Durham skyscraper adds retail tenant & popular shopping center gets 5 new stores
Another fitness studio has been announced for a new skyscraper in downtown Durham.
Revel, a locally owned cycling studio, will join the Pilates studio Solidcore at The Novus, a 27-story luxury residential tower with ground-floor retail space at 400 W. Main St.
These are the only two retail tenants to be announced for the mixed-use skyscraper so far, and both are expected to open in the first quarter of 2025.
Revel will occupy nearly 1,900 square feet.
The indoor cycling studio, which was founded by Durham residents Kyle Mumma and Mia Wise, who are married, offers rhythm-based rides that combine hills, sprints, endurance pushes and choreography.
Here’s what else is happening in the Triangle retail world.
5 new stores expand to Durham mall
Five companies with no dedicated brick-and-mortar presence in the Triangle are making their market debut at The Streets at Southpoint.
The stores — Vuori, Alo Yoga, Dick’s House of Sport, Aritzia and Gorjana — are part of the first phase of the mall’s “multi-year merchandising plan.”
Offering athleisure, jewelry, sporting goods and other apparel, the brands are among tenants that “every shopping center in the country right now is trying to add,” Steve Bolger, the vice president of leasing at mall owner and manager Brookfield Properties, previously told The News & Observer in a video interview.
Gorjana is expected to open in September 2025, but opening dates for the other stores have not yet been announced.
Fast-casual Mexican chain adds new Triangle restaurant
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the California-based food chain known for bowls and burritos, opened a new location in Cary.
The restaurant is unique because of its “Chipotlane,” a drive-thru lane that allows customers to pick up their to-go orders without leaving their vehicle.
The store at 3402 Kildaire Farm Road, which opened Tuesday, Dec. 17, was the chain’s third in Cary, and the town’s only Chipotle with a Chipotlane.
Jamaican restaurant opens new Raleigh location
The Jamaican restaurant Golden Krust opened its third Triangle store Thursday, Dec. 19 at 8741 Brier Creek Parkway in Raleigh. This location is owned by Paul and Charmaine Campbell, a husband-wife duo who own the other Triangle franchises.
It joins restaurants such as Alpaca Peruvian Charcoal Chicken, Azitra, Bar Louie and Gigi’s Cupcakes at the Brier Creek Commons shopping center.
Known for patties and dishes such as jerk chicken, the chain was founded in New York and has since expanded to more than 110 locations across eight states.
Other recent restaurant and retail openings in Raleigh
- Billionaire’s Barber Shop is the latest tenant to join Crabtree Valley Mall. Located on the lower level across from H&M, this is the family-owned company’s fifth location, joining three others in Raleigh and one in Cary.
- Crawford Brothers, a new steakhouse from chef Scott Crawford, opened Friday, Dec. 20 at Fenton in Cary.
- Noire the Nail Bar opened Saturday, Dec. 21 at downtown Raleigh’s Smoky Hollow. The salon at 522 N. West St. offers services including manicures, pedicures and waxing.
- The Bend Bar, a new watering hole from the team behind Trophy Brewing, opened Dec. 21 on Morgan Street in Raleigh.
- Fitness studio Barre3 is reopening in Cary under a new franchise owner, Hannah Wallaker, who told The N&O in a call that she’s hoping for a grand opening the first week of January 2025.
