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17 new stores and restaurants are coming to Aventura. Where are they all going?
Are there growth hormones on the land where competing malls Aventura and Esplanade operate? The two shopping and dining complexes, with no love between them, are growing — apart.
Aventura Mall, Florida's largest, has been a success since opening in 1983. The mall, recently voted the best in the U.S., is still opening new attractions and shops, like the new Eataly Italian marketplace.
MORE: Why Aventura Mall in Miami thrives and its formula for success
Esplanade at Aventura, which includes restaurants STK Steakhouse and Joey, and a Lego Store that left the Aventura Mall next door, recently signed 17 new tenant leases — and the shops, boutiques and restaurants plan to open through 2025. The newcomers will slot into 54,768 square feet of new space.
The open-air Esplanade was originally a 12.3-acre plot that housed a Sears, a Sears Auto Center and their parking lots adjacent to Aventura Mall. After the Sears was torn down in 2017, Esplanade rose on the site, and opened next to the Aventura Mall in 2023.
The independently owned Esplanade is not affiliated with the more established mall next door. But the upstart complex, and its 40 or so shops and restaurants, is surrounded by the same perimeter road as the bigger Aventura Mall, just east of Biscayne Boulevard and 195th Street.
Despite being adjacent neighbors, the malls don't give shoppers access from one complex to the other.
You want to spend a day at both? Neither mall makes it easy.
Step outside of one, go into the sprawling parking lots, and slip into separate entrances. Think of the malls as two megabucks, divorced parents, neither of whom wants to give up their living space, so they just build up and out around each other and try and pretend the other's not there.
Esplanade newcomers
Here's a look at the shopping and dining venues coming to the Esplanade space through 2025 and into 2026, 'an exciting new chapter for us,' said Eric Dinenberg, chief operating officer of Seritage Growth Properties, the parent company for Esplanade.
▪ Tremble: A 1,600-square-foot fitness studio opened in June. Strength training, cardio and Pilates. This location is the 16th in Florida with others in Coral Gables, South Miami, Pinecrest, Midtown, Brickell and Fort Lauderdale.
▪ Hästens (July): Hästens, a Swedish luxury bed manufacturer, expands its presence in South Florida with its third local store, joining ones in Miami's Design District and West Palm Beach.
▪ Next Health (fall): Healthcare and wellness chain in a 2,453-square-foot space.
▪ Salt & Straw (fall): A 1,065-square-foot ice cream scoop shop. Flavors include Sea Salt with Caramel Ribbons; Salted, Malted, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Freckled Mint Chocolate Chip.
▪ Pura Vida Miami (fall): Pura Vida Miami, born in South Beach in 2012 and with a newly opened Coconut Grove wellness-themed restaurant and a nearby hub at the mixed-use Aventura Park Square development that opened in 2021, the newcomer in Aventura is 3,949 square feet. Menu features all-day breakfast menu, açai bowls, cold-pressed juices, sandwiches, wraps, salads. 'Our expansion to Esplanade at Aventura reflects our deep commitment to this vibrant community,' said Omer Horev, CEO and founder. 'Our concept aligns with the area's family-friendly, wellness-focused lifestyle.'
▪ Anatomy Fitness (late 2025): A 25,482-square-foot luxury wellness space. Recovery amenities include infrared saunas, hot and cold plunges and eucalyptus steam rooms.
▪ Wairua Beauty (fall 2025): A luxury skin care boutique joins its Miami Beach kin that opened in 2023.
▪ Lola + The Boys (late 2025): Children's clothing in a 1,425-square-foot boutique.
▪ 7th Avenue (late 2025): Indoor and outdoor sectionals, loveseats, armchairs, daybeds.
▪ Feulard (spring 2026): A hair artistry and skincare salon in 1,801 square feet.
Also coming: A 2,800-square-foot Starbucks cafe (fall); The Keyes Company real estate firm (late 2025); a Bank of America branch (summer).
Also opened: The Salty doughnut and coffee shop; If So women and girls 7 and older clothing; Chip City cookies; The Shade Store custom window treatments.
