{"id":952450,"date":"2026-07-22T19:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/952450\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:27:15","slug":"biergarten-bagels-pilates-a-michelin-recognized-local-restaurant-coming-to-pearl-square-downtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/952450\/","title":{"rendered":"Biergarten, bagels, pilates &#038; a Michelin-recognized local restaurant coming to Pearl Square downtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Developer Gateway Jax announced Wednesday the initial retail lineup for the first mixed-use residential building in the Pearl Square district, the Vandeveer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Pearl Square district is a nearly $1 billion mixed-use district spanning nine blocks of Downtown Jacksonville\u2019s Urban Core. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><b>RELATED | <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/03\/25\/pearl-street-square-brings-apartments-restaurants-beer-gardens-jobs-to-downtown-jacksonville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Pearl Square to bring apartments, restaurants, beer gardens &amp; jobs to Downtown Jacksonville<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Vandeveer is the first mixed-use residential building in the district and will welcome residents in late summer 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Rendering of Vandeveer retail in the Pearl Square district (Gateway Jax)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The retail offerings on the ground floor of the Vandeveer will feature:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 etvbxt font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p><b>Bar Citra<\/b> &#8211; a Jacksonville location of the St. Augustine restaurant recognized in the 2026 Florida Michelin Guide with a Bib Gourmand distinction featuring coffee, pastries, seasonal plates and natural wine<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p><b>Buchner\u2019s Biergarten <\/b>&#8211; a new concept by the team behind Murray Hill\u2019s Buchner\u2019s Bierhalle featuring German beers and small plates served from a vintage-inspired Citro\u00ebn truck<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p><b>PopUp Bagels &#8211; <\/b>a Connecticut-based bagel brand opening its second Jacksonville location after opening at the St. Johns Town Center in late 2025<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p><b>Go Greek Yogurt<\/b> &#8211; a Mediterranean lifestyle brand featuring options including authentic Greek yogurt to Greek Bowls<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p><b>JETSET Pilates<\/b> &#8211; the third Northeast Florida location of the premium pilates studio franchise<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 evEXvX dsnUCb\">\n<p><b>Pearl Street Nails<\/b> &#8211; a modern and professional nail studio featuring services such as manicures, pedicures, nail enhancements, waxing and more<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">CEO of Gateway Jax Bryan Moll released this statement regarding the announcement of the planned retail:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Stack-vJ7SwH7U__StackBase-sc-1m5bkhd-0 bFoPmT dsnUCb block-quote\">\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 hbOwFx\">\u201cDowntown Jacksonville is emerging as one of the Southeast\u2019s most closely watched urban markets. Residents, visitors and companies will be drawn here by a growing ecosystem of retail, hospitality and public green space where the neighborhood itself is the amenity. The retail mix at Vandeveer has been intentionally designed to bring daily life to the Urban Core, encourage everyday activation and support the kind of walkable, connected environment essential to Downtown Jacksonville\u2019s continued evolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryan Moll, CEO, Gateway Jax<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Buchner\u2019s Biergarten and JETSET Pilates will open in fall 2026. Other businesses will open through early 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Developer Gateway Jax announced Wednesday the initial retail lineup for the first mixed-use residential building&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":952451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,18362,18605,3188,723,18604,7310,383375,109478,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-952450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-america","tag-downtown-development","tag-downtown-jacksonville","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-gateway-jax","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-urban-core","tag-pearl-square","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}