Whether you are established or just starting out in the food and beverage industry, there's one key ingredient for success–reaching new customers at the time and place in which they're likely to make a buying choice.
Brookfield Properties specializes in creating environments designed to create that time and place, enhancing the customer experience and connecting brands with new audiences. Restaurants make up more than 14% of our portfolio, generating $3.3 billion in annual sales. From mom-and-pop outfits to celebrity chefs, our partners continue to grow their audiences with activations in unique environments and key markets.
Explore a few of our many dining environments below, and envision your next concept at a Brookfield Properties retail center.
Restaurant row at Grand Canal Shoppes
Las Vegas, Nevada
Located on the bustling Las Vegas Strip, Grand Canal Shoppes is an iconic shopping, dining and entertainment destination. With cobblestone walkways, illuminated painted sky ceilings, and gondola rides along a quarter-mile-long Grand Canal, this 875,000-square-foot venue is the perfect place for chefs to launch innovative concepts. Featured restaurants include CUT by Wolfgang Puck and Buddy V’s Ristorante - the casual dining restaurant of TLC’s “Cake Boss” star Buddy Valastro.
Chic, celebrity chef-driven Restaurant Row is the property's dining district, where world-class food and drink businesses connect with diners from far and wide. With its luxurious aesthetic and unique access to the Las Vegas Strip, this is an ideal place for chefs and innovators to premier their new dining concepts.
For information on Eat/Drink leasing at Grand Canal Shoppes, contact Chris Brandon.
Flagship Commons at Westroads Mall
Omaha, Nebraska
Flagship Commons at Westroads Mall is an innovative dining experience by the prominent Omaha-based Flagship Restaurant Group. The food hall is the first to hit the Nebraska Plains and brings shoppers beloved local concepts like Blatt Beer & Table while introducing new concepts like Juan Taco's indoor taco truck and Yoshi-Ya Ramen, the area's first authentic ramen shop,
The 22,000-square-foot indoor space, designed with unique atmospheres and visual identities, brings shoppers together for both fast-casual and full-service dininig experiences. With 8 dining options, a full bar, centrally located fireplace and an outdoor patio, Flagship Commons brings new life to Nebraska's largest and most trafficked shopping center.
For information on Eat/Drink leasing at Westroads Mall, contact Keith Isselhardt.
Baybrook Mall lifestyle expansion
Friendswood, Texas
Baybrook Mall's most recent 555,000-square-foot lifestyle expansion includes a fresh new entertainment and dining district. The district, centered around a one-acre park and lawn, features fully covered walkways and restaurant patios, fountains, a stage for entertainment, lush landscaping and multiple valet drop offs for an elevated customer experience.
Today, the shopping center offers 46 dining options, with menus spanning flavors and cuisines, alongside its retail and entertainment tenants. This diversification resulted from our Leasing team's focused and disciplined merchandising efforts to provide consumers with a diverse array of dining concepts. The end result is a critical mass of best-in-class restaurants that have expanded the property’s trade area draw, generating impressive sales results.
For information on Eat/Drink leasing at Baybrook Mall, contact Randy Holcombe.
The District at Oakbrook Center
Oakbrook, Illinois
Serving the wealthiest communities of Chicago’s western suburbs, Oakbrook Center is a top shopping and dining destination for this populous and affluent trade area. Its expansive dining collection, which includes over 20 full-service restaurants, also attracts guests from the numerous nearby hospitality venues and Fortune 500 companies.
Renovations in 2016 brought an exciting new feature to the property–The District, a 14,000-square-foot food hall featuring an array of quick-service options. Crowned with large overhead windows and modern lighting fixtures, The District offers curated tastes for every palate. From office workers on midday lunch breaks to families on weekend shopping trips, visitors are fast becoming regulars at hosted eateries such as Stan’s Donuts & Coffee, Pie Five and DMK Burger.
For information on Eat/Drink leasing at Oakbrook Center, contact Keith Isselhardt.
Urbanspace at Tysons Galleria
McLean, Virginia
As a company dedicated to helping eat/drink businesses grow within the retail space, Brookfield Properties was thrilled to introduce A Taste of Urbanspace to Tysons Galleria in 2018. Outfitted with trendy communal seating concepts, the food hall is an innovative gathering space where chefs and culinary brands can connect with the community.
Featuring six eateries including Andy's pizza, Stomping Ground and donburi, the space offers 162,000 local office workers a fun and comfortable environment to enjoy a lunch break or happy hour.
For information on Eat/Drink leasing at Tysons Galleria contact Keith Isselhardt.