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| Tara Hovey |
CHICAGO, IL (April 17, 2019) — Optima Signature,
a 57-story, 490-unit luxury apartment tower with prime retail space located
just east of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, today announced it has signed a lease
with Egg
Harbor Café, a restaurant specializing in breakfast, brunch and
lunch with 20 locations in Illinois, Wisconsin and Georgia.
Expected to open in
fall 2019, it will be the first downtown Chicago location for the brand.
Developed by Glencoe, Ill.-based Optima, Inc. a
full-service real estate firm with projects in Illinois and Arizona, Optima
Signature is located at 220 E. Illinois St. and features 490 apartments and
60,000 square feet of retail and professional space.
Egg Harbor Café’s new
4,905-square-foot location will front the building’s plaza on upper Illinois
Street, steps from Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River.
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| David C. Hovey |
Egg Harbor Café is the latest retailer to lease space at Optima
Signature. Existing businesses include GoodVets Streeterville, a full-service
veterinarian that operates a 2,000-square-foot facility in the building;
Guidepost Montessori at Magnificent Mile, a California-based school with an
11,500-square-foot space; and RUNAWAY fitness, a 4,099-square-foot run
conditioning fitness studio.
In addition, Bedazzled Nails & Spa will open a
1,530-square-foot salon later this spring. With these leases, Optima Signature
will have only one 490-square-foot retail space remaining.
“Retailers have selected Optima Signature for many of the same
reasons our residents have – its prime location off Michigan Avenue and modern
design aesthetic in the heart of Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood,” said
Tara Hovey, president and COO of Optima, Inc.
“With Egg Harbor Café, we’re
continuing to curate businesses that enhance the building’s distinctive
mixed-use community and help it serve as a destination to live, work and play.
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| Graham Hallen |
Patrons of Egg Harbor Café will have a clear view of the
building’s plaza, which features a David Hovey Sr.-designed bright yellow,
15-foot Kiwi sculpture composed of half-inch steel plates.
“For our first downtown Chicago location, Egg Harbor Café wanted
our guests to experience an urban oasis, and Optima Signature offers us the
opportunity to provide just that,” said Graham Hallen, vice president of facility
management, purchasing and commissary operations for Egg Harbor Café.
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| Optima Signature Apartments, Magnificent Mile, 220 East Illinois Street, Chicago, IL |
“Set
alongside a beautiful open plaza with sweeping views of iconic Chicago
landmarks, our Optima Signature location will be a refreshing haven, welcoming
Streeterville residents and local office workers as well as visitors to the
city.”
Designed by award-winning architect David Hovey Sr., FAIA, and
completed in 2017, Optima Signature is a LEED-certified luxury rental
development featuring 1.5 acres of amenity space.
Optima Signature’s amenities include: resort-style outdoor heated swimming pools with cabanas and bars; saunas, steam rooms and a WELLBEATS™ virtual workout studio; resident lounge with coffee bar; basketball, squash and bocce ball courts; golf simulator and putting green; and outdoor terrace with lounge furnishings, fire pits and spas.
Another amenity floor has a fitness center with cardio and strength-training equipment, yoga studio, indoor lap pool, whirlpool spa and children's play area. Additional outdoor amenities include a 40-yard running track, dog park, children's play area, co-ed sauna and steam rooms, two full kitchens, grilling stations and dining areas.
Optima Signature’s amenities include: resort-style outdoor heated swimming pools with cabanas and bars; saunas, steam rooms and a WELLBEATS™ virtual workout studio; resident lounge with coffee bar; basketball, squash and bocce ball courts; golf simulator and putting green; and outdoor terrace with lounge furnishings, fire pits and spas.
Another amenity floor has a fitness center with cardio and strength-training equipment, yoga studio, indoor lap pool, whirlpool spa and children's play area. Additional outdoor amenities include a 40-yard running track, dog park, children's play area, co-ed sauna and steam rooms, two full kitchens, grilling stations and dining areas.
Optima is currently leasing furnished office suites, located on
the Grand Mezzanine and seventh floors, that range in size from 200 square feet
to 720 square feet.
Available to both residents and non-residents, the suites house one to five workstations and have the ability to expand to accommodate 10 people. Furnishings include desks, lighting, cabinetry, a refrigerator and shelving as well as free Wi-Fi.
An additional 13,000 square feet of professional office space is available on Optima Signature’s Plaza Mezzanine level.
Available to both residents and non-residents, the suites house one to five workstations and have the ability to expand to accommodate 10 people. Furnishings include desks, lighting, cabinetry, a refrigerator and shelving as well as free Wi-Fi.
An additional 13,000 square feet of professional office space is available on Optima Signature’s Plaza Mezzanine level.
For more information about Optima Signature’s commercial space, please
visit optimasignature.com/business-suites.
CONTACTS:
Kim Manning, kmanning@taylorjohnson.com,
(312) 267-4527
