, reneged on the deal and instead leased Cooper’s Hawk’s space to another tenant without Cooper’s Hawk’s permission.

The lawsuit, filed in late September in the U.S. District Court for the E