CHICAGO — Egg Harbor Café has opened at Optima Signature, a 47-story, 490-unit luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. The Streeterville location is the first downtown Chicago restaurant for Egg Harbor Café, which specializes in breakfast, brunch and lunch and maintains 20 locations in Illinois, Wisconsin and Georgia. Optima Inc. is the developer behind Optima Signature, which features 60,000 square feet of retail and office space. Egg Harbor occupies 4,905 square feet. There is one 490-square-foot retail space remaining at the apartment property, which opened in 2017. Other retailers include GoodVets, Guidepost Montessori, Runaway Fitness and Bedazzled Nails & Spa.
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Optima Signature, a 57-story, 490-unit luxury apartment tower just east of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, announced the grand opening of its retail tenant, Egg Harbor Café, a restaurant specializing in breakfast, brunch and lunch with 20 locations in Illinois, Wisconsin and Georgia. The Streeterville location is the first downtown Chicago location for the popular restaurant named as one of the nation’s top breakfast concepts.
Developed by Glencoe, Illinois-based Optima, Inc., a full-service real estate firm, Optima Signature is located at 220 E. Illinois Street and features 490 apartments and 60,000 square feet of retail and professional space. Egg Harbor Café’s 4,905-square-foot location fronts the building’s plaza on upper Illinois Street just steps from Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River.
“We’re so pleased to welcome Egg Harbor Café to the growing list of businesses that call Optima Signature home,” said Tara Hovey, president and COO of Optima, Inc. “Our goal at Optima Signature has always been to curate a mix of retailers and businesses that not only serve our residents, but also complement the entire Streeterville neighborhood.”
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STREETERVILLE — Egg Harbor Cafe has opened its first downtown Chicago location in the Optima Signature, a luxury apartment tower. The breakfast, brunch and lunch chain has 20 locations in Illinois, Wisconsin and Georgia and will serve eggs Benedicts, omelettes, skillets, griddle items, breakfast bowls, sandwiches, salads and soups. Big Shoulders Coffee is providing the java and there will also be gluten-free pancakes and cinnamon rolls available. This location will also have kombucha on tap with seasonally changing flavors. 220 Upper E. Illinois St., 312-392-2570, eggharborcafe.com
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Egg Harbor Café, a restaurant specializing in breakfast, brunch and lunch , opened its first downtown location at Optima Inc.’s Optima Signature residential property in Streeterville. The restaurant’s 4,905-square-foot location fronts the building’s plaza on upper Illinois Street near Michigan Avenue and the Chicago River.
“We’re so pleased to welcome Egg Harbor Café to the growing list of businesses that call Optima Signature home,” said Tara Hovey, president and COO of Optima. “Our goal at Optima Signature has always been to curate a mix of retailers and businesses that not only serve our residents, but also complement the entire Streeterville neighborhood,” she added.
Optima Signature has just one 490-square-foot-retail space remaining. Other retailers include GoodVets Streeterville, a full-service veterinarian with a 2,000-square-foot facility; Guidepost Montessori at Magnificent Mile, a California-based school with an 11,500-square-foot space; RUNAWAY fitness, a 4,099-square-foot run conditioning fitness studio; and a 1,530-square-foot Bedazzled Nails & Spa.
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The top-level floors of urban residential buildings are traditionally considered prime real estate, selling or renting for top dollar as penthouse units. In the last few years, however, many Chicago developers are opting to transform once-exclusive penthouse spaces into shared amenity spaces. This shift speaks to a larger trend in the competitive luxury rental market, where a building’s amenities and community spaces often serve as the deciding factor for affluent renters.
“We’re continually seeking ways to design spaces that facilitate people’s need to connect with one another, as well as with their natural surroundings. A key part of making sure our residents have an exceptional experience involves literally elevating the amenity experience on the upper levels of Optima’s communities,” said Tara Hovey, president and COO of Optima, Inc. “By blending resort-style amenities with panoramic views, Optima Signature in Chicago allows residents to simultaneously indulge and recharge.”
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“Optima Inc. owns Streeterville rental building Optima Signature, which has 16 trees throughout. The company’s Optima Old Orchard Woods apartments in Skokie feature a sizable space with trees and grass on the fourth floor and large trees on the sixth, 19th and 20th floors.”
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“Bright pops of color are a design signature of renowned architect and developer David Hovey Sr. and surround residents at Optima Signature, a 57-story, 490-unit luxury apartment tower in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. But it’s the bright steel staircase connecting the building’s two amenity floors that draws the most attention.”
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“We want to see overall population growth for Chicago with that growth spread across Chicago’s neighborhoods. This would reflect broader economic strength for all Chicago communities, enhancing residents’ quality of life, and expanding areas of business opportunity. In the near term, however, we don’t see the overall population decline as having an adverse impact on our business.”
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“In Chicago, a luxury rental property that Optima designed, built and later sold, Optima Chicago Center, has 11 suites at 163 square feet to 1,300 square feet and is 100 percent occupied. Optima’s latest development to offer office suites is Optima Signature in Chicago — 21 suites at 194 square feet to 1,500 square feet.”
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“Optima Inc.’s 57-story Optima Signature luxury apartment tower in Streeterville 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, the 4,905-square-foot eatery will be the first downtown Chicago location for the brand.”
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