In a search for innovators in experiential retail,
Chain Store Age asked readers to nominate retail centers worthy of being named among the Top 10 Retail Center Experiences in the nation. The editors’ picks continue with No. 4 Plano Market Street:
Plano Market StreetAs they proliferate to serve so many new affluent communities, necessity-based centers are having to move beyond the formula of a grocer, dry cleaner, nail salon, mobile provider, and Chipotle.
Phillips Edison’s Plano Market Street, a 167,000-sq.-ft. center situated in the booming corridor north of Dallas, does it with a fitness roster that might have been created by the Olympic Training Center. The Little Gym, UFC Gym, Gaia Flow Yoga, Plano Taekwondo, and NexGen Fitness provide the workouts.
Restore Cryotherapy and Modern Acupuncture provide the workout recovery. And the Market Street supermarket provides the organic produce.
“When people think of experiential retail, they tend to think of what goes on in malls,” said PECO leasing VP Vasili Lyhnakis. “But people want to live better and eat better, so health and wellness options may be the best of experiences.”
This is the fourth post in a series profiling the 10 selections from CSA's 2018 Top 10 Retail Center Experiences. Stay tuned for daily profiles of the remaining six centers from now until Aug. 3. Until then, catch up on what you missed: