The founders of the well-known Wynwood restaurant KYU filed designs for a new floor-up cafe in Wynwood Norte, The Real Offer has realized.
Chef and restaurateur Michael Lewis, Steven Haigh and Lizzy Maynes of Scotch Bacon Team are operating on options for the 5,000-sq.-foot, 120-seat cafe at 55 Northwest 30th Street, just west of Midtown Miami, Lewis explained. Saladino Structure Studios is developing the restaurant, which will have two bars, outside seating in the landscaped out of doors gardens, and a wood-fired smoker.
The trio sold KYU to new owners in 2020, and KYU, which closed in late 2022, not too long ago reopened in Wynwood.
The new idea, which Lewis declined to name, could open early following year. The cafe group is partnering with the house proprietor to build the challenge, Lewis said. A corporation managed by Desiree Rodriguez owns the .3-acre home, which is at the moment property to a one-relatives dwelling, documents display. The organization paid $1.3 million for the assets in 2019.
Felix Bendersky of F+B Hospitality Brokerage arranged the deal, Lewis stated.
It marks the restaurateur’s very first floor-up construction job.
“I’ve had this plan in my head of an elevated edition of KYU, somewhat extra refined… making use of all the things that Florida has to supply,” Lewis reported. He and his associates had been searching for a site considering the fact that they offered KYU.
“There are rather a handful of 2nd technology areas out there, but I could not uncover just about anything that was appropriate, and the rent composition was truthfully prohibitive,” he extra.
The web-site is across the avenue from L&L Keeping Organization, Oak Row Equities and Shorenstein Properties’ planned Wynwood Plaza. The 1-million-square-foot office, condominium and retail task at 95 Northwest 29th Road is beneath construction. Financial institution OZK provided the builders with a $215 million construction personal loan last yr.
The restaurant web page is also around the Gateway at Wynwood, a not too long ago concluded place of work constructing made by New York-primarily based R&B Realty, which was hit with a foreclosures lawsuit final thirty day period.
A number of developers have introduced designs for assignments in Wynwood Norte, the neighborhood just north of the Wynwood Arts District. The region was issue to a zoning overhaul in 2021 built to bring in workforce housing development.
Very last yr, Home Markets Team and Lndmrk Enhancement compensated $20 million for the website of a prepared condominium growth at 112-138 Northwest 30th Street and 119-137 Northwest 29th Road.
