Grand Boulevard

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Check out this link.

I was doing some cleaning and found the Atlanta Business Chronicle article concerning Grand Boulevard. The article is from November 2004 when the development was first announced, so there is no longer a link to it. Here is a list of some of the stores mentioned as CONFIRMED tenants:

Ann Taylor
Anthropologie
Apple
Arden B.
Atlanta Bread Company
BCBG
Blue Martini
Bobby Jones Golf
Brooks Brothers
California Pizza Kitchen
Caribou Coffee
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Coach
Corner Bakery & Cafe
Gap
Harold's
J.Crew
J.Jill
Lacoste
P.F. Changs
Pottery Barn
Pottery Barn Kids
St. John
Talbot's
The Body Shop
The Melting Pot
Urban Outfitters
Williams-Sonoma

There are some great restaurants on this list!

:wub: PF Chang's

:wub: PF Chang's

Yeah yum, right? Although Williams-Sonoma is going in at Destin Commons, so they must have pulled out of Grand Boulevard, or maybe they are going to have stores in both locations, as it appears the two centers will have different "types" of customers.

Where are they going to get employees?

The stores will only be as good as the quality of the employees.

you guys are all so good informed 🙂

Yeah yum, right? Although Williams-Sonoma is going in at Destin Commons, so they must have pulled out of Grand Boulevard, or maybe they are going to have stores in both locations, as it appears the two centers will have different "types" of customers.

Lettuce wraps:wub:

would love a real GAP in town. our outlet gap is disappointing to say the least. last year's stuff for full price.

Coldwater Creek opens 3/15.

Aveda
Billabong
Brooks Brothers
Cantina Laredo
Fleming's Steak House
Fusion Glass
J. Jill
Learning Express Toys
Mitchell's Fish Market
Orvis
PF Chang's
Tommy Bahama's Tropical Cafe & Emporium
Viking Lifestyle Store

Even before Grand Boulevard at Sandestin?s town center opens, it is gaining a reputation as a dining destination in Northwest Florida. There are currently five newto-the-area restaurants planned for Grand Boulevard including Mitchell?s Fish Market Seafood Restaurant & Bar which anticipates a June 2007 opening.
With the motto ?Fish any fresher would still be in the ocean,? the Cameron Mitchell Restaurant is described as ?absolutely, positively obsessed with freshness.? The ever-changing menu will include more than 80 seafood choices, including local fish from the Gulf and ?every coastline within culinary reach.?
Interiors at Mitchell?s Fish Market are classically tailored and feature deep-red mahogany woods, leather upholstery and handcrafted details. Warm brick exteriors with black awnings encourage guests to read the hand-painted signs displaying signature menu items and fresh seafood messages.
Restaurant group founder Cameron Mitchell?s enthusiastic approach, culinary training and experience are at the core of the success of his restaurant companies. His Columbus, Ohio-based company has nine concept restaurants in eight states for a total of 29 dining establishments.
A 1986 graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, Mitchell ?fell in love? with his culinary career at the age of 18 years old. ?I love what I do ? it?s not really work to me,? Mitchell said.
He described dining as ?a celebration of life.? He wanted his guests to be so excited about their dining experience that they talk about it to their friends and want to repeat the experience again and again. ?It?s the best advertising you can get,? he said.
The planned Panama City-Bay County International Airport expansion was one of the indicators that the local market has an excellent opportunity for long-term growth. Mitchell chose Grand Boulevard as the location for his newest restaurant because from a tenant standpoint ?it is a home run.?
?Howard Group, the developer, is doing everything right. There is nothing like Grand Boulevard anywhere in this area and nothing like it in the immediate future,? Mitchell said. ?When Grand Boulevard is completed it will have everything and be the best place to shop and dine.?

All anyone needs to know about Grand Boulevard is this -- it'll be "a more modern and dynamic version of the town square model. You won?t have to leave the property,? says developer Keith Howard, of whom Grand Boulevard is the brainchild.

?This is more than a typical lifestyle retail center. It?s more cutting-edge -- offering a truly grand experience and a sense of excitement.?

?We asked ourselves how we could take the retail lifestyle experience to the next level."

These quotes are from a press release from the Howard Group last December.

So for those deeply into the "retail lifestyle" -- whatever that might be -- know that you'll never have to leave the place.

And how cool is that?

Coldwater Creek opens 3/15.

Aveda
Billabong
Brooks Brothers
Cantina Laredo
Fleming's Steak House
Fusion Glass
J. Jill
Learning Express Toys
Mitchell's Fish Market
Orvis
PF Chang's
Tommy Bahama's Tropical Cafe & Emporium
Viking Lifestyle Store

i just wonder whose going to buy the 350 condos they're building on grand blvd. doesn't sound like there are any LIFESTYLE and ENTERTAINMENT tenants.....just retail.

i wish there were some stores where i can buy things!
the website says the average age of their customer is 37, but what 37 year old wears tommy bahama and coldwater creek?
i hope they get some stores like a sephora, anthropologie, h&m, banana republic, club monaco, nine west, you know stuff so you can actually shop! and aveda...not so great. unlike other spas it's a franchise, so it's a crapshoot.

also, i wish they'd open a coffee/bakery or deli there too.

i'm crossing my fingers they take it up a notch. sounds like they had some great people drop out, but maybe they'll come back? one hopes!

oh! banana republic is going to destin commons! yay!

Anyone know what happened to the planned movie theater?

Anyone know what happened to the planned movie theater?

Maybe the Rave, in Destin Commons, scared them a bit, so they are saving it for another phase??? There is an article in the Walton Sun regarding a fresh seafood restaruant going in Grand Boulevard, and the entire project looks to be moving full speed ahead.

I'm 34, and the only things that interest me going in there are Fusion Glass because I'll like not having to go all the way to Seaside to look at their jewelry, and PF Chang's because there's just a shocking lack of good Chinese food in the area, authentic or no.

Even though I'm not usually a big make-up buyer, I'd love to see Sephora.

They could not find anyone who wanted to put in a cinema. They explained that they don't pull in the money that they used to, plus the Rave is so close. With Netflix, Direct Tv, and other forms of media the movies just don't gross what they used to. I was told that they were thinking of putting in some kind of artsy theatre. They would serve food and drinks an have more comfortable lounge chairs, but all was still being discussed. I got a tour over there about 6 weeks ago and that's where I got this information.
PF Changs and Flemings :drool: