Largest steakhouse chain commits to Lakewood Ranch location

LAKEWOOD RANCH — Ruth's Chris Steak House, the country's largest steakhouse chain, has committed to opening a 6,500-square-foot restaurant in Casto's Center Point development just east of the intersection of University Parkway and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard in Lakewood Ranch.

The announcement was made through a Casto press release, according to a story in the East County Observer, sister paper of the Business Observer. The development is a 50-acre collection of office, medical office, retail and restaurant space known as Center Point.