Miami’s Bal Harbour Shops Pop Up at Grand Boulevard
An eight-week travel luxury event from May 24 to July 19
The Bal Harbour Shops Access Pop-Up Tour, the first-ever traveling luxury retail event, will make its next stop in South Walton at Grand Boulevard at Sandestin® from May 24 to July 19.
This will be the third time that the Bal Harbour-based luxury shopping location, a celebrity-loved destination in the northern tip of Miami Beach, has chosen to take its extremely coveted luxury experience on the road with previous stops in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Sarasota, Florida. For the first four weeks of the Pop-Up, esteemed brands such as Assouline, Balmain, Cremieux, Dolce and Gabbana, Etro, Golden Goose, Santa Maria Novella, Silvia Tcherassi, Tiffany & Co., Veronica Beard and Vilebrequin will be available to shop, while the last four weeks will feature brands including Addict, Balmain, Bonpoint, Eleventy, Golden Goose, Lanvin, Marie France Van Damme, Orlebar Brown, Scanlan Theodore and Tiffany & Co.
“We’re thrilled to bring the tropical luxury shopping and dining experience of Bal Harbour to Grand Boulevard in South Walton for the first time,” said Matthew Whitman Lazenby, president and CEO of Whitman Family Development, who also has a second home in South Walton. “With this roving Pop-Up, we introduce a new and innovative solution at the crossroads of high-touch personal service and high-tech logistics to deliver on our mission and impact and impress our guests with our distinctive level of excellence.”
The Bal Harbour Shops Access Pop-Up is a fully designed and custom-built installation by LOT-EK spanning 17,000 square feet. It features a curated collection of elegant shops and luxury boutiques that Bal Harbour Shops is famous for.
Built from 30 custom-built shipping containers, the branded pop-up will include covered walkways with fans, a retractable canopy and “The Whitman,” a fine-dining restaurant with a full bar and lounge that will seat 150 people. The environment will showcase Bal Harbour Shops’ palm tree motif and garden-like bright green monstera leaf signature design. Koi ponds, fountains and planters filled with lush greenery and piped-in music will help bring the tropical, Zen-like atmosphere of Bal Harbour Shops to life.
The selected luxury brands will have custom-built, well-lit, air-conditioned modern spaces, either small, medium or large, executed in crisp white with glass fronts. Spaces will be fully fitted with furniture, panels, shelving and vitrines to highlight merchandise. Boutique sizes range from 250 square feet to 640 square feet or more.
The South Walton Pop-Up, the third stop on the Access Pop-Up Tour, promises to bring a mix of luxury, fashion and dining that Bal Harbour is known for, but with a touch of unique coastal elegance that can only be found in South Walton. Located on Grand Boulevard’s North Lawn, the Pop-Up will also host weekly events, including a weekday happy hour, high-tea Tuesdays, Après Golf: A Gentleman’s Happy Hour on Thursdays and a lavish Sunday brunch.
The Pop-Up will kick off its Grand Boulevard residency with a “Launch Party: Bienvenue Blanche” on Friday, May 24. Guests will delight in complimentary cocktails and Latin-inspired hors d’oeuvres and are encouraged to wear white to celebrate the grand opening of the Bal Harbour Access Pop-Up Tour. A percentage of all sales from the event will benefit the Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation.
There will be two other signature events hosted by the Pop-Up throughout the summer, including “Beach Basel” on Tuesday, June 25, benefiting the Cultural Arts Alliance, and “A Floral Farewell Fete: An Evening with the Symphony” on Wednesday, July 17, benefiting Sinfonia Gulf Coast.
“The Bal Harbour name is synonymous with the finest in luxury retail shopping,” said Stacey Brady, marketing and communications director of Grand Boulevard. “This is an amazing opportunity for exposure to the best retail brands in the world, and to have them at Grand Boulevard is really special and unprecedented in our market. We love that the Bal Harbour experience will be synonymous with Grand Boulevard this summer.”
For more information and to stay up to date on the latest events and happenings, follow Bal Harbour Shops Pop Up on Instagram and Facebook.
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About Bal Harbour Shops
Opened in 1965 by retail visionary Stanley Whitman, the family-owned Bal Harbour Shops was America’s first all-luxury fashion center featuring high-end retailers in a tropical, open-air setting. The first to make lush landscaping a key part of the design, Bal Harbour Shops feature tropical plants and orchids, waterfall features and koi ponds and a variety of palm trees for shade. Bal Harbour Shops is uniquely positioned across from the Atlantic Ocean, offering a serene visual aesthetic that is unlike any other luxury shopping destination. The historic Bal Harbour Shops, known for its curated retail and emotional connection to its tenants and customers, is the global leader in luxury shopping destinations. For more information on Bal Harbour Shops, please visit www.balharbourshops.com.
