Destin, FL (March 2008)…Award winning Destin Commons continues to set the standard as Northwest Florida’s premier open-air lifestyle center offering shopping, dining and entertainment. Serving both residents and a tourist population of over six million annual visitors to the region, the architecturally unique center has garnered a regional reputation for its well-known retail tenants and on-going community events. Concerts, community performances and charity groups are regular features throughout the center and in their pedestrian friendly Center Plaza.

Destin Commons has been in operation since November of 2003. Evidence of the center’s popularity from day one is the fact they have earned the honor of being named Best Place to Shop and Best Place to Take Kids in 2004; Best of the Best Shopping in 2005; and Best Shopping Complex in 2006 and 2007 by readers of Emerald Coast Magazine. The 56 acre center is anchored by Bass Pro Worldwide Sportsmen, Belk and Rave Motion Pictures’ 14-screen stadium style movie theatre. Destin Commons also offers shoppers a prize mix of more than eighty stores and many restaurants. Eighty percent of the stores are regional and national, making their first appearance in NW Florida.

Dining options are abundant from casual to fine dining. They include Hard Rock Café, Blue Point Fish Club, Candymaker, Coldstone Creamery, Dave’s Dogs, Destin Sno Biz, Godiva Chocolatier, Johnny Rockets, Panera Bread, Starbucks, Sushi Siam, Tony’s Ristorante, Tropical Smoothie Café and Zoe’s Kitchen.

Parents and grandparents flock to Destin Commons with their kids. Special highlights for kids include special holiday events and a nautically themed children’s soft play area with imaginative sea creatures and a lighthouse. Children can be seen year-round delighting in running in and out of the interactive 49-head pop fountain in Center Plaza.

“We are proud of the fact that many millions of shoppers visit Destin Commons every year. Our continuing goal is to redefine the family shopping and entertainment experience to always make it the best it can be…we like to say that Destin Commons is Where Destin Comes Alive,” said director of marketing, Mary Kathryn Wells.

Destin Commons
West Tower, Destin Commons’ new class A 90,000 square foot office building opened in March, 2008. Turnberry Associates, the managing partner of Destin Commons, further announced their Phase 2 expansion which will include more fine retail shops, award winning restaurants and a 192-room luxury hotel and conference center. Site construction will begin in late spring with completion anticipated for the fall of 2009.

For leasing information on Destin Commons, contact Turnberry Associates. Retail Leasing: Stephanie Mineo at smineo@turnberry.com, (305) 937-6200. Office Leasing: Steve Levine at slevine@turnberry.com, (305) 933-5544. Destin Commons is located in the heart of Destin and the corner of the Mid Bay Bridge Road and Highway 98. For further information, call (850) 337-8700, or visit on-line at http://www.destincommons.com/. 

About Turnberry Associates:
Founded more than 50 years ago by Donald Soffer, the Aventura, FL based Turnberry Associates is one of the country’s leading full-service real estate development and property management firms. Turnberry Associates is the managing partner of Destin Commons in Destin, FL. The company has to its credit the development of more than $7 billion in commercial and residential property. This includes approximately 20 million square feet of retail space, more than 7,000 luxury apartments and condominium units, 1.5 million square feet of Class “A” office space and in excess of 2,000 hotel and resort rooms. For additional information, visit http://www.turnberry.com/.