Much Needed New Whole Foods Coming to South Beach
Crescent Heights, one of my favorite developers, has announced that a New Whole Foods Coming to South Beach. The latest iteration of this project (and the only iteration that has ANY architectural relevance) was designed by Chad Oppenheim. This new Whole Foods on Alton Road will also house a Wells Fargo Bank. It’s to be located on the corner of Alton Road and 19th Street in Miami Beach (right next to a Publix, a Fresh Market, and Epicure Market, and just north of Lincoln Road).
The current Whole Foods (also on Alton Road) is small, always crowded, constantly out of produce (ironic), and has an extreme shortage of parking. As a resident of South Beach, I’ve been waiting for this expansion to happen for years, although I do also love shopping at The Fresh Market because they don’t have ANY of those issues.
The South Beach neighborhood will be greatly improved with a Whole Foods that can finally accommodate it’s own popularity. For those of you that are wondering, this shiny new Whole Foods will not replace the old one on West Avenue, it will be in addition to it.
UPDATE 5/26/2015: THANKS TO THE NEW DESIGN BY CHAD OPPENHEIM, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED! =)
