Miami Beach approves new Whole Foods store design

Austin, Texas – Whole Foods Market has received approval for the design of a planned 40,000-sq.-ft. store from the Planning and Design Review Board of the City of Miami Beach. The design features a well-proportioned grid of white concrete, establishing a pedestrian loggia at the ground level, and a floating garden above that screens the parking.



Flora selected by Urban Robot is veiled behind a mesh supported within the superstructure. A large, landscaped plaza at the corner of the site is designed to serve as a major public gathering space. The site will include the Whole Foods store, as well as a 5,000-sq.-ft. Wells Fargo bank with drive through teller windows, parking for 250 cars, charging stations for electric vehicles, and more than 30 bike racks.



Developer Crescent Heights selected Oppenheim Architecture to design the site.



"The Oppenheim team demonstrated a remarkable ability to see the essence of the businesses blended with the desires of the locals to have a timeless community statement utilizing classic architecture embraced by the entire city,” said Whole Foods Market store development project manager Kelly Mills. “We could not have asked for more synergy."