Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Menin to build in St. Lucie

South Florida Business Journal
by Brian Bandell

Menin Development Cos. will build a 260,000-square-foot retail center in fast growing Port St. Lucie.

It will be the final piece of the more than 6,000-acre PGA Village golf community built by Kolter Property Co. The center will also be connected to the 8,300-acre Town of Tradition where Core Communities is developing about 17,000 homes.

"With the regional draw provided by virtue of this site sitting at one of the busiest I-95 exchanges on the Treasure Coast, and with our history of providing an exceptional level of architectural design, site amenities and an unsurpassed mix of retailers and restaurants, Main Street Village will become a landmark project for us and for the area as a whole," said Craig Menin, president of Palm Beach Gardens-based Menin Development.

The open-air Main Street Village is expected to open in late 2008 along the northwest corner of St. Lucie West Boulevard and I-95. The project architect will be the Baltimore firm of Design Development Group.

His company is best known for building the 345,000-square-foot Downtown at the Gardens retail center in Palm Beach Gardens with new-to-Florida restaurants such as Strip House, RA Sushi, Yard House, the Grape and Rose Mexicano.

Menin said several of the restaurants at his Palm Beach Gardens complex will expand to Main Street Village.

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