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Matt Prentice Resignation Puts Planned Farmington Hills Eatery Morels in Jeopardy

New Morels was scheduled to open on Northwestern Highway this month.

If you've been eagerly awaiting the on Northwestern Highway in Farmington Hills, you may be in for some disappointment. 

Matt Prentice, who last month announced the restaurant's opening, has resigned from his position as company president of Matt Prentice Group, the Detroit Free Press reports. With a new name – Epicurean Group – and new leadership, the company may not continue with the project.

last month that the site for his new restaurant, a former Macaroni Grill, was "a perfect 10." However, the Free Press reported, unforseen problems with the building led to a disagreement between Prentice and company owner and CEO Stanley B. Dickson Jr. 

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Prentice had planned to open Morels, , by March 31 and had planned to start hiring some of the 100 employees needed to open the restaurant around March 1.  

Dickson told the Free Press the Morels project "will not go forward until we do a thorough investigation."

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