Spotlight On: Collins Avenue Shopping District
May 17, 2007
Since 2000, Collins Avenue, from 5th street to about 10th street, has gradually evolved into a one-of-a-kind shopping district. What makes this shopping district special, other than the world class beach one block away, numerous restaurants, trendy boutique hotels, lounges, and bars, is that many of the stores occupy entire Art Deco boutique hotels and apartment complexes. As shoppers walk the Collins Avenue Shopping District, which the City of Miami Beach considers part of the Fashion District, they are, in effect, walking through an architectural showcase.
The typical fashionista is not likely to notice or care that they are shopping in a historic structure, but whether they recognize it or not, it makes the shopping experience special. New structures have been added to the mix with retail at street level. The Zyscovich-designed 500 Collins building and 634-666 Collins are two examples. Both complexes house Zara, Intermix, Giraux, Leo, MAC, Nicole Miller, Vidal Sassoon, and United Colors of Benetton. The shopping district currently ends at 10th street, but there is room for it to expand northward. Collins, between 10th and 15th streets represents an underutilized segment of the storied avenue.
Collins Avenue Shopping District:
- Arden B
- Armani Exchange
- Athlete’s Foot
- Banana Republic
- Barney’s NY
- Club Monaco
- Deco Denim
- Diesel
- Express
- GAP
- Giraux
- Guess
- Intermix
- Kenneth Cole
- Laundry Industry
- Leo
- Levi’s Store
- MAC
- Nicole Miller
- Nine West
- Puma (coming soon)
- Quicksilver
- Ralph Lauren
- Sephora
- Shoe Freak
- Speedo
- Sunglass Hut
- United Colors of Benetton
- Urban Outfitters
- Vidal Sassoon
- Zara
Below: Map of the Area
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Christopher Mora | May 22, 2007 at 3:46 pm
There really are nice stores there. Just avoid it during the summer weekends unless you get there before 11am. Parking is next to impossible. Now THIS is a reason for BayLink.
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Xavier Zayas-Bazan | May 22, 2007 at 5:15 pm
BayLink will be great for the Beach and community at large. Let’s just hope it happens within the next freaking decade.
3. Under Utilization in the &hellip | July 17, 2007 at 2:22 pm
[...] is too big to house one retail entity such as is the trend in the historic structure along the Collins Avenue Shopping District. It does, however, fit in well with what is being done with residences in the Security Building and [...]
4. Mimo Motel Adaptive Reuse&hellip | August 13, 2007 at 1:31 pm
[...] was discussed here that retail may be once of the likely reuses–following in the track of the Collins Avenue shopping district where Art Deco apartment complexes and hotels have been transformed into retail stores. On 74th [...]
5. Collins Avenue Developmen&hellip | January 29, 2008 at 6:14 pm
[...] May 17, last year, I wrote a post on the Collins Avenue Shopping District’s relatively rapid emergence and unique attributes. I ended the post by [...]