Hoist a Singha. Five new stores are coming to Brickell City Centre this year.
Five new tenants — most new to South Florida — are set to open in downtown’s Brickell City Centre.
Coming this summer are restaurants Marabú, Los Chinos and EST .33, and retailers Indochino and Lucid Motors. They will be joined in 2021 by a three-story Puttshack, a U.K.-based high-tech mini golf facility.
“These new tenants have been in the works well before COVID as part of our goal to continue evolving the shopping experience at BCC,” said David Martin, vice president of BCC owner Swire Properties, via email. “Each of these new retailers remained steadfast on their opening timelines despite the delays from COVID-19, a promising sign of the resurgence and resilience of retail in mixed-use open-air shopping centers such as BCC.”
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They include:
▪ The craft brewery and restaurant EST .33 will open 5,720 square feet in July. It will be the first U.S. location for the Thailand-based company. On the menu will be Singha Beer. Thailand’s oldest brewer launched in 1933.
▪ Menswear brand Indochino will open a 2,301-square-foot space, also in July.
▪ Chinese-Mexican fusion restaurant Los Chinos will open sometime in the summer. The restaurant, conceptualized by Grove Bay Hospitality Group, will offer an after-hours speakeasy.
▪ The California-based Lucid Motors will move into its 4,002-square-foot space by the late fourth quarter. It will be the first East Coast studio for the maker of luxury electric cars. Visitors can drive Lucid’s latest sedan model, due to hit the production line in late 2020, via a virtual reality headset.
Lucid’s director of retail operations sees BCC as a like-minded partner. “Brickell City Centre represents the future of retail and we represent the future of automobiles, so we share very similar types of consumers who are tech-savvy and future-thinking,” said Zak Edson by email.
▪ Already opened is Marabú, which serves Cuban coal-fired cuisine created by Chef Alberto Cabrera. Design for the 2,442-square-foot space was inspired by Cuban cities Camagüey and Viñales.
Tenants are eager to open soon, despite the pandemic. “We don’t think it is the time to slow down, but instead move forward full steam ahead now that the world has seen the improvements we can make to the environment in a short period of time if we all commit to changing our behaviors,” wrote Edson. “We consider Lucid to be a new benchmark for luxury automobiles, with futuristic and tech-forward features that will drive the Brickell City Centre consumer to visit our location.”
The new tenants will appeal to the mall’s experience-seeking audience, Martin said. “Miami is a destination, and we’ve always wanted BCC to feel like an extension of that experience. Shoppers want more from their retail centers than a place to purchase products, even more so after COVID has furthered the ease of online shopping. These new tenants speak to the experience, connection and tech-savviness that will define the future of retail.”
The new tenants replace four that left in May. Said Martin, “Many of these new tenants are experience-focused and represent the future of the shopping and dining experience; they allow guests a space to connect with each other as well as connect with the brand in ways that online retail cannot offer, which is more important than ever as people have been confined to their homes for so many months.”
