Shoppes at Vanderbilt has big plans in north Naples

Conceived as a supermarket anchor 15 years ago, this large space in the Galleria Shoppes in Vanderbilt in northern Naples will soon accommodate at least three tenants. TIM ATEN / NAPLES FLORIDA WEEKLY

Q: Do you know what is being built on the premises of the Galleria Shoppes in Vanderbilt across from Primo Hoagies? It’s a big room. Thanks, I like the column.

– Mike Morrow, North Naples

A: Conceived as a supermarket anchor 15 years ago, this large space at 2355 Fontana Del Sol Way will soon accommodate at least three tenants.

True Fashionistas, a designer resale and consignment store, will consolidate its local brand there and take up most of the space. The two sliding glass doors in the middle of the inline room cover its 13,000 square meters. However, its T-shaped room leaves space for additional tenants in the front area on both sides.

The apparel and accessories business will move its three locations to Galleria Shoppes in Vanderbilt to serve as an anchor for the lifestyle center on the northwest corner of Vanderbilt Beach Road and Airport-Pulling Road in North Naples.

True Fashionistas Home is combined in a new, larger room with the True Fashionistas Designers Resale clothing store in Galleria Shoppes in Vanderbilt. PHOTOS WITH PROMOTION / TRUE FASHIONISTAS

If all goes as planned, true fashionistas will be relocated to their new digs east of Bokampers Sports Bar & Grill in late November or early December, said Jennifer Johnson, who co-owns the local business with husband Brad. They launched their pink hardhat campaign on social media this week to raise awareness about the construction project early on.

“We just want to start by educating our customers,” said Ms. Johnson. “We have really great plans. We will grow. “

True Fashionistas carefully buys and sells used branded clothing and accessories for women, men and children. The Johnsons started their local business at Galleria Shoppes in Vanderbilt in late 2010. “We have always been there,” she said.

In addition to their clothing store, the couple opened a furniture store, True Fashionistas Home, in the Shoppes at Vanderbilt three years ago, and they have a warehouse on Shirley Street in north Naples to store e-commerce goods. The new location will allow the Johnsons to consolidate their three separate operations. “This will put it all in one great deal,” said Mrs. Johnson. “After our move, we will be the largest lifestyle consignment warehouse in southwest Florida. It just worked. It’s kind of a dream. It’s a huge anchor shop. It’s a big deal. “

True Fashionistas opened in the Galleria Shoppes in Vanderbilt in northern Naples more than 10 years ago.

The Johnsons have no plans to close their other stores before opening the new one. “It will literally be in tandem,” said Mrs. Johnson.

True fashionistas should be able to start building next month. “I’m assuming it’s ready and I’m giving it to True Fashionistas by the end of October,” said Clayton Coleman, general contractor for the Shoppes at Vanderbilt.

Loose ends

Book retail space True Fashionistas in front of the building will be a real estate office and a possible restaurant.

True Fashionistas carefully buys and sells used branded clothing and accessories for women, men and children.

“We have another tenant who comes into the room next door. Stock Development will set up a showroom and sales center for their development on Vanderbilt Beach Road, ”said Coleman.

The Naples-based developer will move into the space directly east of the resale store. Stock will use its new storefront to market the 140 luxury residences envisaged in its One Naples project more than 3 miles west on Vanderbilt Beach Road. A Naples is said to have two 10-story residential towers and three mid-height residential buildings, each five stories high, near Vanderbilt Beach and across from the beachfront resort of Ritz-Carlton, Naples.

While Stock has already begun construction on its new space, about 3,500 square feet on the west side of the future true fashionistas are not yet leased, but the center hopes to build a restaurant there, Coleman said. They are also still negotiating with potential tenants for the two units that True Fashionistas will vacate.

Ax Lodge, which opened at 2371 Vanderbilt Beach Road, Suite 704, in North Naples in August, features 10 ax throwers and a self-serve beer wall. TIM ATEN / NAPLES FLORIDA WEEKLY

past present Future

The future location of True Fashionistas was originally intended for the fresh market in 2006. The 19,700 square meter space was the perfect size for the grocery chain to anchor what was then called The Collection in Vanderbilt. But the grocer’s plans failed and the deal ended in legal battle. Then Ada’s Natural & Organic Foods Supermarket should open in autumn 2008 – then in spring 2009 – at the same location. Of course it didn’t. Both grocers and the center’s owners ended up suing and counterclaiming for construction delays and payment arrangements. The room remained empty for 15 years.

Since then, the mall’s owners have changed hands several times. The current owners plan to finally build on selected plots on the edge of the center that were not completed as originally planned.

Tim Aten Knows is published weekly in the Naples Florida Weekly. Mr. Aten is Senior Editor of Gulfshore Business Magazine. Email questions to TimAtenKnows@floridaweekly.com. Follow @TimAtenKnows on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

A 1.3 acre lot on the northeast corner of the development was originally planned for a 5,600-square-foot one-driveway waterfront, but it remained vacant and became the short-term location of the original farmers’ market in the center of a point. The weekly market was eventually moved to a more central location, but at this corner of Galleria Drive and Airport-Pulling Road there will soon finally be long-term activities.

A nearly 12,000-square-foot building with six retail units is planned for this pad location, Coleman said. “We should break the ground in the next few weeks or so,” he said.

The only other vacant lot in the Shoppes at Vanderbilt is also soon to be developed. Another multi-tenant retail building is planned on the property along Vanderbilt Beach Road between the CVS pharmacy and Synovus Bank. This place was originally supposed to be a Japanese steakhouse in Benihana when the center was built in 2007 and 2008, but the restaurant’s franchisee decided not to come to Naples. Plans show that 8,500 square meters with a 1,500 square meter courtyard were previously planned there. There might be a passage there now, said Mr. Coleman.

Another new store opened in the retail park just last month. Ax Lodge has 10 ax throwing lanes and a 12-tap self-serve beer wall. The shop between Ninja Japanese Steakhouse and Flaco’s Mexican Restaurant is open Wednesday through Sunday. More information is available at theaxelodge.com. |

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