Fast casual restaurant Chick-fil-A to open River Landing Shops & Residences location on May 27
As the retail market in Miami continues to heat up, one of the most anticipated openings, the Chick-fil-A at River Landing Shops & Residences west of downtown Miami, is set for Thursday, May 27, 2021. To celebrate the grand opening, the world-famous Chick-fil-A Cow toured the Magic City by boat. Chick-fil-A’s mascot traveled the Miami River greeting businesses and boats where it invited them to “Eat Mor Chikin.”
“The addition of Chick-fil-A highlights how River Landing is becoming a premier destination for the community to be able to enjoy everything the Magic City has to offer, including access to the scenic Miami River,” said Coralee Penabad, Co-Principal of Urban-X Group who along with Andrew Hellinger developed River Landing Shops & Residences. “We are excited to welcome this famous brand to one of Miami’s most community-friendly developments. We can’t wait to celebrate these important additions to the densely populated neighborhood and home to some of Florida’s largest employers such as University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami Hospital, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami‐Dade College Medical Campus, and Florida International University School of Medicine.”
Chick-fil-A occupies approximately 4,000 square feet of space on level one and will be accessible at street level along NW North River Drive. The new Chick-fil-A will serve as a casual dining option for the nearly 50,000 nearby daytime residents in the area.
River Landing, at 1500 NW North River Drive, is currently home to Publix Supermarkets, Ross Dress for Less, Hobby Lobby, Burlington Stores, Five Below, Chase Bank, Old Navy, AT&T, Planet Fitness, T.J. Maxx and Ulta Beauty, which have opened in recent months. River Landing’s shops are currently more than 81% leased seven month after completing construction. River Landing expects to announce additional leases in the upcoming weeks.
The sprawling 2.2 million-square-foot River Landing development features retail, office, apartments, a landscaped riverwalk, green spaces for enjoyment, cultural events and boat docks. River Landing, which has injected life into a long-forgotten pocket of Miami, anchors the up-and-coming Mid River District.
River Landing is located steps away from the Health District, with a daytime population of more than 50,000. Strategically located between downtown Miami and Miami International Airport, River Landing is helping to meet the growing demand for quality discount retail, grocery, banking, and lifestyle services. It is one of the few retail, office, and residential developments that is accessible by boat in Miami.
By incorporating the Miami River into the project, River Landing offers shoppers an experience that can’t be replicated by online shopping. The new development offers a large open, outdoor atrium that connects the retail stores and creates a communal space for residents and visitors to enjoy while maintaining social distancing. Its design merges interior and exterior environments, allowing retailers to extend into the riverfront patio and atrium spaces to enhance the overall customer experience.
The mixed-use development consists of approximately 346,000 square feet of retail/commercial space, 135,000 square feet of office, 528 market-rate apartments, more than 2,000 parking spaces and the 25-foot-wide riverwalk. A 25,500-square-foot restaurant row can be divided into seven concept restaurants, including from fine dining to casual and family-style outlets.
River Landing is accessible by Miami-Dade’s main thoroughfares: Interstate 95 and State Road 836. The complex has proximity to two Metrorail stations and the rapid transit system that connects all the major hospitals and research centers to Downtown Miami, East Kendall and Hialeah as well as the Tri-Rail, a commuter rail line linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.
River Landing is owned by Toronto-based H&R REIT and is being developed by Urban-X Group, a Miami-based real estate company headed by Andrew Hellinger and Coralee Penabad. For nearly 13 years, Urban-X successfully sought to reshape this long-time overlooked submarket of Miami’s urban core. They challenged their team to build a sense of community starting with elegant architecture, inviting retail, residents and the community to enjoy an open environment along the shores of the Miami River. The end result is a full service live-work community of offices, shops, restaurants, luxury apartments and access to the riverfront.
For more information visit: https://riverlandingmiami.com/
